We decided on a whim to take the littles to Twin lakes to paddle around for a bit. The weather was gorgeous when we left home! We unloaded the canoes and life jackets and got everyone situated. The big kids wanted to go on their own while Daddy took Joe, Fin and Sawyer. I was a little bit nervous as Ollie and I watched them from the dock, but they all had life jackets on and the water was pretty calm. They all did a little bit of fishing, but no bites.
When they returned, I hopped in a canoe with Daddy, Finley and Sawyer. The big kids took Ollie, and Joe opted to stay on the dock and throw rocks.
As the afternoon went on, dark clouds began rolling in. We could hear the quiet rumbles of thunder in the distance and it was soon accompanied by lightning. We paddled back to the shore speedy quick (along with everyone else) and began lugging the canoes and life jackets up to the van. It started spitting rain and the wind began picking up. Soon the rain turned to a huge dump of hail. We had loaded the canoes and were working on getting the hooks off the rods when I started coming down hard. We all took cover in the van and waited out the storm. When it had finally passed, the sunshine came out again. The ground was blanketed in white. We strapped everything in and made our way home.
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