This past weekend Trish and I and the dogs headed up to South Central Ohio to camp for the weekend. Our Friends, Brant and Erin, have 40+ acres that sits next to a national forest. They have a small lake on the property, hiking trails and a rustic cabin. We met up with some of their friends that still live in Ohio and hung out for the weekend. There were ten of us and three dogs there. We had a great time and I think the dogs had even more fun. It was a long ride(5hrs.) but well worth it!!! When we got home today and checked on the garden, a lot of things had changed. The Yellow squash was ready to pick and there's another that will be ready in a day or two, the corn started producing, cucumbers were bigger and multiplying, and a few of the jalapenos were ready to pick.
I think that maggie tried to find the patches of Poison Ivy to lay in, she must not know how easily I get it. 
Loungin in the lake and Maggies first real attemp at swimming. She jumped/fell off the dock and swam out to me, looked pretty scared but she survived. She wouldn't get back in, so we had one of the other people there throw her in so we could get the picture above.
Brant and Erin, they both work with Trish and also live just a mile and a half up the road from us. Brant's Grandfather and a friend bought the property in Ohio in the 60's and passed it down to Brant's Dad who then bought out the other fellow. The forest service wants it, but they aren't willing to sell........Can you blame them? It's beautiful!!!! Sorry no pics of the cabin, but it's a really cool place, a hand built log style cabin, constructed out of trees they cut down on the property. No running water, but they have power via a generator and an outhouse for when nature calls:)
The garden.....................Neither of us knew how big the squash plants would get, but that's one right in front of me..almost waist high!!
