My house has become the Labor Getaway for my sister and her family. I live a block from the lake and have a boat ramp for access. But I couldn't find the key this year! Too much JUNK! I know, bad hostess. We still had a ton of fun and I took a ton of pictures.
My 9 yr old nephew Aaron wakeboarding
6 yr old Ethan kneeboarding.
dueling kneeboards. These kids are amazing..
A blue Heron looking for lunch..
Turtles sunning
I could have sat in these all day. Wonder if the owners would mind??
The next batch of pictures are from a cemetary that we visited by boat. A LONG time ago, before Lake Murray was here, there were 11 towns where the lake is now. When the lake was made, the towns were relocated and then flooded to make the Lake. There are still cemetaries and headstones visible when the lake level is down. It's pretty cool.
Lake Murray is also where Jimmy Doolittle trained his raiders to retaliate against Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. There is an island on the lake called Bomb Island which Jimmy used for target practice.
Anyway, this cemetary isn't one of the flooded ones. But it is on a point of the lake and it's pretty cool. So, I jumped out of the boat (not very gracefully) and took pictures of the headstones.
There were about 8 stones that did not have any markings on them.
This was an infant son's stone dating to 1861. So cool.
This stone was broken, but dated to 1889
Saw the No Tresspassing sign as we were leaving. Oops.
Another great weekend on Lake Murray. Always fun with family and the annual Labor day parade, and the annual Library book sale that follows. Like I need more books! But I'm addicted.
I'm still trying to get my house in order (was it ever in order before?) and put back together so I can get back to FURNITURE! I'm having paint withdrawal. This was the last thing I painted:
And just my luck, it's almost the weekend again and the weather has cooled off and it is gorgeous!
Ready....Set....Paint!
~Amy
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