Here are pictures of a trip we took to Lake Anna. Our hosts were Paul and Claire. Gary works with Claire at the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in Washington, DC. Paul is a military man, but he doesn't move around the country any more.
You'll notice that Jenny isn't in any of these pictures. She was either working or spending one of her remaining summer days with friends and opted not to come with us.
Lake Anna is about 90 minutes south, south west of where we live. Well, that would be without traffic. Unfortunately, since this weekend was one of the last before school started the traffic was really heavy. So heavy in fact that it took us close to 5 hours to cover what should have taken 90 minutes. Paul and Claire were good sports - Claire was afraid we would throw in the towel (so to speak) give up and go home. I convinced Gary that this was not an option, that it would be rude not to show up for dinner as planned. In the end we had a very nice day.
The lake was created as part of a reservoir project related to a nuclear power station nearby. There's never been any problem with the power plant, and lots of Washingtonians buy vacation homes on the lake. The water is warm, but that's mostly because the lake isn't too deep - more so than because of the power plant. Paul said that there is a "warm side" of the lake, but we didn't swim there.
We all jumped off the swim platform of Claire and Paul's boat and went for a dip near the Lake Anna state park, and Alex also got an opportunity to go for a jet ski ride after the motorboat jaunt. As it got dark we had a nice dinner on the deck of their house and then headed home. After all that sun and some good wine, I slept all the way back to Fairfax. The trip home was much more reasonable...just about the 90 minutes it should have been on the way there.
Claire invited us to come back with sleeping bags next time...I think we will.
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