Wednesday July 21st

Ben and I started the morning with a bike ride - just local, the road out to the Bearskin and down to the Hwy 51 bridge and back. We came home and ran into town in search of the awesome bubble wands but they were all sold out so we ended up with foam water cannons instead. Which is why there are not many pictures of us swimming from this day - I kept my camera safely away from the dock and the resulting water shooting!
Ben and I got out in the sailboat for a quick spin. As we were heading up to the house to say good bye to Erik, Maya fell off the dock. All the way under. Ben was in the water right next to her so he got to her right away but she was already trying to stand up. She actually got her head back out of the water herself to take a breath and except for the initial surprise when she took in a little water she held her breath the rest of the time. She did a great job, she cried for a little while and when she stopped enough to talk she said she was crying because she couldn't see under the water and she had her eyes open and she wanted to be able to see under there!
After supper we went to the Min-Aqua bat ( I know, so clever right? In their defense I think they were named 60 years ago) waterski show. This is a highlight of vacation for Alex every year.
Towards the end of the show when the sun was setting, to the left of the sunset there was this odd rectangle of light coming up over the trees, almost like a little rainbow but without all of the colors. The camera captured the shape of it in that last shot but not the colors exactly right.