Goodbye to Summer

Well, it's official, summer is over. School is back in session, the Martins have left the lake and the pontoon is out of the water. Over Labor Day weekend, Bobby and I went up to the lake to help my parents begin the winterizing process. This means: boat, jet ski, pier, raft out so that when it is 50 degrees and raining we are not in the water attempting to get everything out. Sunday we began to get stuff ready, cleaned out the back room and took down the goose fence. We took the pontoon out for "one last time around the lake, went to dinner at Applebee's and then bowling. That was so much fun! I haven't been bowling in a while and I can't remember the last time I went with my parents. When we got home we sat around the campfire and just had a good- 'ole time. I even told my dad about the new table legs for the pontoon!

Somehow, Bobby convinced my dad to keep the jet ski and pier in so we could keep our boat in a little longer (which means that he and I will be taking everything out- when it's 50 degrees and raining). So dad unhooked the pontoon and took it around to the other side of the lake. Pretty soon I look up and here he comes, toward shore at full speed, ramming the boat into the shore. So in good fun, I yelled, "GET IN THE COTTAGE!" leaving out the explicits that had been yelled when I accidentally beached the jet ski almost 8 years ago. (AHHHH memories...) So we got the pontoon out of the water, winterized and covered which means no more party barge.

The only thing left is our last ha-rah that Casey, Phil, Bobby and I have every year just before the cottage is winterized and the snow falls. Hopefully winter will be swift and before you know it, I am posting about opening it back up.