A few friends, my brother, me and Ed headed out to an area lake to spend the day. We had a wonderful time as the lake wasn’t as crowded as we thought it would be. The campgrounds, cabins and cottages were all taken, but the day use picnic areas were plentiful. We had a great picnic, lots of laughs, beautiful sights and a fierce looking storm blowing in to scare us off the lake. Ed has pictures too, some here and some on his site.

Ed on the right and his buddy John

Me and my brother in the water

That’s me on the front of our friend’s boat

Storm brewing to the north and I promise you we were hurrying to get back to the boat ramps. We got both boats out of the water, the trucks loaded and were pulling out of the parking lot when the first drops of rain began to fall. Great day anyway!

Another day of fun on the water and this time, Becky and I went swimming off the boat more than once. Now that my friends and family, is what being on the lake is all about as far as I’m concerned. Oh yes, fish were caught, snacks and meals were served, but gliding through that cool water was pure pleasure. Then to come home to find the tiny frog hiding in my camera’s captures was a great bonus and a perfect way to end this day was to share it with you!

And a personal note… thanks to my Aunt Mary for being a faithful reader and commenter! She’s much better at commenting and blogging than I have been in the last couple of months.

There is nothing more beautiful than a sunset reflecting in water. I took many photos over the last week and all have been with my point and shoot Canon or Ed’s point and shoot Nikon. I do love my Minolta DSLR as you know, but the pocket cams have been great for the boating trips. If either one of them accidentally gets knocked overboard, it won’t be such a big deal. The Minolta going diving would break my heart!

Our best friends bought and refurbished a pontoon boat or party boat this spring and we’ve taken it out three out of the last five days. Our excursions were worth it as the fish were biting and the weather was perfect! The boat motors were in fine running order, the seating arrangement and the amount of room you have to move around is excellent and our picnics aboard the boat have been entertaining. The four of us have been reminded we can still have fun as we did in the good ol’ days of owning boats and being young! I’ve got a few beautiful sunsets to share with you and I’ll do that in the next few days… unless of course, I’m too busy on the water!

Remember Taylor Hicks? Nothing much happening for him. Reuben Studdard hadn’t been seen until last night. Fantasia has had some success, but that screaming, booty-shaking performance from last week was too wild even for me and I will tell you I like many genres of music except for rap.

Oh well, until next season where I hope I’m inspired to stay hooked all the way to the very end!