The Swimmers

Not only did they swim in 60-degree lake water, Sara and Ted looked darn good while doing so. Should you be interested, Ted's pink and yellow floral swim cap IS available for rental use.

Tanner catches the BIG one and Lily sees her catch get away

Tanner caught the Memorial Day biggest crappie of all time!!! (see below) Lily hooked a giant 10-pound something-or-other, but it snapped the line. (see Jones family in boat pic) We can only wonder. Perhaps it was a rainbow fairy fish called out by the magical songs of Evie. Aidan caught a massive northern pike and found it extremely slimy as he threw it back into the lake. Lily wins the prize for most exuberant return of a fish to water.

Memorial Day Nature

Since I took 1,525 photos over Memorial Day weekend, I'll try to split a few up by post. Here we have Mother Nature--a trillium on its way to turning pink and a loon stretching its wings. I also spotted a single yellow lady slipper in bloom by the shoreline, but nowhere else.

The next posts will show the extremely active wildlife at Eagle Lake. Animals that usually only surface on the weekends.

Breaking news! New fungus discovered at Eagle Lake!

Whilst on my morning shroom hunt at the cabin today, I noticed this beautiful creature. The Googles told me that she's a Geastrum saccatum or Earthstar. Sarah and I were excited by the discovery, but I did find out that these fungi are pretty common in coniferous areas. We'll ask the Hawthorne resident mycologist for more information and get back to you with further details. Post by Courtney

Eagle Lake Tri

Alli has promised to recount all the blood, sweat and tears from the tri, but until then you can distract yourself with the video.

Slip 'N Slide

In any high stakes match up of competitive of slip 'n slide, style counts. You be the judge, the votes will be tallied...who should walk away the champion?

Sandhill Cranes

Steve took this photo with his phone on HWY 8. He thinks they may be Sandhill cranes. You all can keep your eye out for them next time you're on that road. I (Angie) will be avoiding them due to my major fear of flying creatures. In any case, nice pic Dad!