Pontoon Poker Run Fun

 Due to the storms on July 3rd, the lake assocation pushed the fireworks display to the night before the poker run.   Connor was on his "guy trip" and Ramsey went to stay with Nana and Bumpa, so it was just Eric and me for the festivities.  

Here's Ramsey and Riley at bedtime.  Ramsey was pleased to have another puppy sleeping buddy! 

Eric drove the truck into the ditch so we had the absolute best view for watching the fireworks.   He looks thrilled here, right?  ha!  (It was rather warm and humid... and there were bugs.)

  Of course, fireworks don't show up well with my phone, but they... were... AMAZING.  They're shot off so close to our house that literally, there were times that fireworks "shrapnel" was fall all around us (and even ON us!).  The explosions were huge and breathtaking... and they lasted for about 45 minutes.

The next day, on Saturday, was the annual pontoon poker run.   We had invited two other couples to come with us.   We first checked in at the resort to draw our hands of poker (no one had a superb hand by any means), checked out the silent auction items, grabbed our dock stop map, and then hopped back into the pontoon to start the run.

Each dock stop had adult beverages (mostly shots!) and some had snacks.  We also brought along charcuterie and other munchies for the afternoon.

This was Eric's favorite dock stop.  It was our neighbor's place.  They had called in a local award-winning brew pub/pizza joint with some of their homemade ales.   Their "Steampunk Ale" was a boat favorite!

Though none of us won a new Maui mat, "Beer for a Year", gift cards, or other such prizes, it was a super fun afternoon.