2023 was our 30 year class reunion! Paula, Jess, and I came up with the idea to tailgate for the ISU Iowa football game. Later, we decided against it. So, we asked the classmate's for ideas. Dan P and family have a place on Clear Lake and invited our class to all meet there to hang out. Paula, Jess, and I decided to meet up the day before for two reasons, one we wanted to get together for a little girl time, and two Jess had to leave first thing Saturday and wouldn't get to be there much. The three of us met and had a great time catching up and spent the night at Dan's chatting with his wife. Matt and Dan and their wives were more than accommodating and happy to let us stay. They have a great cabin/house that they renovated from an old cabin. It is ideal for their families and kids to enjoy. They spend almost every weekend during the summer there together. Matt and his family drive all the way from St. Louis. Brother Jacob also has a house that he shares with their parents. Jacob has done well with his business and likes to show his belongings. He has a great place to stay with a fixed up garage made into a party room, a nice sporty car, and a speed boat. He took us all out in his boat over the weekend. We didn't expect a big turn out, but were really hopeful more would come. We had a very poor turnout for the guys in our class, which was too bad. Anthony and his wife Erin came. For the girls, Jolene and Abby came. So 8 out of 34 is not a great turn out, but we all had such a good time! The weather was awesome sunny and warm. We had a short walk to a local tiki bar where we ate, then had an evening boat ride, and sat around the party garage for drinks and music. It is always fun to reminisce the school days, teachers, friends, sports, and funny memories. The following day was all about the lake. We took the boat out and jet skiis. There were two jet skiis and Dan and I each took one out. That was ablast riding all around. Jolene was the only one that wanted to try a jet ski ride and had never been on one before. I gave her a ride around and she really enjoyed it.
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