Now, a normal family would hop in their car and GLADLY drive the 6 hours from Salt Lake to get there, but my family would not have that this time...
My awesome brother sent THIS to come get us! What?! He is the nicest guy on the planet. He sent his plane to come pick us and a few other family friends up and 40 minutes later.... we arrived! (Thank you Thank you Jer!)
First things first at the lake. If you know me, you know my greatest joy is wakeboarding at Lake Powell so this is as good as it gets for me.
And Jon loves it too... just not with the same passion as me
This is my cute litle niece Bree, who loves her uncle Jon. Check out those baby blues...
And my oh so brave niece allie! That is a loooooong jump for such a little girl!
My Dad, too much fun for him to handle
Ryan and Danna... good friends from high school (Ryans sister married my brother so they are fam), just sittin there being awesome.
Jon getting a workout on the kayak. Those things are so much fun...
Now, what happens when you are at lake powell, and the weather changes... clouds come it, it gets a little chilly, a little rainy, no fun to play in the lake, what do you do?
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You send the helicopter of course! Haha my family is crazy. My brother brought his big helicopter out, landed it on a rock in the middle of the lake and took us all for rides! So so fun!
see how much fun I'm having?
Ben and Bridget also enjoying the ride
But wait.... what happens when the "lake police" are not happy with you landing your big blue bird on their precious piece of rock? Well first you circle around them in your helicopter, making them helplessly follow you all over the lake, getting more and more angry with each change of direction... Oh yea, we did that. It was too funny... we could see them below us chasing us around so we would fly to the other side of the canyon, they would follow, then we would turnm around the other way, they would follow again, it was so funny... not nice or legal but funny.
So, when we have to eventually land, you can imagine that the lake police are not very happy with my brother the pilot. After about 2 hours of arguing, they give him a ticket and say you cant land out here anymore. So what does he do?
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He says "fine" and goes to get the smaller chopper and lands it on his own dang land (meaning his houseboat) which is perfectly legal.
Oh so much fun. We are spoiled absolutely rotten! Thanks so so so much to Jer and Shar for providing such an amazing trip! We love you guys!
23 comments:
so cute, Tracy! Ha! What a fun time! The Lake Cops story was a real keeper! nice pix...
Wow, Tracy! That looked like fun! I am jealous!!
whatever! Can I be adopted? We miss you guys- let's plan something soon! You let US know cause we're sick of getting rejected :)
I am so jealous. That looks like such a fun trip. I've never been to lake powell.
Is your brother single? What a fun trip and a great experience! You are spoiled!
we missed out big time. we'll be counting down the days till the end of this month....
Holly Crap!
Lake Powell is fantastic and so are helicopters.
Way to take the wind out of my sails about how my weekend went!!! First off - WOW! Wicked wakeboarding skills - never knew that about you? Nice way to start the weekend, private jet, then houseboat on Powell, helicopter rides...you realize this is not normal, right?
Wow Tracy that is awesome. I have to say I am jealous. I am glad you had so much fun!!
Looks like fun! We need to hang out soon!!
That thing looks awesome! and that stunt about the helicopters is hilarious!! I love it! Im glad you guys had a good time :)
You are crazy... driving to Lake Powell is the best part of the Lake Powell experience. I can't believe you chose a plane over the car ride... ha ha jk. You are such a lucky girl. That's way funny that we stayed in the same place. I guess our families know how to pick the best spots. I'm glad you had an amazing trip. Please Please Please call next time you are in town. I miss my buddy!!!
P.S. I've never seen Dana as a blonde. I'm glad you posted the pic. I miss that girl too!
I am so jealous you guys got to spend the 4th in Lake Powell, I love that place and haven't been in so long...and I have never been the way you guys do it! Glad you enjoyed yourselves so much :)
Wow! hope you remembered the rootbeer floats too.... tradition! So glad it was a fun time. Love you!
What the #$#^$*&*H>?>"> are you kidding me? That is ridiculously
insane and AWESOME! Lake Powell totally is the bomb in vacation spots by far!
Tracy! It has been a while, huh? You are quite the wakeboarder! I'm impressed! Looks like Jeremy is up to his usual tricks :) I'm jealous, that looks like an awesome trip! And I can't believe Allie jumped off the houseboat!
Shut Up! That sounds like movie, gettin chased by the lake po-po. Ha! So how on earth do you get invited to go with the Johnson Fam to the Lake, cause I would do just about anything.
Hilarious story about the cops. That is too funny. I't so great that you can spend vacations like that with family. And I am so impressed with Allie. I know that I wouldn't dare jump off that high.
Woob, you are sooooo spoiled! That looks like so much fun! I remember back in high school when we used to go to the lake. Remember "that's right"? Hehe.
you are one spoiled bush
Wow! You looked like you had fun, hope you are still ready to go again to Lake Powell in a week! See you soon.
Loved this post :) What a fun weekend. So does this happen often??? ;)
Giggle brat!!!!! You are so stinkin cute!!!!!!
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