Loving the Lake

One of the many reasons we moved to Lake Pointe is becuase it is close to the Coralville Lake ("the Res"). Come fall, daddy plans to cut a walking path through the forest so we can walk the short 1/4 mile to the shore near our house. The route is not passable now becuase of dense vegetation and the high probability of getting ticks. So, for now, we have to go the long way around and get to the lake by the dam and spillway (see my previous flood blogs for details about the famous spillway!)

On Thursday last week, I had my first time on the lake and my first time on a boat when daddy took me with his residents as they cruised around on a motorboat. I was beaming the whole time, except when the engine got really loud and I had to cover my ears. But as we got off the boat at the dock, I said, "Come back?"

So, we did on Saturday, this time with mommy. We walked along the "beach" and waded in the water and found all sorts of cool fossils lying around. I was so happy! We also had a nice picnic that day on our lawn with tomatoes, bruchetta, crackers, and peaches.

This AM, daddy took me to see my owl Petra at the Raptor Center. We walked around, talking to the birds, and exploring the forest. We found a little trail that led out the lake and we walked out to the shore. The edge of the lake here consists mostly of piles of limestone rocks, cut by erosion into big steps. We sat on a legde and watched the water, then we noticed all the hundreds of little fossils we were sitting on. Amazing! I will have to ask Uncle Chris what they are!

This is a photo of our porch last week during a downpour, shwoing our poor rain chain overcome with flooding! I hope we finishing landscaping our new yard before the house washes away!