Labor Day Weekend at Pickwick Lake

For Labor Day weekend, we met Jack & Middy at their boat on Pickwick Lake which is located on the Tennessee/Mississippi border.

FRIDAY

We drove from Krugerville, Texas to Iuka, Mississippi and arrived about 5:30 or so. We spent the night on the docked boat.

Middy's doing something in the 

kitchen while Boo & Mitzi sniff around.

SATURDAY

It's time to take the boat out. The plan is to go to a cove named Big Bear to anchor and spend the night. There's two bedrooms and two baths on the boat so we're set.


See the girls watching me photograph the back of the boat? There's probably special boat terminology for "back of the boat" but I only know Donna terminology. Hope you can understand it.

Using Donna terminology again, 

here's the "front of the boat!"

The girls--Mitzi Mae, Sally and Boo.

First on the agenda is cleaning up the boat before we leave the dock. The word "dock" is official boating terminology.

Middy, Jack, and George scrub-a-dub-dubbing. 

"Scrub-a-dub-dubbing" is official 

Three-Men-in-a-Tubbing terminology. 

The girls are ready to go but 

we're still cleaning up the boat!

Jack is loading the raft into the little 

boat which will be pulled behind the big boat.

Sally's wondering when we're leaving.

George is really happy that he can get in on the act. Oh, and Middy is saying something about how much she really loves my picture taking.


The boat is clean and now we need gas. We're waiting for this boat to move. Middy is talking to the cute little doggy on the edge-- it's a Mitzi Mae!

At last, we're gassed up, and hooking the little boat on to tow behind us. Then, we're off to Big Bear (very large animal terminology). It's a two-hour cruise that we'll make at eight mph.

Here we are anchored (official boating word) at Big Bear! I took a dip and crawled up on the raft to kick back with Middy and the girls. I'm thinking about wearing my hair that way permanently. Becoming, isn't it?

Gee, ya think?

George is... well... no one is sure what George is.

Jack is... well... no one is sure about him either.

After all, they are brothers!

Look at this sunset! 

About now, Middy and I played Kenny Chesney's "When the Sun Goes Down," five times in a row, maybe more. It's so appropriate! Actually, any time of the day or night is appropriate for us because we love that song. Of course, we danced and sang!

SUNDAY
We decided to move closer to the dock.

George is using his Miata driving skills 

to steer the boat which is a scary thought!

It's another pretty day!

We anchored in another cove, packed some sandwiches, and went off in the little boat so Middy could pull Jack & George on the raft. I think the cove was called "Indian" which has nothing to do with boating terminology.

Jack in his sun-blocking safari hat, ready to ride the raft. "Safari hat" is jungle head covering terminology.

George is ready to go and Jack is in the water.

Leopatra on his raft!

At last, they're both on the raft!

Here we go!
To the right...

To the left...

Needing a rest after being 
pulled for about five minutes. 
To them, it was an hour! 

The water was really choppy to begin with and they were flying all over. I was rolling laughing too. It was hilarious watching them hanging on! 

Here we go again.

It was another round of hilarity for me!

We're back at the big boat and Jack is playing DJ

Middy's dancing. It's mandatory that Middy and I dance and sing when we get together! 

We played Rocky Top many times too because Tennessee's first game is tomorrow night!

Oh yeah, I am singing!

See how happy it makes George when I sing?

Even Jack is happy!

Still dancing!

We went back to the dock to spend the night. Once there, Jack cooked pork tenderloin and we ate a delicious meal.

Middy and I decided to clean up the boat a bit since we were leaving early in the morning to go to their house. In the middle of it all, I looked down into the cabin and this was the scene!

Pitiful, isn't it?

MONDAY

We went to Adam & Mandy's to see Mallory.  Of course, we wanted to see Adam and Mandy too but we've never seen sweet Mallory.

She just woke up.

Isn't she cute?!!

She'll be a year old the end of September.

And here's sweet Mandy!
Like mother, like daughter!

And this is a really good picture of Adam if the light would have been in front. Adam and Mandy are both wearing their Vols shirts because they're having a party in a few hours to kick off Tennessee's season.

Mallory is reaching for the camera.
Perhaps she'll be a great photographer one day?

And laughing.
Soooo cute!
Mallory not me!

And she even crawls cute!

Makes me go "Ahhhhh!"
Or perhaps she'll be a cheerleader.
Maybe a cheerleading photographer?

We visited for an hour or so and 
then went back to Jack & Middy's.

We hung out on their pretty deck.

 Oh how I love pretty Tennessee! 

TUESDAY

We drove home, and about halfway between Memphis and Little Rock, we ran into the Gustav rain. It continued until not too far before we exited I-30 in Greenville, Texas.

As soon as it started raining, Sally got on the floor in the back seat to hide. She only recently became scared of rain when it's falling hard. That developed after being scared of thunder for years. It wasn't thundering though.
She wasn't scared of thunder until a few years ago when fireworks were being shot off in our neighborhood during the 4th of July. I just tried to make her feel comfortable and sheltered.

We left Centerville, TN at 7:00 a.m. 

and got home at 6:00 pm. 

Thank you Jack & Middy for a fabulous time!