Day 3

Friday started out with Rodney and Bruce going to pick Craig up from the airport, and Eric and I going down to prep and clean the boat. We all met up for lunch and splashed the boat afterwards. Eric and I went shopping and parked the trailer while the rest of the crew did a brief survey of the lake and found our log cabin's dock. We met back at the cabin and decided to run out on the lake for a while. Fate almost caused major problems with the weekend in the form of a cracked sea strainer, but a little chewing gum and Money mumbling like Strongbad saved the day. Back on the lake we realized this thing is deep, really deep all over. We ran around for a while and decided to stop and drift. We all swam and generally just hung out and relaxed. One of Bruce's friends, his girlfriend, and another friend met up with us and we all hung out until we realized we were late for the opening ceremonies. We also skipped the captains meeting and decided drinking beer would give us more insight into the race instead. After rushing to the Casino night we found no parking, so Rodney used all the skills learned on Pine Island and put the 4x4 on some shrubs and lawn sprinklers in this posh resort area. We gambled using the fake money provided and Rodney turned $ 5,000 into something like $ 158,000. I instead chose to get drunk and lose all my money, funny how monopoly parallels life. We left there and went to some restaurant/local bar/crummy nightclub where some horrible band was playing. Money tried to pick up on a girl (who in my opinion looked like she was struck in the face with a 2x4 as a child) by dancing/standing with her. We thought he had struck dirt (pun intended) until her 7 foot, 300 pound body builder friend changed the plans. Here is Money and Lurch standing toe to toe in the parking lot, I thought I was going to end up in a fight, but we managed to pull them away. More than enough excitement for 1 day.


On water	Broke already?	Back on water	Smooth

Relax	Chic	New Friends	Marina

Parking	Party	Gamble	Gamble

Anthony's!!!!!!!!!!!!