swan lake

clare came to visit me in willey last night and today we went to swan lake - a tiny little lake only 3 miles from my house. it's a little too gross to swim in, but we did rent a paddle boat for $5 and had fun with all the weird stuffed animals at the visitor center.

clare on paddle boat

iowa buffalo

this was a wall of tribute in the visitor's center. it had all these pics of kids that hunt. some were so young!

look at this kid in the middle - he's gotta be like 7?

and this one? 8 maybe?

one of the many weird things there were some drawers for kids to open and "play" with dead animal pieces. here's a claw from something and some feet from something else. ew.

swans. swan lake. duh.

i felt like i should recite hamlet or something...

supermodel clare is sporting a tawny brown buffalo pelt over navy t-shirt for a complete all-american wilderness girl effect.

they had lots of pelts. this one reminded me of the one in arrested development when maybe cut off the foot.

on paddle boat. you can't see the sweat rolling off my face into my eyes. oh, and the paddle boat was sparkly teal color. i know you were wondering.