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Middle Grove
We got up early and after dressing the first thing I did was to take the golf cart over to the barn to check the fridge. It is still working. Thank goodness as the guests were coming in by noon today. I left my cell number in case they needed anything then went to check the mares. Once back in the house breakfast was cooked then we packed up the truck with 3 folding tables, 2 chairs, a cooler full of food, swim suits and extra clothes and took off for Middle Grove. When we arrived Rhonda and Spark were out on the lake rescuing the pontoon boat. The mooring rope had broken and the pontoon was quite a ways away. Rhonda used the small fishing boat to drop Spark off to get it back to the dock. The solar coaster was just going out with Joan, Diane, Rachel and David.
I parked the truck then Mark helped unload the equipment. Mike had dropped off Rosalie and Dahlia in the 76 acre pasture then this morning couldn't find them. We took the jeep into the winter pasture and somehow they had broken through the fence in the 76 acre pasture and got into the summer pasture. They were on one side of the fence and the rest of the herd was on the other side refusing to leave them. Mike had left halters on so it was easy to hook a lead rope on and lead them to the back gate. They were thrilled to join the herd.
All the rest of the horse pictures are posted on Facebook. Click HERE if you would like to see them. I took the video below. Mike brought fly spray so those that wanted to be sprayed got in line for that. Lily loves to be sprayed and once we did she wouldn't leave us alone.
We removed the halters then went back to camp. Mark had taken a canoe out to go fishing. Diane and I walked over to Spark and Rhonda's camp sites and visited with Rachel who camped over there.
I walked back and took a picture of our camp site from the other side of the lake.
Joan went out to scavenge wood for the fire and came back with a good size dead tree.
She and Mackenson unloaded that.
Fedi had the gas chain saw, he and Joan used that while Ruth gave Mackenson the electric chain saw.
Joan made a fire and soon Mark and I were cooking our lunch over that.
Joan and Fedi took the solar coaster out fishing and came back with 5 nice size bass for their dinner tonight. Below they are cleaning the fish while Spark and Rhonda were cleaning up the dock.
We were sitting around the campfire when Luke arrived and asked where he was camping. We told him, "your parents are over at Spark's camp site. They spent the night there last night." He looked confused but we kept insisting until we FINALLY realized we were not talking to Luke we were talking to LEVI! Those 2 cousins look and sound alike. We were all laughing about it when Dan and Susan arrived with Levi's camping gear. We had to tell them the story of mixing Luke and Levi up.
Mark and I were just packing up to leave. We will go back out tomorrow after church and will skip the campfire tonight but will certainly enjoy it tomorrow. As we were leaving Mike and Diane were giving jeep rides and Spark and Rhonda were giving rides in their side by side. It is such an amazing property, it doesn't look like it belongs in Illinois, more like Montana. Once home I didn't finish the chores until after 7:30 pm and we ended up eating dinner at the fashionable time of 8:00 pm. The dish has fried rice, vegetables including cabbage, carrots, onions, broccoli, celery and water chestnuts mixed with noodles and topped off with a pork egg roll served with sweet and sour sauce.
It was good but eating so late is not good for us old folks.
