A Full Day in Crystal Lake

We had a very full day today.

morning view of the lake

After breakfast we went to Trudy's church to meet up with a few other people to take the collection of cans to the recycling center.  They get paid by the weight.

Then we went to the small airfield where Dale keeps his plane.  He built it himself.  It is a Zenith Zodiac CH650.  It is considered an experimental plane since it is not mass produced.  It is for 2 people. Dale took me up in it. Very cool.  

view from the plane

Trudy and Dale

Trudy gave me a tour of their camper

Then we went home for lunch.

Then we went to 3 Oaks Recreation Area.  First off we had Culver's ice cream, which was delicious.

Then we walked over to the quarry where they have sent up a very interesting set up.  They have combined zip lines, snow boarding and water skiing all in one.  Not sure how to describe it.  They have wires set up in a big circle, high up.  There is an area that people put on snow board type boards, hold a handle attached to a cord and off they go around in a big circle.  They have ramps, too.   

We sat and watched for a while.  It looked like a lot of fun but also exhausting.  We wandered around and looked at some of the other parts of the park.

Then we went to a Crystal Lake Brewing company.

Trudy and I shared a flight.  I did not like the dark one but the others were good.  We came home to fix dinner.  Dale grilled pork chops, Trudy made a salad and I made fried rice from the left-over rice from the Chinese food we had Sunday night.  

Whew. What a day.