Mini Vacation
I wanted Derek to have one last relaxing, school free weekend before he began graduate school. I decided we should both take Friday off work, and head to Pickwick to spend the day on the lake with my parents. See to get my husband to take a full day off work for any reason other than death (by death I mean…he would have to be dead for him to take a sick day) is nearly impossible.
To my surprise when I made the suggestion to take Friday off he agreed right away. I think he knew that he wasn’t going to have much free time until school ends. Unfortunately, due to Murphy’s Law the boat was broken on Friday, and had to be worked on. Luckily, he was able to fix the boat, and we headed to the lake on Saturday instead.
Side Note :: My dad has been trying to decide on a name for the boat for almost a year now, and finally came up with Phish Food. This is of course, named after his favorite Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, Phish Food.
We had a nice laid-back day on the lake. We cooked some brauts, read some books, paddled around in a tiny blow-up boat, and simply enjoyed a mini vacation at the “Redneck Yacht Club.”
Yep, I said redneck. Just look at this Burger Boat…
Although only something a southerner would have the nerves to do…it’s not a bad idea. Think about it, you get to chill on the lake all day and make a little money. This floating Tiki hut serves hamburgers, hotdogs, and other various snacks; so you don’t have to go back to your car and eat the now hot PB&J sandwiches you had to take out of your cooler so that you could fit that 18th beer in there. Smart thinking there buddy! The burger boat also delivered, in a sense, they had a guy driving around in a 2 man boat that would drive the food right up to your boat. Yes sir, this is how the lazy get lazier. You can always tell when summer officially begins, down here in the mid-south, by the hoards of people shoved into the small offset coves on the lake.
