Last Days of Summer

Since this is the girls last week of vacation, and Debbie is working, I have usually taken a day or two and spent time with the girls. In the past we have gone swimming, or to the zoo. This year, we had so much fun at Long Pond in Acadia, that we tried kayaking again. This time on the Little Miami River! We did the short trip, but it was fun! No one fell in, but Bob did take on a little water when he backed into a log.

The Rest of Summer Vacation

Well, it's almost back-to-school time... another Summer comes to an end. In fact, Debbie is already teaching and the girls start on Tuesday.

So I thought it would be good to put a little more of Summer Vacation on the blog. While this wasn't part of the New England trip, it is still a lot of great fun!

After we got back, the girls went to zoo camp. Maria went for a week and the their cousins came over and went with Sarah. Why we spend the money on zoo camp - I don't know - we found this snapping turtle in our driveway that week! Wildlife came to us!!

We spent a fun-filled day at the lake with friends. Swimming, tubing, boating, jumping in and eatin' good food.

We even got Debbie back out on the links! We play with some friends in a golf-scramble for Alter Hockey! We play with our friends Phil and Amanda. Amanda and Bob managed to team up for an Eagle on #13. Amanda hit a solid tee shot and Bob hit with a 6 iron from about 160 yards and he got a lucky shot! The most fun was taking the girls' cousin Natalie to the Ohio State Fair!

We saw horses, cows, sheep and goats, pigs (and piglets), and the big boar. We saw the Ohio State Fair Band and listen to the Ohio State Fair choir at the Natural Resource Center pavilion. Natalie, Maria and Sarah tried to catch a fish, but no luck. Maria and Sarah (and Bob) also tried the kayaks again on the pond.

Maria and her girl scout troop submitted a project to the fair that got third place! Here she is calling one of her friends in the troop!!