Rend Lake 2016

We took a road trip to Illinois and Missouri over the 4th of July and it will be in two different blog posts.  Part I:  Rend Lake, IL for a Goforth Family reunion.  Larry and his siblings lived with some family in the area when they were children.  The family came together to help out in an emergency situation.  They all hadn't gotten together really since then, so Larry and his siblings planned a reunion.  

Otis rode with Larry and Sandy.  We left with the kids on Friday and stopped in Columbus.  We stayed in a hotel, but met up with our good friends, The Yohe family, for dinner.  

We rented out the Rend Lake Cabins in the Woods, one for each family.  It was a great set-up, allowing all the kids to run back and forth and explore since it was a dead-end gravel road. We had packed a tent and all of our camping gear because the cabin only slept 7, but due to the rainy weather we did end up cramming in the cabin.  

homemade ice cream!

The cabins were a 2 minute drive from the beach on the lake, so Greg and I piled all the kids in and headed over.

The reunion was all set for Sunday afternoon and it was a great turnout of 65 people.  Unfortunately, it was not the best weather.  I stayed for a little while and then took the kids back to the cabin for naps.

The whole group, after we headed back to cabin

On Monday morning, Greg and I took the kids to grab some breakfast and stopped at the dam on the way back.

Then it was on our way to St. Louis for Part II...