Saturday, September 20, 2014

Man's Spa 2014: Photobombed by an Outhouse

By popular demand, for Man's Spa V, we extended the duration of the annual gathering of high school buddies to three days.  Emad made his return to the Spa after skipping a year and joined Tim, Al, Billy Two Steps (AKA Billy Two Sheds), and myself.

Tim, Bill and I kicked things off on Friday with a grand tour of the lake, foregoing canoes and kayaks for the motorized version, and spent the much of the day cleaning up a section of the lot, cutting and chopping wood, and burning it in a great campfire.  A first this year was the dueling harmonicas Friday night which worked surprisingly well, thanks to Tim.  Our only potential audience member was snoring in the cottage through much of our performance so impartial reviews are not available.

Emad and Al joined us on Saturday, a rainy day that prompted another first for the Spa - Trivia and Scrabble games.  Below you see our Scrabble board results. It seems that the presence of beer cans helps move the game along faster. Try it some time! In a show of good sportsmanship, we allowed Tim's use of the word "promo" early in the game. That proved to be a bad move as he then went on the kill us on the scoreboard. 


Once again, we had a really good time, enjoying the company, reminding each other of incidents that occurred in high school and solving the problems of the world.

 
 
 
Below: The first selfie ever photo bombed by an outhouse! Tim, Billy, Neil, Al and Emad.  We hope the human John and the rest of the lads who couldn't make it this year will be back for Man's Spa VI.