The park is beginning to empty out, although many sites are still occupied and have “7/5” on their site tags, so we’ll have lots of company tomorrow when we pull out. The only problem that might pose is having a wait at the dump station.
We went over to the cottage for a final visit this afternoon. Pat and Jeanne and Jim and Pam and Mike and several kids were there. I got some more photos of Pat and Mike and Shellie. Mike is definitely a bit of a loner and mostly hung around outside smoking.
Pam and Shellie went to a big flea market this morning and found some treasures. Shellie found some really old Fisher Price little people. She collects them and sells them on Ebay. They found some interesting old books to make into wallets and purses, including an early Dick and Jane reader.
Pat and Jeanne and some of the kids went out on the pontoon boat. They had some trouble with the motor yesterday, and Pat hoped he’d gotten it running right. When they came back in, they reported that it had cut out again, right in the middle of running well, acting as if it was flooded maybe. They used the trolling motor to get back to shore. Gordon will call someone to look at it tomorrow.
Pat and family were going to the concert and fireworks in Muskegon tonight. One of the girls had to go to work. Our truck was in the back of the driveway, so Ken had to move it twice to let people out. He’s getting pretty good at backing out of that drive—just as we leave town.
Tonight we watched A Capital Fourth, a great celebration in DC with fabulous stars. Steve Martin and his bluegrass band, the Steep Canyon Rangers, played some great music. Steve is a virtuoso banjo player, another side to a versatile performer. The fireworks display was really over the top--over the top of the Washington Monument, that is. It was the most lavish display we've ever seen.
Later, we walked out by the lake and watched some local fireworks, which we think might have been launched by one of the camps across the lake. They might not have been up to the standard set in D.C., but they were colorful and noisy and we enjoyed them.
I finally got the fridge defrosted. While the ice was melting, we went over some of the recent photos and added titles identifying who’s who so we won’t forget. We also started organizing the June photos by subject. It’s going to be quite a job culling them.
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