Vacation week 2007 at Donnell Lake!

This past week John and I packed up and headed to Donnell Lake for a week of vacation. We had planned on doing a lot of boating and fishing and resting and relaxing.... What we had not planned on was all the torrential rains! All was not lost. We ended up doing some needed shopping in Battle Creek, Angola Outlets, Shipshewana, ..... I was able to enjoy reading three delightful novels.... Wednesday Dennis and Mary Hartsell brought us a reprieve from the low clouds and storms and we had a good afternoon with them. Thursday started out with clear skies and we were finally able to take our morning walk around the west end of the lake, see some of the wild life- (some seemed to be pairing off in groups of 2) , do a bit of fishing (a very little bit), take a canoe ride (after John did a remodel on the seats and bought a padle) and a bit of a boat ride. It was getting late afternoon and the skies were still sunny but for some reason John decided to turn on the local news and saw the storm warnings. He had just enough time to go back out and tie up the boat and cover it securely before the wind and rains hit. It was quite the sight watching the top of the willow tree next door come crashing down to the shore. Since the electricity went out we spent the night back home. Friday morning looked like a lot more of the same so we opted to raise our white flag to the week of rain and pack our stuff up and come home. The electricity at the cottage was still off and remained off the entire time we packed and cleaned up.