Lake Time

My parents were in town last week to get the lake house ready for summer! I helped my mom and dad do a little cleaning, put things up on the walls (they had some painting done over the winter), and put the boat in the water!

We went to put the boat in with my mom driving (backing) and my dad and I as spotters. It took about four tries to get it backed in (my mom can back but dad and I were not great at helping her know where to go!). After getting the boat unhooked my dad went to get in, we realized we backed in too far and the boat was floating (away)! I told my dad I would help him hold the boat, I just needed to get my shoes and socks off and roll up my jeans. As I started to take my shoes off I see my dad try and get in the floating boat and the boat started moving away from him. Envisioning my dad falling onto the trailer I throw my shoes off and ran into the water in my socks with my jeans not rolled up! Dad did not fall but I was wet to my knees. After helping get my dad in the boat he try to start it up.

No Luck.

We tried again and again but the boat would not start. There were other boats in line for the ramp by this time and we had floated off the boat trailer so my dad had me push the boat to the side of the ramp. I am now wet up to my waist, so fun!

The boat still won't start and we are drifting back over the ramp, dad has me push the boat over toward a dock to tie up. As I give the boat a big push I step off the boat ramp, and almost go under! I am now wet from the neck down with some of my hair wet.

I then run along the shore (of rocks) pushing the boat off and toward the dock. After tieing up on the dock we take off for Wal-Mart with the battery.

Wal-Mart says we did not charge the battery enough and that they will charge it for us, it will take about and hour.

We head back to the lake house, where I put on dry clothes from my mom and throw mine in the dryer.

An hour later we are headed back to Wal-Mart in dry clothes. With the charged battery, the boat takes a few tries but starts! Dad heads back to the cove in the boat while I head back to the house to help him get in the slip.

Dad hits the slip going fast (as slow as he can without putting it in revers but fast)! He gets half way in and is stuck. Blake has gotten the boat in before so why won't we fit. I have to push the boat out, almost falling in again! We then realize that the water is too high and the boat is hitting the overhang of cement that is on the side of the slip. When we had the boat in before the water was lower and last year the water was too low to even get the boat in the cove!

We ended up renting a slip for now.

Eli and Papa walking down to the dock!

Eli, Papa, and Grammy