does africa know a song of me?

Today, on the way to a beach on the lake, I saw some rubber plantations.  I've never seen rubber trees before.  Did you know that they extract rubber from trees kind of like sap from maple trees?  It's pretty cool.  They put this little spout right into the tree trunk, and then tie a little cup just below it to catch the rubber flowing out of the spout.  Just like sap that goes to make maple syrup.

So... yes, we went to the lake again today, but to a different beach than last week.  This one could have been taken out of some island in the Caribbean - it was just lovely.  Sat in the sun (with sunscreen - don't fret), read my book, went for a swim... Placement is a pretty sweet deal sometimes.