As the title of this post suggests, this was our third book club trip to Rachel's parents' lake house. This year we were lucky enough to leave on Friday morning. We took our time on the trip out there and stopped at Cracker Barrel for brunch.
In the parking lot, we saw this hilarious car sticker and couldn't pass up taking a photo.
Although it's true that we need no help in the conversation department, we did pick up some Mad Libs at Cracker Barrel's store to play on the rest of the way to the lake. Fun with words...totally appropriate for a book club.
After getting settled on Friday, we took the golf cart out for spin to see the lake, some of the fire damage from this spring, and apparently...a few deer that were out running around despite the heat.
Then, it was over to our favorite spot...the pool. The pool is a magical place when you don't have children to corral or watch like a hawk. You can do things like carry on a conversation with a friend with no interruptions. Or float on a floatie for more than 2 seconds together. Or actually swim if you want to.
Steph made friends with a dragonfly, and her head became its favorite perch. It kept landing on her and would just sit there for a while. See it?
Friday night at dinner we discussed our book, Mao's Last Dancer. Sometime during the discussion, it became apparent that we did not read the same edition of the book. So, we took a closer look at our book copies and noticed the discrepancy.
Dara and Lindsay had read the "young readers' edition" of the book. It left out a few (more adult) parts of the book. Stephanie and Rachel kept talking about things that Dara and Lindsay did not remember at all.
After several more trips to the pool (including one at night - which was awesome), some hot tub hopping, star gazing, movie watching, and of course...eating, we had to come back home. What a great weekend to relax, be off-duty, on our own time, and enjoy friends!
Other memorable moments: "And thank you most of all for this pizza." Floatie flips. "You have nicorette gum?"
In the parking lot, we saw this hilarious car sticker and couldn't pass up taking a photo.
Although it's true that we need no help in the conversation department, we did pick up some Mad Libs at Cracker Barrel's store to play on the rest of the way to the lake. Fun with words...totally appropriate for a book club.
After getting settled on Friday, we took the golf cart out for spin to see the lake, some of the fire damage from this spring, and apparently...a few deer that were out running around despite the heat.
Then, it was over to our favorite spot...the pool. The pool is a magical place when you don't have children to corral or watch like a hawk. You can do things like carry on a conversation with a friend with no interruptions. Or float on a floatie for more than 2 seconds together. Or actually swim if you want to.
Steph made friends with a dragonfly, and her head became its favorite perch. It kept landing on her and would just sit there for a while. See it?
Friday night at dinner we discussed our book, Mao's Last Dancer. Sometime during the discussion, it became apparent that we did not read the same edition of the book. So, we took a closer look at our book copies and noticed the discrepancy.
Dara and Lindsay had read the "young readers' edition" of the book. It left out a few (more adult) parts of the book. Stephanie and Rachel kept talking about things that Dara and Lindsay did not remember at all.
After several more trips to the pool (including one at night - which was awesome), some hot tub hopping, star gazing, movie watching, and of course...eating, we had to come back home. What a great weekend to relax, be off-duty, on our own time, and enjoy friends!
Other memorable moments: "And thank you most of all for this pizza." Floatie flips. "You have nicorette gum?"
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Love it! Thanks for all of you great posts and fabulous pictures! You are awesome, Rachel!
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