July 4 Pre-Fireworks

Saturday Afternoon: Robin invited the girls and I out to Morrison for the 4th. It's been HOT for days now--in the upper 80's and low 90's--so it was very refreshing to jump in the water!

 We shared a delicious meal together and I ate TOO much TOO fast and ended up with a very tender stomach! I had to give myself a little extra time before jumping into the water myself.

 Morrison Lake is a beautiful lake. It is NOT full of algae or seaweed. It has a nice sandy bottom to it, and it doesn't drop off until past the dock, so there is plenty of room to swim and play.

 We decided to take a late afternoon boat ride. Robin supplied veery cool July 4 face stickers ... Robin knows how to throw a good party and seems to think of everything.

 We saw one of those motorized air bikes ... which was very wobbly for the longest time. I wondered if the pilot was going to be able to keep it in the air!

 Kaity made herself right at home ...

 Phinehas McGee, however, was rather "spooked" by every little noise. There was folk shooting off noisy cherry bombs, etc. at their cottages, and Phinny got shaking like a leaf.

 He was happiest in Robin's lap.

 We figure we must have miscounted the cygnets last time I was at the lake. We thought one had gone missing--but there were definitely SEVEN today.

 Robin asked if Emma wanted to drive the boat ... so she did!

 Poor Phin got to the point where he just could not tolerate the noise, nor would he be comforted--so Robin took him inside, turned on her TV nice and loud, and closed windows and blinds so that he could settle down.

 We hung out for a little while, waiting for it to get dark.

Pretty soon it was approaching eventide, so we headed back out to the boat ...