Autumn Holiday 08: Burt Lake

There are more lakes in this part of the country than anyone could shake a respectable stick at. We stayed 10 lovely nights at a lake about 30 minutes north of our house. There was plenty of room for everyone, a pool table, mountains of books, a piano, satellite TV, and a pontoon boat. It was enough to keep four generations of family happy and busy.



Our first week there we enjoyed a bit of an Indian Summer. It was nice to have some warm days to do outside things like playing hide and seek in our underpants. Well, Grace did anyway.
I was usually the first one into the kitchen in the mornings with the kids. Grace was always concerned about the absence of the rest of the crowd. Our first morning there, we had this conversation:


G: Where is Grandma Sandy, and Papa Ray?
Me: Oh, they are still in bed sleeping.
G: I better go wake them up.
Me: Mmm. I don't think so. How about some breakfast?
G: Well, where are... super grandma and super grandpa?

We had tried explaining to her the concept of great grandparents. I like the sound of super grandparents better. And that is what we called them the whole trip and we will ever after. (Grandma Bettie, consider yourself upgraded my dear!) Here they are. Super Gpa and super Gma with Grant. I loved getting to know these two better. Cori spent a lot of time with them and on their dry farm as he was growing up. I loved learning more about him and Sandy as I learned more about Grandma Venna and Grandpa Larry.

We spent our days at the house relaxing, fiddling with fishing gear, playing cards, playing pool and visiting. Oh, and eating. We ate a lot of really yummy food.



We took the boat out a few times during our 24 hour rental. Three of the outings were of the fishing variety, and two of those were mostly in the dark. We have some very serious fishermen in this group. We spent the afternoon of our rental out touring the lake, admiring the Fall colors that were blooming on the shore, swimming, and fishing a bit more. We only let Grant drive for a little while.
Gracie kept insisting that she is a big girl now and that she didn't need to take a nap. This poor kid fell asleep nearly every single day. If it wasn't while we were playing, it was at the dinner table. This was on the the boat.

Brave little Grace wanted to be just like mommy and daddy and jumped right off the boat.