Lake Time at our Friends' "Cottage"

Bandido is ready to swim after his tennis ball.  Perfect fun for Bandido.

Roger here....   No visit to Indiana would be complete without a visit with our friends, Jay and Nancy, at their "cottage."  

We packed up overnight supplies, loaded the dogs, picked up Nancy and drove a couple of hours to their weekend retreat.  We left the Airstream at the campground.  We spent the majority of our time on this amazing patio that overlooked Grandview Lake, near Columbus, Indiana.

Jay joined us later that afternoon, but the Mexican train extravaganza started early.

There was quite a disaster during the game.  We experienced a Mexican Train Wreck!  (Such a waste of a good glass of wine! -- D.)

Not sure how this happened?  It took a half-hour to clean up.  

Jay took us on a night-time cruise on their pontoon boat just before we went to bed.  It was so peaceful.  The moon and Venus were prominent in the sky.

Oh Captain, Our Captain

The next morning, Jay repeated the trip.  Relaxation as we drifted by the houses along the perimeter of the lake.  

Poquita's First Boat Trip

Me and my buddy

Roger, Bandido, Nancy

Late that afternoon, after Nancy's taco salad lunch,  we returned to Anderson and our campsite.  The following morning we were off to West Lafayette (the home of the Great University of the North).  :-)

Dianne's Teensy Weensy Trailer Tip

The closet in our trailer is miniscule.   We have had to be creative in storing our clothing.   As it turns out, we brought way more clothes than we needed to -- we expected it to be a lot cooler in Maine than it turned out to be.  

In the bedroom there are two overhead storage cabinets.  Both are pretty small.  Roger uses one and I use the other.   Here is how I organize mine:

Thanks to my jet-setter, world-traveling friend Linda (who is in Scotland as we speak), I purchased organizer bags which are usually used in luggage.  By using these zippered bags I am able to fit an amazing amount of clothing into this small space.   It all stays neat and organized, and if they fall out when the door is raised it's no big deal to just stuff them back in.   Each bag has a separate use: either socks, undies, PJs, bras, bathing suit etc.  I tried labeling them with masking tape but the tape did not stick so I gave up on that.   I pretty much know what is in each one by now.  The glasses case stuffed in between holds my pair of spare glasses.

Roger does his own thing in his cabinet using small plastic crates, but I think my side is better.

Pet Pictures of the Day...  These are two good ones.

Poquita Lounging on the Patio with her Toy

Bandido Swimming to the Shore with his Ball