Happy 4th of July weekend!

Here is one thing I know for sure about a lake house: if you own one on July 4th weekend, you are there.  (And so are all of your friends!)

The best part of this July 4th weekend?  We finally found kayaks!

For at least a month we searched every store at home, every store in this area, and religiously checked craigslist and resellers trying to find ANYONE with a kayak to sell.  It's interesting the things that COVID has made scarce, but this year, with everyone staying home, anything boat-related at all has been a challenge to procure.

And then on Wednesday, when my husband was making a Wal-Mart run, he just happened to hit the jackpot - a truck had just pulled into the store with 65 kayaks!  After fruitlessly searching EVERYWHERE for over a month, this was a major score.

Pine Lake is 500 acres, and it's the perfect kayaking lake.  There are little coves around every corner, a lot of undeveloped lakeside land, and little sandbar islands where you can stop.

On Friday night, we got to take the kayaks out for the first time, leaving at sunset and paddling back to the house in the moonlight.  It was quiet and beautiful.

I swear, the colors in this photo were not photoshopped!  

They sky was an incredible shade of purple.

On July 4th, I watched my first ever boat parade from the kayak - so fun!  Everyone was grilling, swimming, boating, and relaxing on their docks.

This airbnb will be a BYOB (bring your own boat) - powerboat, that is.  The kayaks will come with the house.

I can't wait to go out again!