We Need More Activities!

On July 19th Christa and Jenny decided to swim the Mile High Mile, a mile-long swim from the Marina in downtown McCall along the shore to a nearby park. Amazingly, Jenny finished 2nd in her class and Christa did well also considering the 5,000 ft altitude and colder water.

Jenny and Christa ready to take the plunge.

Around 100 competitors braved the cold waters of Lake Payette.

Some of the beautiful waterfront homes on the lake.

Afterwards we rented a ski boat and toured the lake, looking at houses and properties. Christa and Nash are interested in buying a summer home in McCall and wanted to see what was available. We saw the famous Spud Cove where J.R. Simplots’ family has a number of houses. (J.R. is the potato king of Idaho and provides over 50% of the frozen french fries sold to fast food chains.)

Quinn wants to go faster.

Christa and Quinn swim towards the cliff jumping area.

Around the corner of the lake is an area with rock walls that kids climb up to jump into the lake. Even Quinn took the leap with mommy.  Meryl and Conner went inner tubing behind the boat, and Conner, fearless as he is, even managed to fall asleep while tubing! Nothing fazes this kid.

What a great week we had. Christa and Nash will make this their summer retreat area and we’re looking forward to visiting when possible. 

The flight back to Seattle was interesting, as usual, given all the luggage Christa needs when spending two months in the States with the kids. How she gets all this stuff on an airplane without spending a fortune on excess baggage is a mystery to me. Maybe it’s that cute smile.