Day 4. Started out with our usual 8:00am wake-up, had the famous Belgian waffles again and then headed out - shaved 8 minutes off our best record for getting on the road. It was a sad morning as we had to drop off our beloved Thorkey. Her vacation spot looked pretty nice and we're certain she will have a blast - we paid extra for peanut butter filled kongs nightly and up to two hikes in the woods (guilty parents). I'm not sure she will want to come home with us!
We drove to our "cabin" on Flathead Lake in Bigfork, MT. I use the term "cabin" loosely since when we got here, we were surprised with an unbelievable new house right on the lake. There are 18-20 people here (Damon's extended family) - I haven't been able to count b/c the house is big and people are always moving. We had a fantastic dinner and chilled out most of the day. Lauren and I made a quadruple batch of our famous white chocolate, oatmeal, craisin cookies which people devoured before we could even get them on the cooling rack. Sleeping arrangements here are interesting - lots of beds and bedrooms, but I think Lauren & Tyler's room takes the cake. They have a bunk bed in a bathroom closet. Seriously. It is a nice, dark little cave.
The weather was pretty gross all day - cold and non-stop drizzle. One might think that would put a damper on things, but the people here are either oblivious to the cold, or had imbibed enough so it did not make a difference. The polar bear club made its first appearance around 8pm when everyone (except me) put on suits and jumped in the FREEZING lake - keep in mind the outside temp couldn't have been more than the 50's. And they kept jumping in. Those pictures will be posted soon. Luckily, the house has a hot tub and everyone brought their body temperature back up to normal pretty quickly.
The last few days had taken a tired toll on everyone, so we all turned in at a reasonable time and caught up on sleep. We are very excited for our white water rafting trip on Day 5. More to come.
Quote of the day (Damon): My god, that's a lot of wood.
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