July 6: Stoney Lake

We got up really early this morning and it was really hot outside. I was even sweating inside the house. It was 39 degrees with the humidity.

By 9 o'clock we left for Stoney Lake because we wanted to get on the lake before it was too hot.

This is what Stoney Lake looks like

When we got to Stoney lake, I saw a heron.   We picked up a boat at McCracken's Landing and after when we got outside I saw the heron.

McCracken's Landing, where we
picked up the boat

Heron

The boat had a green sun canopy on the top and had three seats in the front and two in the back that were joined together and flat. It was called a steel deck boat.

When we were on the lake, I tried my water sword out. It shot water really far.

We had a bag of nuts and bolts and I had an airhead fruit squeezer. We also drank lots of water.

This church was on an island right by
Tony's family's cottage

On the lake, we saw boat houses, people sea-dooing, and lots of other people boating.

We stopped to swim at a cottage that belonged to Tony's family. I only went in for five seconds because I felt so weird being in water where there were no rocks that you could walk on.

After that we went to a little island called Juniper Island and right where we went up the hill where there was a little brown building that had walls that folded up. It was a dance hall.

Then we went to a place called Viamede Resort, but they only served private lunches in the main building so we had lunch at the boathouse on the dock. We had to move our boat three times so that bigger boats could come in.

This is the Viamede Resort, where we
stopped for lunch

Then we back to Juniper Island because at 2:30 they were having a free concert with a clarinet and an oboe.

After that we headed back to the dock because everyone except me was tired out.

We picked up stuff for supper and then we came home and had supper and went to bed because we were all so tired, except for me.

I even got the chance to drive the
boat for a little while in a safe area

Uncle John's hat looked like a pirates
hat whenever the boat went fast

My dad after swimming at Tony's family's cottage