For the 4th, we spent the day with Paige & her family at Tucker Lake. It is a small lake, but the owners have outfitted it with all sorts of fun stuff: water slides of all sizes, swimming areas, rope swings, zip lines, paddle boats, canoes & kayaks, many picnic tables with grills, music playing all the time, silly contests for the kids. It was a lot of fun.
One strange and amusing (to me) thing happened. When we got there and paid our $9 per person to get in, the attendant asked us to pop the trunk. I thought she was looking for alcohol (no alcohol allowed). But after a very quick look, she closed it and said we could go. Brief conversation that followed:
Lance: “What were you looking for?”
Attendant: “…”
Lance: “Wait, were you looking for people?”
Attendant: *shrug* “You’d be surprised…”