Day Three of Our Good and Perfect Gift

Above is the back side of our little lighthouse rental.
Right now, I'm sitting out on the front side balcony, overlooking the lake.

From up here, you can watch all the fun going on out in the water,
as well as enjoy the further vistas of lake, hills, and woods.  

So beautiful and relaxing!  Jimmie had to make a trip back in to town this afternoon, along with Josh.  So it's just James and me this afternoon and evening.  The two of us are mostly doing a whole lot of nothing at the moment ... and enjoying it immensely! 

This morning, we spent some time in speed competition on this 120 foot slide.  James came in the winner at 4.4 seconds, with Josh in hot pursuit at 4.7.  The Dad competed also, but we won't take time to mention his time...  :o)  Let's just say that his timing made the other competitors feel great about their time!  :o)  I'm sure there will be opportunities taken for evening up the score!

Kayaking was next, after the slide competition, and I loved it.  All four of us took off to explore the shoreline a bit.  After a while, Dad and Josh had to head back for their B'ham trip, but James and I stayed out longer.  I wanted to cross to the other side (at a narrow point) and stay out for hours and hours.  The first problem we encountered with my plan was hunger and thirst.  Next time, bring water and snacks!  Then, alas, problem #2 arrived on the scene, in spite of all my ambitious intentions!  My arms gave out before my goals were met!

I didn't really want to head for shore, but my wimpy arms stubbornly demanded otherwise!  James has promised to take me out again later today, though, and there's still 5 more days for more adventuring.  Woohoo!  I might just make it across, after all!   :o)

It's so nice to have strong young men for sons, who will humor their mom, look out after her, and help her do all these things she's afraid to go do by herself!  :o)  

I'm convinced they'll have an extra jewel or two in their crowns one day.  Thanks, guys!

You can barely see our lighthouse in the bottom right corner.
I'm SO enjoying this beautiful view!

When the sun goes down, I'll head back up to the hot tub ... 102 degrees of pure bliss...  :o)

Does my ol' bones good!

I tried out the pool this morning.  Take notice above of how many folks are taking a dip in this lovely pool.
Upon stepping into it, I discovered why.
The water temperature had to be down into the minus numbers!
I splashed around a bit, thinking I could get used to it, but never brave enough to venture out deeper than my waist.
After I finally gave up on that idea, I then retreated to the hot tub around the corner.  Ahhhhh.........  After staying in it long enough to feel good and hot, I thought I'd try the pool again.  After being this hot, near heat stroke level,
surely the pool will feel good to me now!  Wrong again ...
Guess I needed to stay in that tub a bit longer ... go ahead and have that heat stroke, maybe!  ;o)
So, when my numb feet had feeling restored and I could manage to stop shivering,  I headed off to the lake, instead;
I found it a bit chilly, but not as cold as the pool!

Our lighthouse can be seen just about mid-picture.

               

We thought, first thing this morning, that the day would be cloudy with on and off showers, like it was yesterday.  But by noon, the blue skies were chasing the clouds away, and it ended up being a clear-blue-sky, warm-breezes-and-white-cotton-candy-clouds kind of day.  Thank You, Lord!  

What a wonderful Day #3 of Your gift to us ... Your "good and perfect gift!"