Meeting Derek's Dale Hollow Crew

Stacey, Linda and I loaded our stuff and hooked up the boat and headed towards town a little after 8 AM. We stopped and filled the boat with gas, returned some DVDs and ate breaskfast at the Corner Pool & Lunch. When we pulled into the State Park ramp area, I was amazed to see the parking lot nearly empty. There were only two other boat trailers parked in the lot. We launched and started towards the cove where we were supposed to meet Bonnie, Donnie, Lana, Frank, Derek and his crew. The cove was filled with houseboats, so we headed towards Star Point and met up with Bonnie, Lana, Frank and Donnie on the way. They picked out another spot and we went and got wet in the lake while waiting on Derek to bring their boat out to meet up with all of us. Derek drove up in the boat a few minutes later and introduced his girlfriend, Jen, along with 'Hector' and J.J.
 
A little later, we decided to move to another part of the lake to find some 'smooth water' so they could ski and kneeboard. We headed to Pusley's Creek and picked a spot that was out of the wind where everyone could watch while the youngsters tested their skills. They kneeboarded and skied and tried to ski till they were tired and then they came over to where our boats were anchored.
   
Everyone ate lunch and played in the water or relaxed in the boats for a couple of hours. Derek's crew run out of cold drinks and had to head back to their campsite at Star Point. While they replenished their supplies, we moved across the lake to the cove called 'Five Fingers' and continued our playing in the water and enjoying the beautiful day on the lake. Frank let Derek know where we were by contacting them on the radio.
  
Everyone had enjoyed the day and decided to head in around 6 PM, so we said 'see ya' and headed back to the dock, trailered the boat and went home.