Harolds Page: Awesome Work & An Awesome Wife

My last post about the Stadium of Fire was made possible by my current employer, Squire and Company. Not only have they been providing an awesome work/educational experience, they keep providing awesome extracurricular opportunities as well. Yesterday Ruth and I had the opportunity to go to Deer Creek Reservoir with the audit department for a boating activity. I worked up to lunch time and then grabbed a quick bite to eat and picked up Ruth. Since we didn't want to have to bring both cars down into Orem, Ruth took the frontrunner train. I haven't had the chance to ride the train, but Ruth said she thoroughly enjoyed it. After a quick drive up Provo Canyon we arrived at the reservoir and had a blast on the water.

When I first heard that we were doing a boating activity I had assumed we would be on a boat owned by one of the partners of the firm, but that wasn't quite the case. The father of one of the ladies I work with owns a boat dealership, so we got to borrow his demo boat. From what I understand he usually gets a really nice boat at the start of the summer to demo and then sells it at the end of the summer. This year someone had already purchased the demo boat, so he had to get a new one. As a result we got to spend the afternoon in a 2014 MasterCraft X10! As if getting a boat that new wasn't shocking enough, we were also the first ones to get to take it out on the water. The X10 has seating for 14 people and has about every luxury you could ever want on a boat. We were told from our dealership connection, Jessica, that it was a $79,000 boat! Although I have a couple of pictures of the boat, if you want to get a better look you can follow this link http://www.mastercraft.com/boat/detail/x10.

Once we got out on the water we started with some knee boarding. After watching a few people participate, Ruth and I decided to give it a try. I think Ruth got pretty close to getting up on one of our runs, but I didn't ever even get close. It was surprisingly hard to try and pull yourself up to a kneeling position. After everyone had a chance to knee board, we filled up a giant water bladder on one side of the boat to make it lean to one side. We did this so the boat would make a bigger wake on that side and create a ride-able wave. The wave was used so people could surf behind the boat. Once again, after watching a few people take a turn, Ruth and I decided to give it a try. I was pretty horrible at this as well, and never made it all the way up. Ruth on the other hand, was a natural! She got the hang of it really quickly and took off with it. Seeing her do so well with it just made me realize that there is one more thing that makes her AWESOME!

After boating for a few hours we headed back to shore for a barbeque. We got to partake of some delicious burgers, chips, salads, fruit, and dessert. It was the perfect cap to a fun day out on the water. Ruth and I headed for home after dinner even though some people went back out for one more run on the boat. We were starting to burn a bit, so we decided to call it quits. As always, here is the good part, the pictures. This time there is a bonus video with Ruth rocking the surf board!