Do you remember this incident? The one with the boat landing where it shouldn't have, like I dunno, in the street?
Well, since then, the boat has been all fixed up and Kyle's been itching to get it in the water. Fourth of July weekend happened to be the weekend that it happened, RIGHT after the final part arrived in the mail. Kyle headed over to his parents a couple of days before and he and his dad put the rutter on, I believe.
As we were driving up to Lake Goodwin on July 3rd, Kyle asked me if I was going to be able to drive the trailer around the lake, after the boat was in the water. Thankfully his dad was there to help him get it IN the water because I don't know if I'd have been able to do that! But I did drive the car with the trailer attached. It was just a bit nerve-wracking with all of the noise it made. Kept making me think something was going to fall off. LOL
Anywho, Kyle and my FIL drove their boats across the water to our friends dock and my MIL and I drove the vehicles with the trailers to the property. We successfully got there and parked without incident.
Then we got everything we needed into the boats and we were going to hang out for the afternoon. We take the boats up the day before the 4th because the public boat launch is a nightmare if you try to get in / out of there ON the 4th. Thankfully our friends let us dock at their property and the boats stayed there till Monday.
After we were ready to head out, we went to the south end of the lake and tied the boats together. It was fine except for when other boats and jet-skiers went by causing the boats to rock. Thankfully we had buoys to keep the boats from knocking.
You'll notice I'm wearing a coat, long sleeves and look cold. That's because it WAS cold!! The sun did come out, but it most definitely was NOT warm!!
My inlaws always bring a cooler of food and drinks on the boat so here my MIL was making the guys lunch. LOL
Heehee I LOVE it when Chewy does this. I think it's hilarious. When he sees something interesting and he's really concentrating, his lip goes up. A lot of times both sides do it.
Our boat is from the 70's and it's been about 5-6 years since it's been in the water. There was some water leaking in around the engine area so Kyle and his dad were keeping an eye on it. There's a sump-pump down there so Kyle would manually get it working off and on throughout the weekend. It's obviously nothing that's keeping the boat from floating, but it will need to be looked into further.
This is on our friends dock. I can't say I've ever seen any nude bather's around these parts, but I think it's too funny that they've got this sign. It's been there forever. Did I mention I've been going up to this property since I was in junior high, I think? With church we used to have youth events up there in the summer where we'd all bring tents and camp out and have lots of fun on the lake.
This would be the wind-blown look. Sexy, right? Haha!
Kyle got his water balloon launcher all working just how he wanted and Chewy was helping him with the water balloons.
Putting air in it, getting it ready to launch.
That was day one of our 4th of July weekend. The rest will be coming "soon".
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My doggy-neice Sally, does that same lip curl that Chewy does. She also loves the beach and water...so if you ever come to south Gerogia, I might be able to arrange them a doggy-date. She's also a yellow lab. ;)
Barry wants to get a boat. Well we have an old...OLD one. But it doesn't run, and has been sitting up so long...it'd probably cost more than it's worth to get it lake/sea-worthy.
Looks like you had fun! Although I can't imagine a cold day in July...It's upper 90s here today.
My doggy-neice Sally, does that same lip curl that Chewy does. She also loves the beach and water...so if you ever come to south Gerogia, I might be able to arrange them a doggy-date. She's also a yellow lab. ;)
Barry wants to get a boat. Well we have an old...OLD one. But it doesn't run, and has been sitting up so long...it'd probably cost more than it's worth to get it lake/sea-worthy.
Looks like you had fun! Although I can't imagine a cold day in July...It's upper 90s here today.
What a fun time. You caught some nice pics too. I hoe my son never hears about a water balloon launcher, we'd be in trouble.
What a fabulous time! Love the photos! I miss boating!!!
That looks like fun! I really don't dig being out on the water anymore though - for some reason it gives me the creeps! Oh yeah, maybe it's because I'm a very poor swimmer. You're dog is so cute too by the way. Makes me miss our German Shepherd Daisy. We had to put her down a few months back after she ran into the street one morning and was hit by a car. :(.
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Oh it looks like you had so much fun!! I love the lake. I wish we lived on the lake. My family had a cottage on a lake and we spent summers there. Oh how I miss it!! Chewy is just so beautiful. He makes me smile.
I am so proud of you! I don't think there is any way I could have driven that around the lake after your little incident! I would have been way too scared!
And I am loving your hair color right now lady! :)
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Ditto the great photos comments. Don't dogs do the funniest things? I just recently learned that a little poems about labs: They chew 'til they're two and they shed 'til they're dead. Probably where Chewy got his name, huh? My dog is part lab and shedding like gangbusters. Of course it is in the high 90's and hundreds around here in Texas. A far cry from coats and long sleeves! Glad you all had a wonderful 4th of July. Looking forward to more pics. -EW
My dog does a version of the lip curl too! (He's a boxer/lab/chow/pit mix.) He also does this thing when he'll be full-on panting, tongue hanging out the side of his mouth, and then something will catch his attention and he'll close his mouth... with his tongue still hanging out the side. Hil-arious! Looks like you had a good time on the water... I'm kind of jealous of your weather! NC has had 90s-100s since (what seems like) May. My husband and I are miserable. :)
I love this, a beautiful capture of what looks like a fun day!
Im just jealous that you were cold!!
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