What does a long holiday weekend mean to us? Well, let me show you!
We drove 5 minutes out of town to the lake that was opened while we were gone. Our friends joined us with their borrowed paddle board and we (unsuccessfully) tried to avoid sunburn. (We were there for 4 hours and applied twice!)
We knocked out some projects, including the little friends I’ve been working on since the beginning of the summer. And I didn’t get a shot of the berry cheesecake, cuz we ate it.
We played in backyards and parks and, although most of the neighborhood kids were off camping, we got some quality time in!
And we hiked our back yard trails, makinga lot of noise and trying to come up with synonyms for “whee!” on the scramble down.
We’ve got some good things going!
Magrilless 
What a great day of no laborious activity!
Looks like great fun! Can you tell us more about the lake? “the lake that was opened while we were gone”
It’s called Lake Nighthorse, just a few minutes out of town to the Southwest. It’s a reservoir for tribal water claims down the Animas River. It’s only open during the summer (ish) and only during the day (no camping). There’s a fee for use, so we probably won’t be there all the time. But it’s super to have a really close outdoor swimming option!
It’s been filled for years, but there’s been a lot of haggling about how use should be managed. Guess they figured it out and the public was allowed last summer.
Not bad for your backyard