June - Boating weather!

My great-great (yup, count 'em - two greats!) auntie Marjorie from Scotland has been over in Ottawa visiting her family. She and her daughter came down to stay with us for a few days - and timed it very well with the weather.




We spent a wonderfully hot day on mum and dad's boat up on Georgian Bay enjoying the sunshine.

We took the boat over to Beausoleil Island, a provincial park and spent the rest of the day picnicing, going for a short hike on the island and swimming in the lake.

We also found this very fascinating plant, apparently called Indian Pipe Weed (interesting name!). The plant has several short segments that slot back together again after being pulled apart. We decided that it must be a very useful plant, but didn't really come up with much other than using it as a breathing tube when swimming underwater - spy-style, or maybe building a very flimsy shelter. If anyone has any better ideas, we'd be happy to hear them!