noon
Not very much damage had been done by the storm , though it was a very hard one . In the morning the children could see where some big tree branches had blown off , and there had been so much rain , that the water of the creek was higher . But the houseboat was all right , and after breakfast , when they went up the creek again , they stopped and got the pieces of broken rope , where the Bluebird had been tied before . The houseboat then went on , and at noon , just before Dinah called them to dinner , Nan , who was standing near her father at the steering wheel , cried : `` Oh , what a lot of water ! '' `` Yes , that is Lake Romano , '' said Mr. Bobbsey . `` We 'll soon be floating on that , and we 'll spend the rest of our houseboat vacation there . '' `` And where shall we spend the rest of our vacation ? ''