Minnesota Vacation Day 9

I'm feeling much better today and currently trying to kill time waiting for Tim and the dogs to arrive. 

Again, we've had a day of adventures. Believe it or not, it started with a trip to the dump!  Since I have a GPS unit checked out from Soudan State Park, I wanted to make sure they weren't having a geocaching class today.  Online, I discovered there was a special "Heritage Days" event going on at the park.  After making our pilgrimage to the dump, we stopped in to see what was going on.  There were several people there doing demonstrations.  There were 2 men making stone tools.  They showed the boys how striking the sharp edges with an iron piece will create a spark.  Then, the park naturalist showed us all sorts of different animal skins - wolf, coyote, 2 kinds of foxes, squirrel, mink, raccoon, bobcat, beaver, skunk, otter, weasel, and rabbit.  He really spent a lot of time with the boys, and they seemed to enjoy it and learn a little, too.

We then headed down to Jeremy's absolute favorite part of the day, a free archery lesson.  All three of us tried it (I even manage to land a few arrows on the target), but Jeremy was in love.  He is now thinking of ways to make money, and trying to figure out how much it costs to buy a compound bow. 

We still need to buy some leeches in Tower, and by the time we got back to the cabin, it was after 3PM.  Another meal off-schedule, which doesn't make Mom very happy.

The lake is absolutely hopping today, with people fishing, riding on rafts behind jet-skis, paddleboating, and everything else.  Our afternoon swim was interrupted by 2 little boys fishing out of a paddleboat - they stayed right around our docks for awhile.  There were no adults with them, but eventually a mom did SWIM out to them to tell them to stay away from people who are swimming while they have fishing lines in the water.  No kidding!  My boys probably feel unlucky, because I will probably not ever give them that much freedom!

We stayed in the water until 7 or so.  Jeremy has taken to making running leaps off of the dock singing, "I believe I can fly!"  It's too bad the water is only 2 feet deep where he lands.  He doesn't seem to care much, though.

Mom ate dinner early, but the boys and I ate late, and I let them watch an Olympic special on NBC while they ate.  Then, Jeremy made gingersnaps to give Tim when he arrives.  We expect him within an hour or so.