Lyman Lake (for the weekend of the Fourth)

What do you get when you have 10 people, a boat, and a day off? A trip to Lyman Lake!! Yay! To me, that is the ultimate vacation destination. Okay, maybe not, but its the best place to go and the best place to get out of a small town. According to the citizens of Saint John, Lyman Lake is a really big lake. If you ask me, I'd say its the size of about a medium size lake. I would compare it to Kitsap Lake (back home for those of you who know where that is) and say Kitsap is bigger.

I have a blast everytime I am out there. I finally bought a top to go with hunter's shorts. I dont like wearing those short shorts or bikini bottoms. So I always wear mens board shorts. Ohhhh yeah. Caden has so many pairs of swim trunks, but only one pair fits him. Isnt it funny how little kids clothes range in different sizes and fit differently even though they all say the same thing- 2T. I hate that!

We packed up the family and headed out for the lake. We had the suburban, and the truck following us. In our car, the suburban, we had Dad, Diana, Hunter, Caden, Me, Lana, Elaina, Trysten, and the dog Charlie. In the truck behind us, there was Roxanne, Bobby, Nathan, and Mackenzie. Thats a good size group to take to the lake.

First group to go on the boat was dad, hunter, me, trysten, nathan, diana, and caden. We did some tubing, and the only one that managed to fall off was nathan. But of course he did that on purpose. It was a good time! We then went on the shore to drop off the tubers, and take anyone that wanted to go skiing or wake boarding. I wanted to try one of them, but I wasnt so sure if I would or not. Im not really the type to try new things unless I know it is safe. Everything I know about skiing and wakeboarding is not safe. I really didnt want to go when Bobby and Hunter were telling me stories about people crashing..

First Lana went skiing. She made it look so easy! When she crashed she would just let go and float on top of the water as if she was skiing on snow and then sit down in the water. How graceful that was! Then Hunter got on the wakeboard.... He made it look so hard to stand up!

It was my turn to decide if I wanted to go. I decided not to, after watching hunter take some gruesome falls. We went back and dropped off the crew and picked up another round of people. I stayed behind on the shore and took some pics of hunter teaching caden to float on his back. I worked on my tan as well. Hunter kept complaining that I wouldnt go out there to wake board, so I finally gave in and had to try it out.

I got in the freezing cold water, and chickened out but Hunter would not let me get out of it. I tried 3 times on the wakeboard, andI couldnt even get pulled by the boat. Once the boat took off, the handlebar flew out of my hands and it was not very encouraging. So then I tried the skiis. Same thing happened. Oh well. Not today.

So I went on the boat one last time as the rain clouds were starting to come in and rode back with roxanne, les, and nathan. It was a great trip! Not to mention that Diana cooked fried chicken and made potato salad for us to eat while we were there! It was yummy!

If I had to pick a place to hang out, I would definitly pick the lake. After all, one day i WILL be able to wakeboard or skii. Just gotta get the hang of it.. I guess that means more trips to the lake!