The Shack.

Driving to the Shack this year was a bit more difficult. The road is closed. Water, water everywhere. It's sort of hard to cross the road when it looks like this:


And that water is deep! Sloughs are no longer little pockets of water in the ditch. Now they look more like full-on lakes. It's crazy! The Shack's next door (or next farmhouse) neighbors even have to build a new road to their place.



Let's talk more about weather.

The two days we were in Crosby, it was incredibly, uncommonly hot. It was why-did-the-heat-follow-us-to-ND hot. And the Shack does not have AC. I ended up getting a migraine and throwing up in the middle of the night. Details you probably don't need to know. It does prove that I am not made for heat and I love AC.

We gave the kids a few baths to keep them cool. And that involved buckets. Eli didn't quite know what to think:


Ava was a big fan of the sink bath. She's a water fan. And hopefully 15 years from now she doesn't find out I posted naked baby photos of her. Chunky baby alert!


Ilene and Dale braved the heat to come see us. Eli loved meeting them!


Seriously it was so hot, we all wished we could waddle around in just a diaper like these two. And being there is only an outhouse at the Shack...

Kidding!

It was great being there, even with the hot. Many, many great memories there and a place I hope Eli gets to love someday too.



-Heather