Luckily, we have nice friends or we'd never do anything fun. In September, some of our neighbors invited us to go on an adults only trip to Lake Powell. We grabbed our speedos and sun tan lotion and gladly ditched our kids for a few days. We went with Kent & Renee , Eric and Lenice , Aaron & Liz , and Bobbi Jo & Tim Something (not sure what their last name is). The weather was perfect and we had a great time. We ate tons of food, rode around on boats alot, and caught a lizard.
The second day there, we left our campsite and went back to the marina at Antelope Point to pick up Bobbi Jo and Tim, who were joining us late that evening. On the way, the boat died and we had to tow it with a SeaDoo to the marina. We tried to get it fixed but it was after hours and we wouldn't be able to do anything about it until the morning. That meant we had 10 people who needed to get back to the houseboat with only two 3-man SeaDoos in the dark. Kent, Tim and Aaron were so brave and stayed with the boat. The rest of us piled on the SeaDoos and made the 45-minute journey, under moonlight skies, back to the houseboat. It was soo scary, but I learned a valuable gospel lesson: make sure your boat doesn't break.
The rest of the trip was great fun as we hiked up a slot canyon, watched movies at night on the houseboat, enjoyed the beautiful scenery and did plenty of water sports. Although Heidi is a great water skier and a good athlete in general, I have never been very good at it. Water skiing requires upper body strength, balance, and mental toughness, yet I lack three of those things. I did learn how to ski on two skis when I was a teenager, and actually slalomed once when I was about 24, but honestly had no desire to risk my life again as an overweight, middle-aged man. But of course, I gave in to peer pressure and had to try it again, anyway. It took 4 or 5 attempts with the ski boat, which didn't work, and then a couple of attempts behind the SeaDoo to finally get me up on the slalom ski. After about 30 seconds or so, I had experienced enough of the exhileration and I was done. The rest of our group are all really good water skiers, wake boarders and the like, and it was fun to watch them do their thing.
We were really grateful to get away for a few days and hang out with our neighbors and friends - Thanks to Kent & Renee for hosting the great party.
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