Honetschlager Lake Miltona Vacation

Sitting lakeside in summer is one of the most relaxing Minnesota vacation options.  I grew up taking a yearly lake trip with my family.  We stopped doing this about 10 years ago.  Everything fell into place this year and we decided it was a good year to go again.  This year, we stayed relatively close to home.  We met up with the rest of the crew in Miltona, MN at a resort called Tip Top Cove on Lake Miltona.
Lake Miltona is beautiful.  The lake is large and clear, making it perfect for boating, swimming, and fishing.  Some lakes leave you with a stinky smell after swimming, but not this lake.  Lake Miltona is a great swimming lake.  We got in plenty of time tubing, skiing, fishing, swimming, reading, playing games, talking, and just generally relaxing and enjoying the company. There was a small playground with a slide which is where I ended up spending a lot of my time because Weston loves slides.  I was nervous about how Weston would do but everything went fine.  He loved swimming and surprised me by jumping off the raft into the lake all by himself.  After one afternoon of this, he was constantly asking, "I go jump? Jump in waters?  I go jump?".

He was into EVERYTHING, so at times I felt the trip was not very relaxing.  It was unnerving to be near so many dangerous things.  We had to be constantly vigilant to keep him safe.  Luckily, there were 5 other sets of adult eyes along, so I did get to take some time off once in awhile while someone else took on the Westonator.   My favorite part was swimming to the raft and sunning during Weston's nap.  There's nothing like a clear agenda and some sun bathing to help unwind from the stresses of work and everyday life (the Beergaritas may have helped with the unwinding a bit too...)!
Here are my favorite photos from the week:

 Weston jumping off the raft into my arms

 Tom and Dad reading the paper on the beach

Lora reading to Weston

 Eric showing off our fish

 Tom and his first ever Walleye

 Eric and Ashley in the fish house, cleaning the fish for our fish fry dinner.

 Weston reading with me

 The entrance to the resort

 On a walk around the lake

 Grandpa reading to Weston

 Grandpa and Weston on a boat ride

 A monarch I found while on a jog with Tom

 Weston bringing a snack to Grandpa

 Lora, relaxing and reading in the tube

 Weston and Mommy building sand castles on the beach

 Taken right before he demolished the sand castle

 Grandma holding Weston

 Weston trying on Ashley's sunglasses

 FISH!

 Ashley filleting a fish

My dad and his best fish from the trip