After breakfast, we were given the option of two excursions – one was another canoe ride, the other was to go to a fire tower. I lost the vote on the fire tower three to one. Today we canoed around Elk Lake (our campground was between Elk Lake and Lake Itasca)

One of the other parents was giving “points” for snacks if the kids would see various things. And that kept Ada and Liam engaged the entire time. Helena was in the other canoe with her friend, Mara.

The kids really knew each other by now and were comfortable with each other. Here they are all while the adults were getting canoes of the trucks and putting them into the water.

Both Helena and Liam learned how to throw a frisbee on vacation.

After lunch we went back to the beach. Helena now has a swimsuit since Mara brought two. Still, she didn’t go in the water for very long.

Helena has a frog, but it was hard to get a photo of it.

After dinner, Helena and about every other girl was at Jackie’s Hairstyling, the finest in the North.