4th of July at the Cottage

It was another lovely 4th of July at the Cottage and I was lucky enough to be in WI to enjoy it! We all piled in to my dad's van around 9am and stopped at McDonalds drive-thru for breakfast. Remembering all of our orders was difficult, but we all ended up with food and were soon on our way.

Since there was a detour on Hwy 23 outside of Ripon, we took a scenic route to Princeton on several roads and ended up on County J. For future reference, J is nice drive and may be a good way to avoid traffic in Princeton on Flea Market days. 

Once we arrived, we got right to work. Grandma mowed the field, Chris started the fire and mowed by the house, Rachel rested up for floating down the river, and Grandpa, Dad and I tried to deter the groundhogs from entering the garage. Oh and I also took a little bike ride and saw a Rose Breasted Grosbeak. 

After some snacks its was time for my favorite part, floating down the river! 

The river felt very wide and we all thought we reached the take out spot faster than normal. We returned to the cottage and while dinner was cooking we had a chance to look at some of the flowers blooming in the field and the compass plant. The compass plant has wide leaves which point north and south so it gets the most sunlight during the day. Pretty neat!

By the Compass Plant. 

New Flower

We had a wonderful dinner of Grandma's delicious ribs and grilled potatoes. We cleaned everything up, waved to the many kayakers making their way down the river, and headed out. A quick stop in Princeton for ice cream cones and in no time we were back in FDL before dark.