4th of July - Lake Canadohta

For the 4th of July, we went up to Lake Canadohta. Justin's friend Billy has a cottage there. Bill is in the Army and just got back from Afghanistan. He was over there or 1.5 years. He is now at Fort Bragg finishing up his contract with the army. He took 4 weeks off to visit family and friends. This weekend was the last of his leave.

We left on Thursday night and go there around 9pm. Of course we had to put up the tent in the dark. We had Bailey and Cooper with us, hence the tent! Cooper loved the tent and thought it was his private play den.

Friday, my parents came up for the day. We took the dogs out on the boat and taught them how to jump off the dock. This was the first time Cooper was in water deep enough to swim. He didn't really get it at first and was trying to swim upright. It was a very funny sight! He finally got the hang of it though. My parents took the dogs home with them that night. I was thankful because that meant we got to sleep inside instead of the cold tent!

Saturday, Jason and Jess came up for the day. We played some Baggo and went out on the boat. Bill accidentally jumped into the water with his glasses on and they are now at the bottom of the lake. Bill knew a guy that had a water trampoline so we played on that until Bill broke a glass beer bottle on it! Glass and jumping don't really mix but when you are drunk, apparently it's a good idea! After dinner, we went back out on the boat to watch the fireworks on the lake.

Sunday we got up at 7am to leave since Bill had to drive back to North Carolina. Overall the weekend was really fun. It was a nice way to end Bill's month of leave. He will be back for Thanksgiving and then will officially be out of the Amry in December.