Fourth of July Weekend-Week 5 Day 5

My fourth of July weekend was a very much needed vacation for my family and I.  My wife is from Ohio, so we packed up the truck and drove eight and a half hours to see her family.  In her family it is a big tradition on the fourth to spend it on their hometown lake called Idian Lake.  This lake is not like any of our lakes in Missouri.  Indian Lake was formed by flooding farm lands to create revenue for the state.  This lake is very muddy brown and at most tweleve feet deep.  If you are skiing or tubing and fall off you will most likely hit some kind of mud or sand at the botton, not really that pleasant.  The best part of the trip was hanging at their lakeside cottege and playing homerun derby with the brothers and watching fireworks on the boat at dusk.  My son is only eight months old and got his first taste of big time fireworks.  It made me feel good that he smiled and bounced up and down on my lap while watching the show.  All in all the fourth was a great success and a much needed get a way for me and my family.