A return to our "home" state of Alabama...a wonder since Buzzkill turned out so well! :-) Seriously, this one was "supposed" to be the Vegas trip (as prophesied in the first GW), but alas, none of us really had the money for it, plus Christopher and Anu had just recently had the triplets. We kept it close so he could make it, and though he arrived late, he proceeded to clean our clocks at the poker table (note the appearance of Joe A's green felt tabletop with chip wells!).
Of course we all told ourselves that we were contributing to the girls' college funds, but really Christopher was just "on" that weekend. ("Christopher always/never bluffs.")
The accomodations were nice, but not too nice. Mismatched furniture, wood paneling, knicknacks everywhere--a fairly typical lakehouse, I guess.
There was a nice, wooded back area to the house leading down to the lake. The patio was well-shaded for an old-school Monopoly game; Amorak made good use of the hammock (also the site of a particularly one-sided political debate by a trio of Liberal Wieners); and I believe Mr. R caught a few small fish from the pier. We did a bit of swimming to cool off one afternoon.
Other activities included a trip into town to play basketball at a rec center (a fairly short game--our ages and fitness levels were showing), and we also made use of an actual little league field for homerun derby with our "toy" bats and balls.
The election year provided a bit of a theme as several GW Polls were conducted (and you know how painful THOSE can be!), Guys revealed their true political colors (I think the Wieners outnumbered the Nutjobs), and we enjoyed the JibJab "This Land" cartoon via dial-up.
