"Las Vegas-- Park officials say they rescued more than 40 people at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area amid Fourth of July winds that capsized some boats.
National Park Service spokesman Randy Lavasseur says monsoon conditions Wednesday were partly to blame for six watercraft accidents, two disabled vessels, and four medical calls....
Gusts that reached 50 mph formed waves that battered some boats, but park spokesman Kevin Turner says nobody was injured in the capsizings."
-WashingtonPost.com
Being out of the lake was terrifying on Wednesday around 2:00, when we decided it to was time to go home. After slamming through waves you could surf on, we were all happy to sit and wait at the dock (where the water was calm) as the ambulances picked people up, and the cost guard sirens blasted as they headed out to pick up boats and people (including children) stranded in the treacherous water.
But then, Friday and Saturday was fantabulously good time!
Miranda rides on the tube, and looks like a turtle that can't get up..
Chandler and Grandma ride on the tube, at Grandma preferred speed...
I ride the tube, and wake up the next morning feeling like I had been hit by a car...
Natalie rides the tube....
Grandpa rides the tube, and is qualified for the coolest grandpa in town award...
Various people jump off a big rock, and the rest of us in the boat wonder if they're going to die...
Brandon rides the wake board, looking serious.
Uncle Adam rides the ski, trying to look as cool as possible...
And other people do a lot of other stuff, we bake in the sun, but are happy to have wonderful memories... and to be alive....
.....until next year
5 comments:
Fun. Fun. Fun.
Your little sisters are looking so big! Don't melt in the heat this week! Love ya too
Looks SO FUN! That is so scary that people's boats capsized! I'm glad you were smart and stayed not the shore that day.
I love your last post how you posted and picture of Chandler sleeping as a baby and now that he's 5. So cute!
That is awesome! Minus the scary beginnings! Benson looked at the picture of Chandler and your Mom and thought it was me and him. Ummm, no. Looks like a great summer!
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