Today was a big day. The start of the INT 2008 water skiing season. But even bigger was the graduation of Karen, from Western Oregon University. Nothing like a proud father, but she did have a 4.0 GPA, and a Masters of Education degree.
We left Albany early with our coach, so that we could head directly to Mint Lake when the ceremonies were over. We had planned to park in Bi Mart's parking lot, where we could meet Karen, who had to be there by 10 AM for preliminaries. That way we could watch Christopher and Jessica. We actually arrived about 9 AM, so decided to check out other parking option. It turns out that the University had reserved parking for RVs right by the stadium, and we got a police escort to the front of the line. Just had to walk down the sidewalk and into the stands. How much better can it get than that? We just called Karen to tell her of our change of parking spots.
While Barb stayed in the coach to wait for Karen, I when into the stands to hold a spot under the roof, so that we would not have to sit in the sun. Somewhere around 10:30 Barb and the children showed up. Although Christopher and Jessica had planned on setting with us, they decided to go down onto the field and sit with their other Grandparents Pat and Jim. We did not get left out totally though, as Bill and his parents came and sat with us.
When the ceremonies were over, we headed to Mint Lake with Christopher, while Karen returned to Corvallis with Jessica. Jessica had a dance recital at 7:30 PM and their plans were to come to Mint Lake afterwards. We did not expect them till close to midnight, but as soon as Jessica was done with her dance, Karen picked her up and left, arriving shortly before 10 PM.
As it turned out we arrived at the lake just in time to enjoy the pot luck and rekindle friendships with friends that we had not seen for several months. If you would like to see some of Saturday nights pictures, click on this link.
Red Lion Man
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