Now that is a Snapping Turtle!

Here is what greeted us Sat morning as we drove onto our driveway by the road.  WHOA! Now that was a sight.  So, I grabbed my camera to get a shot.  Never know if I will see another one that size again.  We saw another one about a mile down the road and it appeared to be laying eggs.  So, that is probably what this one was preparing to do, before I showed it to the other side of the road down to a pond. :)




We spray painted the windmill we brought from home.



We spray painted the wood ring and stacked some nice birch in it.

Saturday we also made a kayak stand.  We got the idea from a neighbor on the lake. 

 

We also were pleased to see some grass sprouting up from our seeding project last weekend! :)

We also started to lay down some timber on the way down to the lake to get an idea of how to landscape that area.

We were able to do some kayaking on the lake, took down another birch tree by the driveway entrance, moved the camper and enjoyed the views.  Mosquitos have been pretty pesky with all the rain, however on Sunday it was finally nice and sunny and hardly had any around.  So, glad for that.  I was beginning to wonder if we would be able to be out during summer months there.

We saw that the perc test was done this week so we are anticipating hearing how that went this week.  Next, we will set up a time for the excavating and fill to be done.  Open the checkbook!!  This is where we will have to pay for professional services. :)

Hopefully this will get done before the Retzer's make their trip to WI.   So, we can show them our progress so far and that we are not totally crazy to retire up here. We are hoping to take the girls out on the boat for a little excursion too.

That's all for now......