A few friends and I made an extra long weekend at the lake a few days ago. I'm still getting caught up from being gone 5 days and getting over the depression of being back. K and I headed up Thurdsday and went straight to the Frog to avoid cooking. We spent the night starting a puzzle and playing some games.
Friday brought most of the rest of our guests including B&Y, CS and kids. Bruce and Y got there in plenty of time to enjoy some time on the water. We did our usual floating then decided it was time for a boat ride. When I tried to start the boat, it was dead. D-E-A-D. It didn't budge. Called Herbie for some tips. We knew it was NOT truly a battery issue since he just bought a new one over Memorial Day. A check of the switches and gauges, the court light button was activiated and must have drained the battery. So, out came the charger, but quickly after, so did the rain! Lots and lots of it. You couldn't really even see the lake it was storming so bad. And then, the power went out. Keep in mind, I am not up here very frequently, and neither is anyone else, so trying to find candles or flashlights proved to be quite difficult. Add in, we were in the middle of making a casserole dinner that requires a stove. Move to plan B, we'll have tomorrows grill dinner tonight since that didn't require electricity. During the middle of all of this, CS and his offspring shows up. We made a little party in the garage with sparklers and a citronella candle. Once dinner was over... what to do, what to do. Ah... let's go visit the witch's house! This was a trick my parents and cousins played on me for years. It's a creepy doorway in a forest like mud hill. I couldn't get anyone to go in, but as we left, we heard a woman scream. Perfect timing in the pitch black! Once back at the house, we played games by bug-candlelite and a pen flashlight. Finally the lights came on around 2 am when we were all ready for bed anyway!
Saturday was gorgeous and our final visitors for the weekend arrived, my parents. We all took turns playing cornhole, bocce, tubbing, tanning, jet ski, turtle hunting, fishing, sky diving. Ok, maybe not that last one, but we did it all! Here's proof...
The weather was so cooperative with us this weekend and we had another day of sunshine on Sunday. We loaded up the boat and headed to the sandbar to check out the scene. We spent time standing in a small circle talking, then a larger circle when business needed to be taken care of because that's what you do at the sandbar. Most of the visitors left while K and I squeezed one more night and day on the water.
Monday brought a little rain but just enough for me to finish our puzzle then close up shop to head back to Indy. Til next time Wawasee...
