Lake Lewisville with the Deeters

October 12, 2007

We met Steve and Linda Deeter when we sold our pop-up trailer. Because THEY BOUGHT IT in 2002.!

What a surprise to find them at Fun Valley this summer. We were taking a walk one evening and started talking with some friendly people who were on their way to watch the square dancers in the Square Dance Barn. They looked very familiar to us and we looked familiar to them. As we learned more about each other, Linda said (with a surprised look on her face) “I think we bought your pop-up!” The clues that tipped her off were that we used to live in Trophy Club and we are full-timing.

Well, we bumped into them a few more times in Fun Valley and decided that we needed to get together when we got back to Texas. They live in Flower Mound, which is about ½ hour from Trophy Club.

Linda e-mailed us and found out we were back and asked us to join them for diner and an evening cruise on their yacht, which was docked at Lake Lewisville. It was great! See Steve in the captain's chair.

A few funny things happened that night. We set off for our cruise and about 10 minutes into the ride we came across a highway bridge which the boat usually sails under. Since the lakes were flooded this summer and were still at higher levels than normal, we couldn’t get under the bridge. We got close to the bridge before they decided if would be too close for comfort. Then, Linda and Steve discovered that they left their dog, Donnie, on the dock. Panic struck Linda as she said – “Turn around, we’ve forgot the dog!” Donnie was found 2 slips away from their slip. They think he probably tried to follow the boat as it sailed away. Anyway, he was safe. Pictured are Linda and Donnie (the dog).

Well, we decided to dine on the dock instead of on the boat. Diner was great – shish-ka-bob.

We all had a great time and plan on getting together again, both here in Texas and also on the road somewhere, sometime.