Last week we were able to enjoy another short break up on Lake Erie at a friends cottage. We were there just over a year ago for Naomi's 1st family holiday but this time we got to bring Grandma and Gramps along for the adventure!
The weather was a lot more iffy than it has been ... sometimes cold, sometimes wet but sometimes sunny too and the lake itself was just a few minutes walk from our front door!
On our first full day, we took a trip over to Put-In-Bay Island. Abigail was very excited to be back on the car ferry ... Naomi as always, once she's in her carseat, was totally indifferent to what's going on in the outside world!! Not sure if Grandma and Gramps are looking excited or nervous about the prospect of a day out with us!
We started at the Butterfly house, having enjoyed an abundance of our own butterflies this summer at home. Abigail was a lot more wary than we thought she might be and some of the butterflies we saw were incredibly friendly!
This butterfly took a particular liking to Mark's mum and wasn't going to budge ... it stayed on her head for the longest time!
The rest of our day on the island was filled with lots more goofiness ... as you can see. Although it was quite cold and blustery we definitely enjoyed ourselves, playing in the playpark, having lunch and driving the length of the island in under 5 minutes!
The one downside of that first day was at the end of the return ferry journey. The car just wouldn't start! We ended up being pushed off the ferry and literally dumped on the side of the dock. While Mark and his Dad were able to make it work again temporarily ... we did have to find someone to tow it away and a garage to fix it before we could drive home.
This meant we were a vehicle down for most of the holiday and so couldn't go anywhere all together ... except for places we could walk or if we stayed at the cottage for some games or silliness!! In the evening's we watched movies, played games or did jigsaw puzzles.
The nice thing was there were lovely places to walk right by the cottage so it wasn't a hardship to be 'set adrift' without transportation at all!
Right by the lake front there was also a great play park with a sandpit ... much loved by the youngest generation of the family! As you can see the oldest generation also enjoyed themselves there a lot too!
Gramp's and Abigail's little sand castle creation ... the closest we were going to get to the beach!
The other fun thing (right next to the play park) was the crazy golf. We learnt from last year that it would be shut unless you took your own equipment, so this time round we brought our own putter and balls and Abigail was especially goofy going round the course!
All-in-all it was a great week ... much more relaxing that we had anticipated because of the necessary car repairs but that wasn't a bad thing! Thankfully the afternoon before we were due to leave, we got our car back ... so some would say it was a total success!!
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