total eclipse of the heart

it's not all the recent, and it wasn't even an eclipse of the heart, but.... there was an eclipse. and we should have driven to the totality. i mean, carbondale illinois isn't THAT far.

but we didn't. we went back to elkhart lake to say goodbye to summer for one more time, and while we were there, we met some friends on the top of the tiny ski hill in plymouth under cloudy skies, ate french fries, peeked at the sky, and used david's sweet little cheerios box to see the eclipse.






and when the sky was boring, there was log rolling.


it wasn't carbondale, but it was awesome.

and when it was over, we hit up the skate park, the bumper boats, and the lakeside kid spa.

and the whole time, i was humming this gem: