It is a summer tradition that we managed in the earliest days of autumn.
We had been trying to get to Rudy’s and the Lake Ontario shoreline as a family throughout the summer months, but the weather never aligned with our schedules. Even this week, we were rained out and were forced to push back our visit until Saturday, but in the end, it worked out in our favor.
The day was near-perfect. The temperature was comfortable. The winds were calm. The lake was as close to glass-like as it gets. Austin and Victoria were able to walk the shoreline comfortably and throw/skip rocks until their hearts were content … which was a little before their father was content, himself.
The food was as good but unhealthy as always: The kids and Keith had fried clams and Christine had fried shrimp. Christine and Keith shared some pountine as well.
We would have visited the lake earlier in the season, but Victoria insisted that Adeline join us for the trip (which always seemed to complicate things just enough to prevent us from pulling it off. It turned out that the old-girl (now middle-aged in dog years) was very well-behaved and enjoyed walking/sniffing along the rocks and (later) barking at cars in the distance (as she is wont to do)
We spent 2 hours (round trip) in the car to hang at the lake for 2.5.
It was worth every second.