Where Will Vincent Van Go?

 The last week has been SO amazing! We spent the week up at Big Lake with the "High Desert" camp taking kids out on the lake for skiing, wakeboarding, and surfing. There were 15 campers who from as far away as Michigan! The goal of the camp is to give campers a chance to have a week on the water to improve their skills on the water, spend time with good people, and have a lot of fun. I would say it was a complete success! Morning ski starts at 6:00 am, which comes awfully early, but is so worth it! At Big Lake the water is usually very calm in the morning, then very choppy in the afternoon when the wind picks up, so the morning slot is the ideal time to be on the water. The water was cool, but not terribly cold, in the upper 60's according to the boats. The first entry was often accompanied by wailing and gnashing of teeth, but usually after the first run it felt just fine!   The rest of the day is pretty much eating, and time on the water, with short breaks for various g...

Our circuit of (most of) the US is complete! We have returned home! Let me tell you, the thunderstorms were NOT on our side during this journey. I shared about a few of them in the previous post, but NOAA kept reporting thunderstorms in our area all the way through Colorado (some of them were supposed to have hail the size of tennis balls!) But finally we made it back into the Northwest! On our westward journey we got to stop and see my best friend from high school Kevin and his wife and son which was awesome! His parents were there too (my second mom and dad)! It was great to relax with them, hang out, play some Ticket to Ride, and just catch up on life. From there we headed out on Hwy 34 which heads through Rocky Mountain National Park! Woohoo! We slept on the side of the highway at a nice little pullout outside the park, then headed in the next morning! It was great to be in a national park again! For those of you who don't know during high use times they only allow a certain nu...