Weekend In Review (a week late)
Wow, what a fantastic weekend! Everything seemed almost perfect. There were a ton of things going on this weekend and I had a bunch of things to choose from like Cards/Cubs action in Chi Town with a bunch of my grad school friends or Rib Fest and all of the shows (right next to my condo) but I happily chose a weekend at the Lake of Ozarks with my girlfriend’s family. Most of you know me; how could I pass up a weekend of water filled fun?
We took off Friday to head down to the Lake. We were staying at my gf’s dad’s house in Camdenton. I have always been on the Osage side of the Lake so was excited to see the difference. We got down there around 2PM, took a quick tour, and immediately hit the water for some lounging around the dock. The water was amazingly warm and relaxing. It was awesome. We ate some pretty good pizza that night and enjoyed the beautiful weather.
I had my first true fisherman experience on Saturday (in my opinion). I have fished off docks and lands numerous times as a kid but have never really done any fishing on a true fishing boat. It was a fun time but we caught nothing. We didn’t even see a boat nearby catching anything either. My opinion is we started a little too late (around 10AM) but we value our sleep.
Once we got back to the house, we ate a quick lunch and took out the big boat for a cruise and to cove out. It was a lot of fun. I was definitely amused by the difference in the sides of the lake. I have never been on a holiday weekend on the Osage side but have heard horror stories. This side of the Lake was actually pretty quiet for Lake of the Ozarks in my opinion. There was a lot more pontoon boats and I don’t think I saw a boat over 30ft the entire time. It was also interesting seeing entire parts of the Lake with no houses. I did catch a fish that night while fishing off the dock at night. It was the only fish caught by anyone the whole weekend. It was a 14″ crappie which apparently is pretty big and is worth of mounting to a wall.
We took off early on Sunday to drive back to the Lou and knock out some errands. We hit a quick BBQ and passed out early.
My girlfriend hosted a BBQ on Monday for her family. It was fun with good food. I also cleaned my BBQ pit that was in storage for two years. I am a little bummed about it because I did not store it properly. I guess the grease produced moisture under the cover which caused some mold and rust. I cleaned it good but have my doubts. I will fire it up in the coming weeks to see how it is.