MOST STAYED DRY! July 4th Breakfast and Birthday Wishes at the Orbens'

BREAKFAST 

With the constant rain, a smaller gathering of lot owners stayed dry and celebrated the Fourth  in the spacious screen porch overlooking the lake at Bob and Mary Orben's.  We recognized the reason for the holiday, our freedom won at a significant price paid by our military, their families and others.   With every one of Bob and Mary Orben's children and grandchildren present, the Orbens used the weekend to celebrate Bob's upcoming milestone birthday. So we continued the celebration and all sang Happy Birthday to Bob.   
 

Bob's cake.  The boat on the right is the Thistle he sailed as a youngster, and the boat in the center shows he and Mary in his legendary yellow Y-Flyer.

Thanks very much to Bob and Mary and their family for having us!

KAYAK   & PADDLEBOARD RACE

Max Henry came prepared to conduct the kayak and paddleboard race, but the steady rain resulted in a cancellation. Only Leah Essex braved the elements and thus, by default is the paddleboard champion just for showing up!  Sometimes that is all it takes, right? And Malachi Henry was the only one to venture out in the rain toward the Orbens' with a kayak (and the race turn marker to set up the race), but was notified en-route with the cancellation news by his Dad. He paddled back to the dock and came to the breakfast via land,  albeit a little damp. Thanks for being ready Max and Malachi!