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Table Rock 2011 Day 6: The Last Dance…

July 23, 2011 admin

We hit the lake earlier than we have been because it’s our last day. It turns out for the best because of two things.

First, it’s Friday, and the weekend visitors are starting to roll in. That makes for a busy lake and crappy boarding water.

Second, the clouds have moved in and threaten to bring in some rain. At the very least, the wind is picking up. Great for heat relief. Crappy boarding water.

Seeing a trend?

I get back to the music basics and pull out the CD that was last year’s soundtrack almost exclusively: Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Back to Tulsa. Great music to watch Max tear it up on the board by going out of the wake both directions (hard to believe this is the same kid who was literally shaking when we put him in the water with skis last year…and we didn’t even move the boat then).

Max’s boarding close up

Outside the wake…on the “hard” side

Not to be outdone on a number of fronts, Mara kicks it into gear and loses a tooth plus also goes outside the wake.

Tooth in hand…but hard to see a gap when her mouth is shut

Surfer girl!

We manage to hold on to our new anchor, have one last round of shaved ice and a final campfire complete with burnt marshmallow s’mores. Plus, we are packed and ready to hit the road bright and early back to KC.

Love that green apple with extra sour…Yum!

The flash sorta dims the light of the fire…

Danna's BBQ, lake surfing, Oasis Shaved Ice, Table Rock State Park Marina, wakeboarding

Table Rock 2011 Day 2: Jumping In + Catching A Log

July 19, 2011 admin

It’s the first full day of vacation – or at least the first full day without travel. Big sigh – one full of air-conditioned air courtesy of the RV. Yep – very thankful we are not tent camping.

Today’s soundtrack was even more Jason Aldean – although I turn the music down when I’m driving. It’s hard to hear “Hit It!” and “Down!” when the tunes are cranked. And, boy, do those people in the water get testy when you don’t listen to them. Geez!

Everyone got a turn today…Mike, Mara and Max. In all sorts of ways. We are on our standard schedule – it looks pretty much like last year. Hey – don’t fix it if ain’t broke! Simply put…

Lunch at Danna’s + Oasis Shaved Ice (at the Marina) + Water + Sun = Awesomeness!

We also manage to hook our second tree with the anchor. This one is even bigger than the one on Sunday. We’re all about trading up – assuming that we can still get our anchor back in the boat. (That turns out to be a bit of a prophetic statement (hint, hint…foreshadowing…)

Mara’s first wakeboard ride…

…and Max’s first too

More tandem surfing of Mike + Max – with the high sign

Mike catching some wakeboard air…

…and then cutting it hard

Danna's BBQ, Table Rock State Park Marina, Ululani's Shave Ice

Table Rock…the schedule and the food

November 11, 2010 admin

We tend to fall into a routine on the lake. We like it that way…sleep in (for us this is maybe 7…9 or so for the kids), get on the water, late lunch at Danna’s, Oasis shaved ice (at the Marina) which was not quite the same as our favorite in Maui, dinner and a campfire or two.

That’s the sort of vacation I like…although getting someone else to cook the dinner would have rocked. Of course, when I thought that I also thought about the newlyweds who were camping. Yes, camping during the hottest week of the summer. I guess you might as well be tested right out of the gate…but I digress.

The State Park Marina is great. Clean, stuff to buy, good food, gas, slip for the boat, 5 minute walk to the RV. If Mike were doing these posts, you wouldn’t get to see all this…but he’s not. Oh, the power of the blogger!