We left Thursday morning, July 29th, and headed down to the lake for a nice 4 day vacation. We got there around lunch time and Audrey's parents, Phyllis and Leroy were already waiting. I think they wanted to see Blake more than they wanted to see us, which is understandable! We had a good lunch and relaxed for a bit before Audrey, Leroy and I took the two jet skis out for a spin on the lake, while Grandma stayed back to babysit the little guy. Rough River was made by a dam, but instead of being one big open lake, it stretches out like a snake with plenty of coves to jump in and swim. It also makes for some good jet skiing, as the water is just like glass with hardly any waves. We got the jet skis up to about 52mph in some spots while catching some rays and taking a break to swim in the lake that was as warm as bath water. Once we got back from jet skiing, we did a little cliff jumping and jumped off a 20-25 foot cliff! It looked twice as high to me. After our adrenaline died down, we relaxed for a bit and finished getting the big 44 foot camper situated, as our campsite was now available, before hitting up Little Dave's, a local restaurant for dinner. We turned in early, as we knew we had a long weekend ahead of us. Having the a/c cranked up definitely helped, as roughing it that weekend in 90 degree heat would not have been fun.
Friday morning came before we knew it, as Blake likes to get up early, and with it came some more swimming and floating in the lake. The weather Friday was perfect, about 85 degrees with a lot less humidity. Audrey's brother Travis came that afternoon to camp with us, and they went out on a little jet ski ride while we played with Blake. That night Audrey's sister Ashley and her husband Ryan arrived with their new boat, so we knew we would have a full house in the camper. We took Blake down to the lake to let him float in his new float. He seemed to like it, but all of the kicking really wore him out, so he didn't last too long, and was ready for a nap. For dinner we made "pudgies", which really is just a sandwich made with pizza ingredients on the campfire. Not sure how the Oedings came up with the name, but they were delicious, followed by s'mores. After that, the 8 of us hit the sack, as we were all worn out.