The middle of July

 Donna and Ron are high school friends of Jim and Carol and live on a little lake a ways away. Donna knew with our flooded lake that the 4th of July would be a wash so she invited all of us to have the 4th at their place. What a sweetheart!

 So we all (minus Shayne and Sarah and the girls) had a great time with our cookout and playing at the lake at Ron and Donna's.

 The lake is slowly going down and we decided to "get out of town" for awhile. So off to Bayfield, WI we went, a great three hour scenic drive along the south side of Lake Superior. We stayed in the "billard room" (top floor two left windows) of a 1890s mansion which has been converted into the gorgeous Rittenhouse Bed and Breakfast. We had a great two night stay.

A 20 minute ferry ride from Bayfield is the Apostle Islands National Park and we enjoyed a 3 1/2 hour narrated cruise around the islands. One of the highlights were the sea caves on Devils Island.

All in all it was a great diversion from the high waters of Big Sandy.