Our family spent a good bit of time at my brother Mark and sister-in-law Kimberly’s vacation home on Lake Gaston this summer. We began Memorial Day Weekend. The water was already warm on the lake due to an unusually warm months in April and May. Camden and I were 1st in the water shortly after our arrival. Charleigh was very unsure of the water. She wanted nothing to do with it. She would scream and call for Mommy. Camden on the other hand did super. In and out all the time, constantly asking to ride boat or jet ski. He had his first experience on ski tube too over Memorial Day weekend. He did super for a 4 year old. Jamie continued to work on learning how to water-ski. We tried a ton but she just wasn’t gonna get it that weekend. She would eventually get it when we returned in July.
July 4th 2018 fell on a Wednesday, the only day of the week when working stiffs like us don’t get the extended long weekend, so we went from Saturday June 30 - Monday July 2. The fire department did their fireworks show Saturday night but the guy on the corner did not do a show as in years past. There were however various other folks shooting off fireworks over the weekend. The sunset was awesome before the fireworks. Max and his girlfriend Shelby were there for the weekend as well. Max went and picked up some barbecue at Grandpa’s. He had been at the lake a couple weeks prior with a group of his graduating buddies from Northeastern and they had tried the place. Max was leaving afterwards to begin his new job in Amsterdam. Shelby works for a railroad in Virginia. Camden and I attended church Sunday morning and then attempted to find a golf course.
The GPS took us to an old site were a community golf course had once been. We eventually found Lake Gaston Golf club the next day. They lost the greens so all we have done is hit balls at the driving range. It's really all Camden is ready for. Next year I'll let him ride the cart while we play. The Raimondo family arrived on Monday morning. They were there when we returned from the driving range. Amanda likes the water and riding on the tube. We couldn't convince her to give the water-skiing a chance. We really need a stronger boat. It would be so much fun pulling multiple skiers and tubes. It’s very difficult to slalom with only 90 HP motor. We should upgrade the speed boat this winter. We had a nice visit with Sherry and Jim. We left after dinner and made great time home. Maureen drove and did it in 3 1/2 hours.
Maureen, Jamie, Charleigh and I returned to the Lake on Saturday August 11th. We made great time and arrived at the Huddle House for breakfast at 8:15. We ate a huge breakfast and arrived at the house about an hour later. The Gurney's and Mark's family were already there. Mark and Eric were working on replacing a few boards on the dock. They finished up shortly there after and we had an enjoyable day on the lake. Alex had a couple buddies with him. Austin and CJ. They were harmless except for CJ spoke about some very off the wall topics that made folks feel uncomfortable. I doubt he will be returning. Jamie finally, got the skiing down. She did numerous long runs over the weekend. I used the white skis and had some nice runs too. I did a really long slalom run after kicking a ski off by the dock.
We visited Raleigh on Monday. Had breakfast at Mom, visited my father at the Sunrise facility, went and visited Mary Jo then ate dinner at the Mellow Mushroom. We then returned to the Lake House for another couple of days. That's the first we've stayed without Mark being there. Tuesday morning I took Camden to the golf course but The course still was using temporary greens so
so we hit a couple of buckets. I like the convenience of the golf course and look forward to taking my grandson there in the future.
The video above shows how far along Charleigh K has come this summer. All the time at the pool has really helped with her fear of the water. Camden is doing super with his diving too.
We visited the Lake one last time in October after Maureen and I returned from New Orleans. Jamie I and the kids left Thursday morning/ I believe it's the first I've been in the fall. The water was still in the 70's but we saw no one in the water. Camden and I did a bunch of fishing both from the dock and off the boat. We spent some time in South Hill picking up the reupholstered boat seats. We visited Occoneechee State Park on Friday, visited my Mother and Father in Raleigh on Saturday, then returned home to Crofton early Sunday Morning so I could attend the Ravens game with Maureen. This was the first fish we caught off the boat Friday afternoon. I watched another boater and learned how to anchor the boat closer to the shore so we could fish off the back end. It worked real well as we caught this guy by a grassy area on the other side of the bridge. Camden reeled him in and helped me get him landed.
The GPS took us to an old site were a community golf course had once been. We eventually found Lake Gaston Golf club the next day. They lost the greens so all we have done is hit balls at the driving range. It's really all Camden is ready for. Next year I'll let him ride the cart while we play. The Raimondo family arrived on Monday morning. They were there when we returned from the driving range. Amanda likes the water and riding on the tube. We couldn't convince her to give the water-skiing a chance. We really need a stronger boat. It would be so much fun pulling multiple skiers and tubes. It’s very difficult to slalom with only 90 HP motor. We should upgrade the speed boat this winter. We had a nice visit with Sherry and Jim. We left after dinner and made great time home. Maureen drove and did it in 3 1/2 hours.
Maureen, Jamie, Charleigh and I returned to the Lake on Saturday August 11th. We made great time and arrived at the Huddle House for breakfast at 8:15. We ate a huge breakfast and arrived at the house about an hour later. The Gurney's and Mark's family were already there. Mark and Eric were working on replacing a few boards on the dock. They finished up shortly there after and we had an enjoyable day on the lake. Alex had a couple buddies with him. Austin and CJ. They were harmless except for CJ spoke about some very off the wall topics that made folks feel uncomfortable. I doubt he will be returning. Jamie finally, got the skiing down. She did numerous long runs over the weekend. I used the white skis and had some nice runs too. I did a really long slalom run after kicking a ski off by the dock.
We visited Raleigh on Monday. Had breakfast at Mom, visited my father at the Sunrise facility, went and visited Mary Jo then ate dinner at the Mellow Mushroom. We then returned to the Lake House for another couple of days. That's the first we've stayed without Mark being there. Tuesday morning I took Camden to the golf course but The course still was using temporary greens so
so we hit a couple of buckets. I like the convenience of the golf course and look forward to taking my grandson there in the future.
The video above shows how far along Charleigh K has come this summer. All the time at the pool has really helped with her fear of the water. Camden is doing super with his diving too.
We visited the Lake one last time in October after Maureen and I returned from New Orleans. Jamie I and the kids left Thursday morning/ I believe it's the first I've been in the fall. The water was still in the 70's but we saw no one in the water. Camden and I did a bunch of fishing both from the dock and off the boat. We spent some time in South Hill picking up the reupholstered boat seats. We visited Occoneechee State Park on Friday, visited my Mother and Father in Raleigh on Saturday, then returned home to Crofton early Sunday Morning so I could attend the Ravens game with Maureen. This was the first fish we caught off the boat Friday afternoon. I watched another boater and learned how to anchor the boat closer to the shore so we could fish off the back end. It worked real well as we caught this guy by a grassy area on the other side of the bridge. Camden reeled him in and helped me get him landed.
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