Got Lightning!!!???

We have had a very adventurous last two days on the lake. Tuesday started out as a great day. We found a new spot at Haggle cove and pretty much had the whole cove to ourselves. Matt got up for the first time on water skis..he did great. Uncle Mike also went water skiing and developed a new method of getting himself up on water skis. He sat on a huge raft with his skis on. He would get pulled a little while and then get up, drop one ski and would ski until he fell. It worked perfectly on his first try. My job was to stay behind him to pick up the raft and the extra ski!! We then had some lunch and then just hung out while the boys went on a little boat ride to go get the sea doos. The girls stayed back and floated around on rafts and basked in the sun. Then we decided to go out for another boat ride. Matt wake skated!! It was soo cool. He had this huge board that looked like a skate board. He would get pulled like a wake board and then pop up on the wake skate. There aren't any bindings to hold you in, so he wore tennis shoes and just did whatever he could to stay on. He did great and even attempted a flip but landed back in the water instead of on the board! Then it was my turn to water ski. As I was waiting in the water I kept on seeing lightning bolts!!???? Then the ski got a little darker and darker. My dad suggested that we head back and pack up our boat and get the heck out of there. Good thing we did because there was the biggest lightening/wind and rain storm that came soon after!! It was amazing watching the lightning. The thunder was SOO loud!!! It was really cool to watch and some people who live out there said they have never seen such a huge lightning storm like that!(My cousin Hillary took the pictures of the lightning!!)



We were praying that Wednesday would be a nice day free of a storm and it was. It was beautiful out. We took a boat trip up to Rainbow bridge. We stopped a few times along the way to swim because it was sooo hot. We got to Rainbow bridge and then had to hike 1 1/4 mile. Along the way Joe wanted to take a picture of are group hiking. We were trying to get the camera out of the case and it wouldn't come out....so I decided to pull on it really hard and the camera fell straight on the ground in the sand. The lens was open and sand got all in it. It wouldn't close or focus. We finally got it to close, but it won't focus....so are pictures after that point are all blurry. Luckily I brought another camera that we can use the rest of the trip but it looks like when we get back I will be making a trip to Best Buy and buying Joe a new camera.



After are hike we went swimming again and then stopped for lunch and some really yummy ice cream. Then we headed back and stopped for another quick swim. We were all exhausted by the end of the day. It was a long day out on the lake and the views were amazing.