Second Annual Weekend at the Lake

Last weekend Jeanna and I headed once again to Vanessa’s family cabin on Lake Limerick near Shelton, WA. On the way down, it rained. The weather forecast was terrible predicting temperatures in the mid-60s, clouds and scattered showers all weekend. Obviously not typical August weather, even for Washington. However, we decided to make the best of it.

If you remember from last year, Jeanna, Larisa and I felt a little “singled out” for being the only unattached guests at the cabin. And this year even though I’m seeing someone he wasn’t able to come down with me, so it seemed that once again Jeanna and I would have to amuse ourselves for the weekend while surrounded by happy couples. Luckily, this year Abe, Kendra and Tara were able to join us in celebrating our single and fabulousness – although Tara isn’t technically single she was stag for the weekend so that was good enough for me!
The rest of the cabin was filled by Vanessa and Mike, Shannon and Phil, Larisa and Dave, and Erin and Adam. When we arrived it was still raining so we managed to entertain ourselves by drinking and playing silly games like Hangman. The rain let up long enough for us to go on a walk and for a few people to hit the golf course, but the sky remained gray and depressing and we weren’t even motivated enough to take the boat out. After a fantastic salmon dinner we played several rounds of Drinking Jenga before heading out to the hot tub.
Basic drunken mayhem ensued. One keg, two bottles of vodka and 2.5 half gallons of Crown Royal later, things had begun to get a little silly. Larisa managed to injure her leg by jumping off the dock into too-shallow water. Adam fell off the side of the hot tub onto the cement with a 9.95 rollout recovery. Tara was too drunk to climb out of the hot tub and kept falling back in while we all watched and laughed – we couldn’t help it! Some light-weight girls tried to carry around Phil’s 250 pounds of muscle – which obviously ended badly with Phil crashing into the floor. Abe conducted a photo shoot in the hot tub. Erin returned from a wedding and passed out on the couch in her dress with her mouth open – of course we stuck things in it and took pictures! Mike fell asleep in the middle of an online poker tournament. Vanessa babbled nonsense and then pouted when no one could understand her. Tara and Adam got into a phenomenal wrestling match that broke only a few household items. Mike scrounged the house for cigarettes even though he does not smoke. Vanessa’s dad continued to bring out an apparently endless supply of Crown Royal. We all probably spent more than 4 hours in the hot tub drinking and turning into prunes.Overall, I’d say it was a very successful Weekend at the Lake, regardless of the poor weather. The hot tub was definitely a nice addition this year. I’m disappointed about not going out in the boat, but I have several other camping trips planned this summer so I haven’t lost hope yet. It was great to see everyone again this year at the Penski Pad, see you next time!