KOA 2007 – The Big Summary Post

Because a big summary post worked last year …

Had another great time this year, as usual. We had 49 along — nobody came up the second day, though a few left on Sunday.  Both Stan and Jackie decided to come out, and we were all on the same flights coming and going, which was fun (and convenient).  Keith and Cass and their kids came down, too.

Katherine had a pretty fun time with most of the kids, though there was some “Oooh, icky girls” shenanigans from some of the boys.

Weather:   Hot, as always, but not as bad as some years.  Probably in the 90s or so.  Got cool, not cold, in the evening (with sweat pants and a t-shirt I was fine at night).

Water:  I only got out on the boat once, on Sunday morning, with Katherine.  Watched her get on the inner tube three different times, but never managed to get out there myself with her (let alone on my own).  Trade-off for …

Wine:  Yeah, we did some wine tasting.  Next year I suspect we’ll go out just one day, but we did make some very nice finds, and Jackie got to show her quick reflexes by avoiding a deer, so it was all good.

Whatever:  This year’s theme was “Sports Camp,” so Friday night was “Tailgaiting” for dinner (taco bar, chips, brats, etc.), and Saturday afternoon we had “games” (marshmallow gun distance, word searches, sift out the safety pins blindfolded from a bucket of rice).  Fun.  Big hunks of beef and chicken Saturday night, lamb Sunday night.  More than enough food, as always.

A very nice time.  Minimal after-dinner gameplaying or anything (need to do something about that next year), but it was a blast having both Jackie and Stan out (and perhaps we can entice more Denverites to follow next year).

Pictures (such as they were) to follow.

UPDATE: BD has his version up.