A Chapel, A Lighthouse and a Beautiful Day - Vacation Recap from Monday, August 9th

We decided to have a casual start to our day. We ate breakfast in a leisurely fashion. The kids went in the lake for a short while. The water was so warm that it was almost like being in a bath.

Then we headed off in search of a little adventure. We first found the Boynton Chapel in Bjorklunden as part of our search for the Stave church that we so admired during out last trip. This was not it, but it had its own grace and petite beauty to admire




We then visited the Ridges Natural Sanctuary. Larr and Ethan went off in search of cool rock formations. Ellie wanted to play on the beach and I stayed with her. Don read his book in the car as he did not want to risk getting sunburned and there was no shade to be found anywhere near the beach.

The Cana Island was last on our list of places to visit. It was humid, hot and pretty high up. The humidity was getting to us.

What I found interesting was the list of provisions each light house operator was allotted per year. I wish I had thought to take a photograph of the list. It included something like 50 pounds of beef, 30 pounds of pork, 4 gallons of vinegar (to can veggies) and so on.