Lake Thoreau Boat Party

One of the nice things about living in Reston is that there are several lakes in town. When I first moved here, I rented a townhouse right by Lake Thoreau. I loved driving by it every morning and evening, particularly when the trees around it had changed colors in the fall. I also used to run around the lake for exercise. Although I have since bought my own place away from a lake, couple of my co-workers have lake front properties so I still make a visit to the lake on occasions. This weekend, however, was their annual boat party weekend. Most of the lakefront homeowners have these motorized rafts that they take out on the lake to hang out on. At this boat party, many of these boats would tie up together and have one big party - on the lake. There is also a band boat and a dance floor boat. Dancing wasn't quite easy on the boat tho. Every once in a while I would find myself thrown off balance if I happen to be on one leg when the boat rocks. And no, I wasn't drunk. (I decided to stay sober for this one after passing out at my own party last weekend.) Supposedly there is usually at least one person who goes overboard at this event. No laughing opportunity this year unfortunately (although couple of us were secretly betting one of our friends would be the first to go over board). Still, it was good fun with good food and music.