Last night there were high winds and storms in Chicago. We lost power overnight. Sofia checked on Cassandra twice. So far it looks like things are ok.

This morning we had a lazier start. We all did our own things. We went to Lucky Bucks Cafe for breakfast. Then we took some pictures at lookouts. Then we stopped at a general store/gas station for souvenirs. The gas station didn’t have power, so we went back to the resort. Lucas wanted to try out the zip lines here, so we did. I even did it. Lucas tried the climbing wall but it was too hard. I wanted to do a trail on the resort property, but it was so hot! So by 11 we were in the pool with papa and gigi. The big hot tub was drained for maintenance, and the smaller one was only warm. I wonder if this had to do with the power outages.

By noonish we were all at the pool. I got chicken fingers for Lucas from the tavern, and I had the poke bowl. Don went back to the general store. He got more beer. In the meantime, I had snuck some modelos down to the pool and filled cups. I had to be sneaky and had to use a bottle opener. We also got a beer from the pool bar. Then we signed up for the taco dinner they were going to have at the pool. We swam until about 4:45 then we went up to get ready for dinner. The taco dinner was pretty good, but the sun was so hot. After dinner Lucas and Don went to the game room. Mom and dad learned that a big tree limb was down in their yard and they had no power. Some bad storms went thru Paxton.