Just five short months 'til Xmas!
The sky was mostly clear as when we woke. Too, the temperature was a bit warmer than Tuesday morning. Oddly, the weather was coming from the Northeast. Once again I made a pot of coffee before setting out on a run. Mindy and the kids played while I ran.
While Mindy & Bella left for the restroom, Dad arrived to join us for some boating. It was about noon. He had made arrangements to take mom to her doctor’s appointment at 230 so he said he’d have to leave sometime between 130 & 200pm. We wasted little time getting out on the lake. Mindy suggested once again that I ski first to take full advantage of my dad’s presence. Good idea!
I was still very sore in my shoulders and lower back from the day prior but tried skiing nonetheless. I tried to slalom. After about five tries and moving Mindy to the front of the boat, I was able to get up. It felt great to slalom after all these years. I crossed the wake as courageously as I could. I tuckered after about five minutes and did the water drop. Mindy skied next. She did good, too.
After Mindy, Jacob got up the courage to try again. This time on the second attempt he got up and actually skied for about 6 seconds. We were proud and so was he. He tried one more time but couldn’t regain his mojo. He was just excited to have pulled it off once. After skiing we made our way to the south swim area close to the beach. We hung there while the kids swam for the better part of an hour. We left the swim cove around 130pm to make sure that Dad was back to his vehicle by 145pm. Mindy told Dad to bring mom back up after the appointment if they cared to. We headed back out to the lake for more boating and swimming.
We called it a day after spending the remainder of our afternoon in the north boat swim cove. There we swam, fished, and sunned.
About the time we got back to camp dad called to let us know that he and mom would in fact be returning together to the lake and would join us for dinner. Had hell froze over? Wow! Jacob and I headed off to find the men’s shower house. I hadn’t showered since Monday morning at home, and as you might expect I felt extremely grungy.
Jacob and I returned from our showers feeling refreshed. And it wasn’t too long before mom & dad showed up. By then we had dinner preparations underway. I had the grill lit for the brats and corn soaking in a large plastic bag. We decided to microwave the corn versus using up our precious firewood. The brats turned out exceptionally well on the grill, but the corn was nasty. It had no taste. I likened it to feed corn. But like good sports, we ate most of it anyhow. The kids got a kick out of throwing the naked cobs in the nearby brush to attract raccoons later.
After dinner we lit the fire where we all sat around talking. Mindy once again made the kids smores. I enjoyed few cold brews – raspberry, pumpkin, and Pale. I closed the evening by opening a bottle of champagne. Mom toyed with the idea of staying at camp but ultimately decided to leave with dad. We told her she could stay at our house. When they departed that was the plan. We went to bed around 11pm.
The sky was mostly clear as when we woke. Too, the temperature was a bit warmer than Tuesday morning. Oddly, the weather was coming from the Northeast. Once again I made a pot of coffee before setting out on a run. Mindy and the kids played while I ran.
While Mindy & Bella left for the restroom, Dad arrived to join us for some boating. It was about noon. He had made arrangements to take mom to her doctor’s appointment at 230 so he said he’d have to leave sometime between 130 & 200pm. We wasted little time getting out on the lake. Mindy suggested once again that I ski first to take full advantage of my dad’s presence. Good idea!
I was still very sore in my shoulders and lower back from the day prior but tried skiing nonetheless. I tried to slalom. After about five tries and moving Mindy to the front of the boat, I was able to get up. It felt great to slalom after all these years. I crossed the wake as courageously as I could. I tuckered after about five minutes and did the water drop. Mindy skied next. She did good, too.
After Mindy, Jacob got up the courage to try again. This time on the second attempt he got up and actually skied for about 6 seconds. We were proud and so was he. He tried one more time but couldn’t regain his mojo. He was just excited to have pulled it off once. After skiing we made our way to the south swim area close to the beach. We hung there while the kids swam for the better part of an hour. We left the swim cove around 130pm to make sure that Dad was back to his vehicle by 145pm. Mindy told Dad to bring mom back up after the appointment if they cared to. We headed back out to the lake for more boating and swimming.
We called it a day after spending the remainder of our afternoon in the north boat swim cove. There we swam, fished, and sunned.
About the time we got back to camp dad called to let us know that he and mom would in fact be returning together to the lake and would join us for dinner. Had hell froze over? Wow! Jacob and I headed off to find the men’s shower house. I hadn’t showered since Monday morning at home, and as you might expect I felt extremely grungy.
Jacob and I returned from our showers feeling refreshed. And it wasn’t too long before mom & dad showed up. By then we had dinner preparations underway. I had the grill lit for the brats and corn soaking in a large plastic bag. We decided to microwave the corn versus using up our precious firewood. The brats turned out exceptionally well on the grill, but the corn was nasty. It had no taste. I likened it to feed corn. But like good sports, we ate most of it anyhow. The kids got a kick out of throwing the naked cobs in the nearby brush to attract raccoons later.
After dinner we lit the fire where we all sat around talking. Mindy once again made the kids smores. I enjoyed few cold brews – raspberry, pumpkin, and Pale. I closed the evening by opening a bottle of champagne. Mom toyed with the idea of staying at camp but ultimately decided to leave with dad. We told her she could stay at our house. When they departed that was the plan. We went to bed around 11pm.
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