Summer Vacation

Hey folks,
Sorry that I haven't posted about our vacation,,,, but, it has been so busy,, I haven't had a chance.
If you recall,,, i found the resort we stayed at,,, on the Internet. There was a part of me that was praying it had not been miss represented. Well, we had a pleasant surprise. The place was everything they said it was,,,, and more. You can't take a picture of a place,,, and capture it's personality. The Cabin was built in the 1920's and I would say was more of a house. The living and dining room,, were every bit as big as we have at home. Awesome fireplace(we don't have one at home). It was we furnished with pretty decent furniture,, and some nice antiques. All in all, a great time.
Now,, 2 things that made the trip less than ideal. The fishing was awful. I don't mean bad,,, I mean awful. The locals even said,,, too bad you chose this year to come up,,, the worst fishing I ever remember,,, and I've been around my whole life. Great,,,, I paid that much,,,, to stay on a lake,,,,, to restock our freezers with fish,,,,, to hit the one year in history with the worst fishing. But,,,,,,, you know what? I bad day of fishing,,, still better than any day I had at work,,, back when I worked out side the home.
The final issue,,,,,, Thursday morning early,,,, I got woke up with lightening and thunder. I didn't turn on the tv,,, I just figured it would be a little rain storm,,,, washing things off,,, no problem. Well folks,,,,, 80 - 100 mph winds accompanied that rain. Trees were busted off,, or uproot. What a mess. The boat?,,,, I made the poor judgement of leaving it tied to our private dock,,, after a busy day of tubing,,,, wake boarding,, and skiing. Being fat and happy after dinner,,, I was too tire. Bad call! When I got to the dock,,, the boat had been swamped and was sitting on the bottom of Big Stone Lake. Well,,, a long story short,,,,, we got it bailed out(of course we don't have a bilge pump),,, pulled it out,,,, followed the directions in the owners manual(yes,, this must happen on a relatively regular basis, since they include a special chapter in the book on such happenings). I'm very happy to report, by 1 in the afternoon,,, the boat was running,,, and we were running around the lake. I didn't ever think,, looking at that boat Talley submerged at 8 am,, that by lunch,, it would be running. I just thought I was taking it home,,, to try salvage. Glad I was wrong.
A big huge thank you to my buddy Jeff,,, his friend Jen,,,my wife,,, and the Baseball team from ElkPoint SD. that helped us get the boat afloat.
Enough excitement!!
Until next time,,,,,,,