This week we had the pleasure of hosting a friend and her family here at the lake. I've known TJ since we were in elementary school together. Attended the same university. Visited and kept in touch over the decades. Which takes effort since she has lived in Europe for almost thirty years now.
In Texas (from Portugal) to attend her niece's wedding, I invited her to our lake house with promises of boat rides, fishing and authentic cajun food. We had some spotty rain, but didn't let that slow us down. Every morning she and I would get up with the sun to log about four miles of walking in our neighborhood. Nice long chats with someone who knows all your history, the good, bad and ugly, is truly a blessing. On these walks, we saw various critters. The Canadian geese were hanging out at the dog park, and they were entertaining to watch when we took a little break.
Our friends had lots of luck with their fishing. We were fortunate that the fish under and around our dock really liked the worms and minnows we used. A couple of the catfish reeled in were big enough to eat. The small perch, catfish and bass they landed were fun to check out and then throw back. One evening, they were having so much fun that they continued fishing through a beautiful sunset into early evening.
It was cool to spy one of our sailboat neighbors out on the water for a spin. Sailboats are always such a majestic sight, in my opinion. We finally got motivated to dig out our towable and get it aired up for us to kick off the summer season with the 20 something crowd. TJ's younger son and husband were both game to take a ride. So I gave it my best shot, spinning in circles and figure 8's, trying to bounce them off. Whether a relaxing ride in the golden hour or jumping waves on a towable in the afternoon, we all had a good time on the water. I really wish I had snapped some pics of the action, but I was busy driving the boat.
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