Windfall...just saying it puts me in a relaxed mood. Windfall is the "cabin" that Gabi and her sons own in Park County, Indiana (west of Indy). Windfall sits on a peninsula in at about the middle part of the lake so you have a lake view on three sides.
The picture on the far left is from the deck around the house looking out by the dock. The one on the right shows the tip of the peninsula on the left and the view across to the other end of the lake (taken from the boat). So you have open views but we can swim in a very large inlet
so it's very safe. Emily & Sarah were able to venture out into the "deep". This is usually Katie & Megan's area - but my "littles" aren't so little anymore! We took Gabi's boat out every day while there. You'll notice (maybe) that I'm missing from these boat pictures. That's because
I'm waiting for the AC repair guy to get there. It wasn't working when we got there the 1st day. No big deal - except it got really, really humid later that evening. But there are three ceiling fans and we were catching a small cross breeze. That was ok until a little after midnight ....when the rain
started...and then the wind started... and then the electricity went out (no more fans!). . .and when we heard rain and debris hitting all four sides of the house we headed for the basement!!! We found out the next day when Papa & Gabi (she looks good, doesn't she??) came for a surprise visit that we had been having 85 mph winds through our area. Trees were down around the lake - but we were fine. Except that electricity thing....no water because no pump. Can't open the fridge to get a drink cause you don't know when the electricity will be back on out there....the liquor cabinet wasn't a good idea that early in the day or for the kids...so we played in the lake to keep cool and bucketed water to the bathrooms so as to be a little civilized still. Luckily the electricity was back on by Tues. evening and the phones by Wednesday. Wednesday evening David headed back to Indy for the Foo Fighters concert with some friends. He actually got back at a reasonable time considering it was a concert. The girls and I had a blast playing Catch Phrase (Sarah was a RIOT with her hints) and watching movies. We made great use of the firepit several nights - yes I'm a still a controlled pyromaniac - no starter logs for me! We cheated on the smores and did them in the microwave because there weren't any good sticks to roast the marshmallows with. Except for Monday night - we had perfect weather for a lake vacation. Nobody got sunburnt - and we all really, really got to relax. There was a little trouble our last day with the plumbing and the washer - but Gabi graciously said to leave that load for her to do. The plumber was going to come during Gabi & Papa's stay this week. I'm just so glad that most of the "issues" we had happened while we were there and not Papa & Gabi! I even got Gabi to let me do a few chores around the place to help me feel like I'm earning my keep. As always - a big thank you to Gabi and her boys for sharing their little slice of heaven with us!
3 comments:
That looks like an amazing place. It sounds like you all had a great week!!
Looks like the family enjoyed themselves! I'm sad that we weren't able to make it...we tried! Papa and Gabi DO look good though...she always has a smile on her face!
To small oberservations: I love that the boat is called the Party Craft and I love that Emily's wolf was in a swimsuit! Ha (she is really starting to look like you ak)
Looks like a FUN week:)
Beautiful pictures!!
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