A Weekend on the Water

After a particular cool, rainy start to the summer we've been hit with oppressive heat the past few weeks.  It started 4th of July weekend and it has not stopped.  Luckily the afternoon rain showers have reappeared, bringing with them a nice breeze and bearable temps, but the days have been hot.

Instead of trying to fight it, we gave in this past weekend and spent our entire weekend on the water; we just didn't see any other logical solution other than staying inside all weekend (which is what I did last Sunday when I finished up by book after about 7 hours on the couch reading).

Our view Saturday at the Lake

Saturday we headed up to Lake Martin to help a friend break in his new pontoon boat.  We cruised the lake for 3 straight hours and it was glorious! We had the top up so we could sit in the shade and enjoy the boat-made breeze and it was perfect! We cruised up the lake to pick up our friends who were camping for the night, then back to the other side of the lake to look at some cabins, then back up to drop our friends back off at the campsite and then back to the other end to head home.

I wouldn't mind hanging out at this lake "cabin"

The guys contemplating life and discussing the upcoming football season.

Chimney Rock

Well almost....were so close we just had to swing by Chuck's Marina for pizzas since we hadn't had any yet this year. Pizzas in hand we headed for the house. It's amazing how much 3 hours riding on the water will take out of you!

Captain Beau made sure we didn't get lost.

Sunday we were in full-out beat-the-heat mode and headed down to the river where the water stays in the 70s even in the heat of the summer.  We packed the boat down with coolers, a tent, and a grill and drove until we found a sandbar - which was quite a ways down since they had 3 turbines on at the dam.

#riverlife

We set everything up and sat down at the water's edge enjoying ourselves, until we realized the water was creeping up toward our tent.  We moved our things back a few feet, and then a few more feet, and then we gave up on sliding it back and just moved everything to the tree line.

That gave us plenty of time to grill the burgers and hot dogs, and enjoy them along with a little more time in the water.  Unfortunately the water did not seem to be receding any time soon, so we packed everything back up to head home and finished off the evening with a swim in the pool.

We did get to enjoy the view though....I still think the river is one of the prettiest places around!

This view on the Tallapoosa never gets old!