Riping It Up at The Rock: Part One

Every year since we were a little girl our family has vacationed at Table Rock lake during the summer. It is one of the highlights of the year for us. Up until 2005, we always stayed at Hardman Hollow resorts in Shell Knob, MO, which is about 4 hours south of Kansas City along highway 39. Then our parents bought a house!

The house is probably 10 miles south of Shell Knob in Golden, MO along the Kings River. It sits along a beautiful channel surrounded by pretty much nothing, except a few houses and typical wildlife. It is the reliable place to forget about the world for a little while and relax.

Parental Units Lake House

View from the shore

Favorite part of the Lake, the water is so clear:)

The whole fam headed down on Saturday afternoon. Jordan, Bret, and we rode down in our mom’s car. Love road trips!

The Navigator. “Hey! Give us back our Ipad!”

Jordan driving…. wait a minute, are you texting while driving?

Keeping his eye on the road…Good job Myles!

Of course, the first thing you do when you arrive at the house, is grab a beer and head to the dock for the first boat run of the week. Usually a favorite run, because you aren’t absolutely exhausted and worn out! Or sore from serious face plants, while trying to jump the wake with a wake board:(

Our Mom, Me and Sarah (well, we call her Kitty) at the dock We’M ON A BOAT, AND, we’M GOING FAST, AND…..

Flossie-Belle is the name of the boat, which is our nickname given to us by our Grandpa Chuck… These ski’s are crazy awesome! We actually learned how to ski on them when we were 7. Our brother John refinished them, since they are wood, and we can’t tell you how excited we were to try them out…. again! Me skiing on the Dick Popes! Boat Monitor! Kitty and John Kitty, Jordan and our Mom Cute hubby! Our Dad skiing Captain Juan Me and Kitty Dad and Mom playing in the water Our Mom skiing…Hit that wake! Ahhh…. it feels like bath water.