Lake House Trip

Lorelei and I headed back up to the lake house last week to spend a couple days with my mom. It was a very quick trip, an extra day would have been great, but we still packed in lots of fun. The first day, we just played on the beach and went swimming. It was brutally hot, so we waited until the evening to visit Cameo at the barn. We didn't ride due to the heat, but sprayed Cameo down to cool her off.

The next day, I went on a beautiful morning run down the lake road and found a huge snapping turtle. I hurried him across the road so he wouldn't get squashed. I read and sunned on a float while Lorelei took her morning nap, and then we all headed to the county fair. It was really hot, but we toughed it out anyway. Lorelei loved all the animals, they even had camels! Somehow we missed the building with all of the rabbits, which Lorelei will definitely enjoy next year, but we saw all of the 4H cows, horses, pigs, sheep, and goats, and Lorelei fed some goats and llamas at the petting zoo. We also visited the "Birthing Barn" where pregnant cows were having their babies (not while we were there, but there were a couple calves that were just a few hours old) and Lorelei got to pet chicks, ducks, baby goats, and she was even on the news kissing a piglet! After the fair, we took Cameo for a ride. It was Lorelei's first time riding, and when we got home, she rode toys, baskets, even the suitcases saying, "Walk on Cami!" She'll love it when Cameo comes back to Illinois next month and we can ride as much as we want!

It was a great trip! Wish we had another opportunity to go up this summer, but it's seems to be slipping away and we still have a lot of activities on the calendar.   :(

Enjoying some kettle corn and the camels!