Last full day in Vermont

It has been a very different visit from what we anticipated this year. The kids and I were the first ones to be here overnight for the summer. Normally, my parents are out here, and we get a really nice visit with them. This year, my Dad landed in the hospital the day we arrived - a week ago Thursday and we stopped and saw him in the hospital. He is still in the hospital, so my Mom is at their house which is closer to where he is. The good news, they drained all the fluids that were building in his body and his kidneys and heart are stable now. They are doing one more procedure on Monday, the day we leave for home. We are hopeful he will be released on Tuesday to go home. He is 87 and has a heart managed in failure state and bad kidney function but is not on dialysis. 

We hiked most of the way up the mountain on Friday morning. It got hot and muggy and the girl had a headache and was overheating a bit so I called it and we headed back down .4 miles from the top as a straight line.. which the trail is not. Lots of rest and liquids and she was better later that evening.

This is the duck that likes to sunbathe on the dock.

We did a boat ride yesterday when my sister Terri, her hubby Bob, their daughter Sally (up from Boston for a visit) and their dog Gracie. The kids do enjoy driving the boat... just dislike me taking photo's.

The hand work has been crocheting tops to towels and adding the button for my Mom. I have done 3 for home and will do a few for camp.

I also have been working on knitting a dish cloth while enjoying the outside and the view.

We saw all of my siblings on the 4th and my Mom came out for a few hours as well. I am the youngest of 5.

We have had maple creemees and I tried their new this year maple iced coffee. It was yummy. Also got a sticker for the car!

Forgot to move this photo up - Gracie was tired out from chasing the ball down the hill and into the lake all afternoon. Seems Emily was a good pillow.

Our excitement this 4th of July. The grill was out here with sauced chicken cooking when my sister Jo went out to add her chicken. Seems the structure wood underneath decided it was time to give way and thankfully she just got one little burn from the butter sauce that spilled on her leg. Charlie (nephew) was very quick and grabbed the grill and the guys got it off there quickly. Bob now has a new job at camp - to redo the underneath structure. We are very thankful it did not happen with my parents out there.

We have been hearing the loons and Emiy got a good photo of one while we were out kayaking the other day. I took this off Facebook this morning from someone around the lake. One baby loon this year.

It sounds like all my siblings will stop out at some point today as well as my Mom for a visit. I'd better finish picking up the camp a bit.

I did watch the F1 race this morning with Aidan. Go Hamilton with a home win at Silverstone. So happy he took the checkered flag. Hopefully next year it will be Norris's turn.