Bonfires on the Beach? Not anymore...

A nighttime bonfire at Lake Mary

The lake is so high, this year, that we've had to move the fire pit from the beach.  The beach is half the depth that it usually is but we're not complaining.  There's still lots of beach and nice soft sand.

We decided to put the fire pit up in a curved grassy area near the lakescaping.

Jack had the pit pretty much dug by the time the twins and their parents came.  Then they set to work transferring the dirt to the garden wagon and then moved the rocks from the beach to the new spot.

All finished!  It looks great.

Believe it or not we didn't actually build a fire.  The weekend just flew by...swimming, picnics on the beach, fireworks...by the time evening rolled in there were two mighty tired little four-year-olds all ready for a good night's sleep.

There's still a lot of summer left and I'm confident that plenty of sizzling hot dogs and ooey gooey s'mores will be consumed around that fire pit.

Speaking of summer...we are going to be as busy as we've ever been....busier, even.  I'm not sure I'll be able to post very often.   Boring you to death isn't my goal and posting just for the sake of posting wouldn't be cool.

My thoughts were that I'd try to post something "Minnesota" now and then...scenic views, a little history and/or something unique to our lake country.  And that's still what I'd like to do.  So if something interesting happens along our way or an intriguing photo op presents itself, I'll be sure to  blog about it.   In the meantime, enjoy this season wherever you are. 

Now I'm off to prepare for our next event which is tomorrow....it's the Relay for Life and we've never worked that in the past.  It's a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society so a percentage of our proceeds will benefit that organization.  It's a good thing.