We left on Thursday evening after work and drove up to Temple Bar Marina on Lake Meade. Michelle and TJ invited us to meet them there along with Michelle's parents John and Jeanine and her brother Mark. TJ had his two boys as well, and of course how could I forget that puppy came along too. It was about a 4 and 1/2 hour drive that actually went by pretty fast. We stayed in a "resort" (more to come on that later) right there next to the water, so it was so nice the next day to get on the lake in no time. We spent all day Friday on the lake. We found a great place on a little sandy beach to set up a canopy tent to get some relief from the sun, and we made that our home base for the day. We had such a great time out on the water. It was perfect wake boarding conditions and no one else seemed to be out on the water!!
Some of the highlights of the trip included: I got up on the wake board first try...and did pretty good on all of my runs. I must say I was excited, because I am usually no good at these kinds of things. Also, I got a new raft out of the trip--loved having it. We got to play a fun board game that we got for Christmas with everyone called Wits and Wagers at night. And of course--the ultimate highlight was seeing our friends.
A few no good occurrences were: Nick totally biffed it on one run and when he hit the water his bottom jaw hit his top jaw and chipped the whole corner off his right from tooth. His nickname the rest of the trip was snaggle! Good thing I work for a dentist! Another downer was the hotel (it is called a 'resort' but that would be the last adjective I would use to describe it with) had a sewer problem and all the toilets and showers started to back up--oh was that awful--at least it was on the last night. Did I mention that this "resort" had cynderblock walls!!! The last no good occurrence would have to be the Badger Boys sunburns. Only TJ and his boys got fried, and it didn't look comfortable--the rest of us smart people reapplied throughout the day. Oh, and I forgot to mention that Nick sliced open his foot between two toes on the side of the boat---he by far had the most battle wounds of anyone this trip.
We had such a great trip and are even more excited for Lake Powell Houseboat trip next month with everyone again. Here are a few pics although we didn't take too many, we were too busy playing in the water and having fun.
The rock formation that gave Temple Bar its name
Me up on the wake board
Nick and I--not the greatest picture, but the only one we took
Nick getting some air--probably the jump that took half of his tooth!
Trying to stay cool on our rafts
Michelle and I on the boat
SO FUN!! And by the way, I love the picture at the top of your blog. It is freaking hilarious- and SO YOU. I love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun time we had with you people! Kind of a whirlwind of a trip, but good times none the less. I'm feeling too lazy to make my own post. I'm tempted to just post a link to your blog because you did such a good job of capturing the essence of the trip! Can't wait for Lake Powell. That's like a cadillac of a trip compared with the "resort" on Lake Mead!
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