Weekend on Lake Entiat

Lake Entiat is actually the Columbia River damned up in between Wenatchee and Chelan. Becky's older brother owns a vacation home in a planned community there and we were invited for an (almost annual) get together there over the weekend. So after a pretty normal Friday at Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare (and saying goodbye to Po), the boys and I headed to SeaTac to pick up Becky. Then the four of us made the 3 hour drive over the passes.

Saturday the boys had a great time intertubing with their cousins on a huge 4-person hotdog-in-a-bun shaped tube. I goofed around on it with Colton and Kyle and paid the price with a nasty fall at 30mph at we got whipped around a corner. The boys skipped like rocks while I slammed into the 'pavement'. At the time I thought I just had the wind knocked out and some bruises.

Later we did a little cliff jumping. Colton was ready to be a daredevil with his cousin . I felt up to helping him in the current and jumped off a 10-footer with them. But the that little dude then decided to jump off the 20 to 25 foot one! I was too sore for that, so I stayed below for a great view of 7 year old terror.

We then relaxed to some of Dave's great cooking, reading and generally hanging out while the kids played pingpong and video games.

Sunday Dave and I rode about 25 miles with a couple fun hills that proved how out of shape I still am. After breakfast we headed for the boat again and we greeted with some very smooth water. The wake boarding was great, but Colton was disappointed that he only got. He couldn't maintain his balance so he kept falling down until his hands were sore. Becky had almost the exact same experience (and it was her best progress to date to). Connor wasn't feeling well. Chills with the temperature over 105 isn't normal. He was also very disappointed that he was in no shape to keep up with his younger brother and cousin. I managed to get up on the wake board just fine, but Dave and Trish's new Boat's much larger wake was intimidating. After a couple successful toe-side turns I bit it good on my already sore ribs. At this point I starting think cracked ribs was a real possibility.

Kyle and Trish showed us some real wake boarding. Dave took a break from driving and had a bit of fun too. But Katie chose demonstrate knee boarding. By the end, the water was choppy and lunch called. Colton requested a last minute cliff dive and repeated his earlier performance. But not before Kyle tried to demo for him and got injured with a rough landing. Luckily it looked like he would only have a sore back for a day or two.

We ate lunch then napped and relaxed for the rest of the day until it was time to pack up and head back to Lakewood. Not a bad weekend mini-vacation for medical school.