Monday through Saturday we enjoyed the lake. I did some
wake-surfing throughout the week, but I am becoming more of a wimp because
sometimes I don’t want to get in because the water is so cold. Daniel and I
both did a lot of reading over the week. I think we both really enjoy reading
but haven’t had a whole lot of time to read for pleasure over the past few
years (aka our college careers). It was nice to get in a couple good books. We
took the jet-skis out for a ride and I am not as fearless as I use to be so I
made Daniel take us on a nice calm ride. Later he took the jet ski out for
himself so he could have more of a wild ride. We took a family four-wheeling
ride with my parents and Stephen and Kallie. It was nice to have a relaxing
ride in the beauty of the back trails. We also took a couple of bike rides down
to the point and around the main roads. Of course we built fires and had
s’mores and banana boats which were just too good.
My dad made up a road rally for us
to complete. Over the past couple of years it had been tradition for my dad to
take a four wheeler out and time himself on a trail and then come back and give
us clues to where we need to go. Whoever gets closest to his time wins. It is
great because it is definitely not about speed and if you take a wrong turn you
still have a chance. This year we had to walk/run down the road, come back and
bike to a certain place, come back and take a four-wheeler down some trails,
and to finish we had to jump in the lake. Daniel and I did it together and
although we had the slowest time we were closest to my dads so we took the
victory!
Just a great picture of me eating breakfast by myself.
Another tradition of sorts is that every year we do
something new at the cabin. Now these new things are often not planned and just
happen one lazy day when we are bored and need something to do. We often refer
to years at the cabin by these unique events. For example there was the year of
the triathlon, or the year we swam across the lake, or the year where Michelle
performed Fantasmic. Some of these new things hold like friendship bracelets,
some things are a one time activity like making fleece blankets. Well this year
was no different; this year will forever be known as the year of the trick
shots. Stephen brought up his little tikes basketball hoop and ball thinking we
could use it for something good. About two hours into the cabin time Dave and
Stephen were already plotting all the trick shots that they would do. We spent
hours shooting hoops, retrieving balls, and trying again. My trick shot was
down the slide while Daniel decided he would do one off the Andrews roof and
one juggling all three balls in. The other boys did everything from shooting
balls off balconies, to underwater excursions. The video they put together is
actually pretty cool and I can’t wait to see the finished product at the end of
the summer!
So there
you have it. Our week at Hebgen Lake was a dream and it was pretty hard to say
goodbye, especially because it was the last time we saw the Hart family before heading for
Pittsburgh. It was also hard because we said goodbye to Stephen who will soon
leave to serve his mission in Detroit.
Of course there were tears on the road
out from the cabin but a whole adventure was still in store for us so we were
off to our next destination-Spokane.
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