Last week, we rented a cottage at Smith Mountain Lake for 4 days. We were not sure what to expect (the listing said it was "rustic" but had a nice dock, but were pleasantly surprised. The house itself was fine (adequate but nothing special), but the setting was ideal and we had a wonderful time.
First night, we blew up our floats, swam off the dock and tried out the paddleboards:
 |
First thing, a flock of geese swam by. On the second day, an otter swam right by us.
|
On Tuesday night, Abby and I started a jigsaw puzzle, which Benji and I then finished Wednesday morning. We enjoyed a relaxed day (with time spent lazing in the hammock and floating on the lake and a short canoe trip) followed by a campfire at sunset:
On Thursday, we hiked the state park in the morning (but I somehow took no pictures), relaxed inside with games during the heat of the day and spent more time at the lake in the afternoon and evening. I took the sit-on canoe out for a short trip at sunset while the boys lazed on the dock:
On Friday, we finally pulled out the umbrella to shade the dock and it was a great addition, allowing us to enjoy a picnic lunch. The boys joined for another sunset canoe trip (they took a paddleboard), while Abby took pictures from the dock. It had been drizzling lightly on and off all day and we caught a beautiful rainbow. We ended the night (and our trip) swimming after dark so we could see the stars (and, as it turned out, lightning, so it was a short-ish night swim):
No comments:
Post a Comment