Journal entries are just that – the digital copy of my hand-written entries in my journal. If you aren’t interested in the daily details of our adventure, feel free to skip on to the next “regular” post.
What a glorious day! Ashley and I woke, had coffee and a snack and hopped on our bikes for the day’s ride. There are some great bike trails in the county and we circled through a few areas on our trip. While exploring downtown Oconomowoc we spotted a sign for free yoga on the green Wednesday and Friday nights, with free paddleboard lessons following on Fridays. So we have a plan for tomorrow evening, since we’ve been wanting to try out paddle boarding.
Along the way we saw two baby bunnies, some grey heron/stork birds, and even a fawn from only a few feet away! Stopped at the park for some pullups, pushups, and dips.
Shortly after we returned to the cottage, Jim arrived with chicken salad and croissants. Delicious!
In addition to baking, Joni also cans. She rounded up some samples to aid us on our journey. So tucked into the RV is some tomato soup, tomatoes, bread and butter pickles, beets, and cranberry relish!
After multiple attempts Joni was able to catch Jake, their neighbor, and arrange to borrow the pontoon boat. We packed up food and prepared to head out on the lake to explore by water.
There are some beautiful homes along the shore. As much as we enjoy admiring them, however, the cottages (and even the boat houses) appeal to me more. Since it was during the week, traffic was light and we explored at our leisure; we saw Joni and Jim’s old house, the sandbar in the middle of the lake, heard stories about frozen water, and visited a great swimming spot. The water was comfortably brisk and we enjoyed paddling around.
After lying in the sun to dry off a bit we continued meandering along the lake shore. We saw where the Elvis statue used to be and some more gorgeous houses! We saw a guy “Flyboarding” hooked up to a jetski with an air skateboard. He was doing flips in the air. Pretty cool!
Upon arriving back at the dock we prepared to clean up the boat. No sooner had we disembarked than Jake came over to get the boat before we could clean it up. Per Joni’s instructions, Ashley told him “Thanks, Uncle Jake!” He loved it!
We gathered ingredients and threw together a chicken and veggie stir fry. It was delicious!
After discussing movies we decided to find something to watch. Settled on American Sniper, which Ashley and I had not yet seen. Thoroughly enjoyed the movie.