Clayton and Penny's Retreat

Places we've been, and would rather be right now

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Fun in the sun at El Dorado Lake

Posted on August 16th, 2008 by Clayton

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Gayle and Darlene invite us to spend the weekend at El Dorado State Park for a crew party with Gayle’s work friends. We took the trailer and Gayle and Darlene stayed with us. Lots of people showed up Saturday for the party. We went boating, tubing, swimming, fishing, and just plain visiting. We got to meet some really neat people and had a great time.

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Lake Afton again!

Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Clayton

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We went to Lake Afton again. This time Clayton’s band, Shagdaddy had a gig at a wedding reception. The reception was in a pavilion at Lake Afton. Louis, our lead singer is a friend of the groom. We camped at a site within a hundred yards or so away from the pavilion. Clayton went to play the gig from 6 to 9 on Saturday, but that didn’t cut into our camping fun too much!

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A weekend with friends.

Posted on July 15th, 2008 by Clayton

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Clayton and Penny spend the weekend at Lake Afton with Gayle and Darlene. We all stay in the pop-up trailer and Gayle and Darlend did most of the cooking. Even thought the weather was cold and windy on Saturday, we all really enjoyed relaxing and enjoying each other’s company. Besides, Sunday the weather was beautiful! We celebrated Penny’s birthday as well.Penny decided a while back that this was how she wanted to spend her birthday, and she got her wish.

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