Possum Kingdom Lake - August 2013

The Dodds Clan at Possum Kingdom Lake

 We found out about Frank's 85th birthday party at Possum Kingdom Lake about a week ago and thought it would be fantastic to see everyone.  Shawna was able to re-direct her flight from Hartford to fly straight to DFW while Keith bought a flight from Denver to DFW - both of us landing at 10:30pm on Friday. Keith's parents picked us up at the airport and we went straight back to their house and to bed.

Graham, Christine, Keith and Shawna

Graham, Julie and Christine

The next morning we were up at 6:30am to do a bit of work before heading off to the Lake.  It is about a 2 hour drive door to door, including the obligatory stop at the last Starbucks before the Lake.  Margaret and the kids were a few minutes in front of us so arrived first - Graham was unable to make it as it was still Dallas Restaurant Week.

Josie

Owen

The whole clan was there:  Frank, Jackie, Christine/Clayton/Graham, Julie/Michael, as well as some of Frank's relatives from the UK who happened to be traveling around Texas.  After saying our hellos we went straight down to the dock for a swim.  It was good to chat with everyone while relaxing in the water.  Owen and Josie were great swimmers - Owen completed his first dive and then kept doing them, and both the kids swam out to the floating dock to jump off that.

Keith and Clayton

Lunch was sandwiches in the cabin followed by Christine taking a few of us on a boat ride.  Dinner was grilled shrimp, sausages and veggies prepared by Jackie, with everyone eating in the cabin.  Frank opened some birthday gifts while we all sipped sangria and then we headed back to Colleyville, arriving there about 11pm.

Christine

Jackie

Out flight was at 9am on Spirit Airlines, our first attempt at that budget carrier.  When checking in we found that this is one of the airlines that makes all their money off fees - we were charged $50 each for the roller bag that would not fit under the seat.  To really impress us, the plane had a mechanical issue so we took off 4 hours later than scheduled.  Not wanting to waste our time sitting around, we used the time to plan our vacations and weekends for '14 so not all was lost.

Frank