Tuesday July 20th

Slow moving morning....we eventually got out of the house and ran into town to the library to get new books and use the computer. Were not able to get online for some reason..oh well!
Home in time for lunch and then got Maya down for a nap. Mom stayed with her and sewed while Alex, Erik, Ben and I went to hike the nature trail at Star Lake. It's such a great trail with a wide variety of different types of terrain to hike through in the 2.5 miles.
The regular rain this year has led to so many different shapes and colors of mushrooms, they are fun to look at. Alex seemed to really enjoy the hike and did well with the distance. Towards the end of walk we found the skeleton of a Northern Pike. It must have been an impressively big fish based on the size of the jaw and spine. Alex thought it was totally cool. I am always amazed by their teeth!
We stopped for ice cream at the camp store in Sayner - we use to spend a lot of time there when the Razorback Ridge mountain bike trails were maintained there. Alex thought it was pretty fun that we were eating ice cream at supper time!
What started out as a foggy rainy day had turned into a really nice afternoon and beautiful evening. After out real supper we went down and swam for a couple hours until after sunset. The neighbors were out on their dock with these giant bubble wands they found at Whoops! (downtown Minocqua - great toy store with unusual toys and games if you are ever up here) so we went down and Alex got to try one out - he ended up with the record for that day of the biggest bubble! He was so proud of himself that he did just as well as the "big kids".
After bedtime all the grownups ended the night with some drinks and card games.