Our annual pilgrimage to Steamboat Rock State Park with my family (31 years and counting) was, as always, a huge success. Out of the 1340 pictures taken by my sister-in-law and I, I have narrowed it to 34 to post. These are not even necessarily my favorites, but they show some highlights of the week. Haley skiied and tubed and swam like crazy, and JT tubed and jumped off the rock and learned to swim (some) without flotation. He still has a ways to go before he’s swimming across the lake, but he did great and we’re excited for him to learn a new skill.
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| Ski the Rock! |
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| Enjoying the boat |
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| Swimming with Mom |
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| Sleepover with Uncle Jeff and Aunt Gena! |
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| Tubing Girl |
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| Tubing Boy |
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| Aunt Becky & Madi |
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| Getting ready to snorkel |
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| Breakfast in the boat |
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| Lunch on the beach |
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| Swimming! |
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| Jumping! |
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| I was sent to get snacks for a boat trip… and found an ice cream bar. |
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| Banks Lake Turbo Tubing Company, July 2014 |
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| Hiked Steamboat all by himself this year! |
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| Cousins |
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| Siblings |
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| Best friends |
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| Ski the Devil’s Punchbowl |
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| Jump! |
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| Watching the skiier |
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| Floating. |
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| Tattoo Day (aka Jim Cole Day) |
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| Observer Seat for Two |
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| Snuggles with Dad |
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| Swim lessons with Madi |
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| Movie night in the boat |
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| Beach buddies |
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| Sad for Preston to leave… happy he’ll be back in September! Go Dawgs! |
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| Jumping together |
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| Getting thrown off (at her request) |
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| Didn’t even hesitate this year! |
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| Ready to go home, a little bit sad… |
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| Good thing we’ll be back in August! |
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| Over the lake on the way home – awesome! |
The Keene Family 
What a fun trip! 🙂
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