Friday, August 08, 2025 We had a swan alarm clock today! It's grey and looks wet, with distant thunder. Our neighbors left, as did a group at the north end of the lake. Following yesterday's pattern, warm and sunny in the afternoon. By 4pm all sites were taken, as far as I can tell. Many storms slid by, but not much rain.

I met a nice garter snake in the woods, and we had a grey tree frog hanging out on the vestibule of the tent. Down on the point is a large wolf spider with a recent hatch of spiderlings protected by a large web. We had flickers eating ants out of a large anthill in camp, and a snowshoe hare hopped by. Today we showered again...fells nice to be in somewhat cleaner clothes.

We had the green curry that I freeze dried last fall....it's so much better than even the most expensive commercially available freeze dried meals. Gonna do a lot more of that for next year! It's so good to have big chunks of identifiable veggies, and rich flavors.

It's almost dark, still and warm and cloudy. Feels like rain.

~Horse Lake