A day with Peggy and Karl

Friday was a fun day. We took Karl and Peggy to Lake Pleasant. When we got there we went to Dillons at Scorpion Bay. This is the place where Sue and I went last November. It's a beautiful marina. The lake was much fuller this time. This is a picture from last November. The stairs by Sue down to the lake had 161 steps then. Friday there were 67 steps. That's what all the rain down here has done.

We had lunch at Dillons. Everything was good. Karl had a 1/2 rack of ribs and ate them all. We had lunch on their floating dock right on the water. Really nice place to visit. They have a wind curtain by the tables. You can see the lake in the background.

After lunch we went for a walk out on the dock. At the far end of one of the fingers is a big aluminum houseboat. Just before you get to it there was a group of people siting on the dock visiting. The were there last November as well. I guess they gather there daily.

Anyway back to the big boat. We sort of looked in the windows as the owner was sitting on the front deck. Karl got to talking to him and he invited us aboard. This boat was built by Sumerset in Tennessee in 2001. (I found it on the Internet) It is 87 feet long. It was really nice inside. the owner lives aboard at various times. It was nice of him to show us around.

We walked out another finger just looking at the boats. Lots of Sea Rays. Most of the boats are under 35 feet. There are a few 40 footers and another Somerset 87 on another dock. After our walk we headed back up the steps. Karl and I took the tram and the girls walked.

We then explored the park a bit and looked at their campgrounds. Looks like it would be a nice place for a couple of days camping. After the exploration we headed back and stopped at another of those kind of taverns. Wild Horse West Beer Burgers and Bait. From the looks of the crowd it must be a good burger place. While were were there we played some pool. Karl beat me and Sue beat Peggy. Both were marathon games as our pool skills have slipped.

After all this we headed back and dropped Karl and Peggy off. They were going to drive down to the airport Saturday and fly home Sunday. We all really had a fun day. Saturday I built my box for the oven. It was neat using all the tools in the Sawmill . I was trying to figure out how to nail it together without splitting the plywood. One of the shop guys says why not use the nail gun. Like I said they have everything to make a job easy.


Sue did dog park duty and the laundry. Full day. The evening we went over to Virginia's for a drink. Today it is golf at Great Eagle. It's hard to believe we only have two weeks left here before we start the trek home.