A Weekend at Lake Gaston

I used to spend almost every weekend at Lake Gaston growing up. My mom and guncle (gay uncle) got a place up there when I was around 6 years old, and it was definitely worth it. For those of you who don't know this lake is located on the Eastern part of the state. Half of it is in North Carolina and the other half is in Virginia. It's a quiet lake - nothing like Lake Norman. Don't get me wrong I like both lakes, but at Lake Gaston it's just so peaceful as my friend Audrey would say.

Speaking of Audrey she accompanied me on my trip to Lake Gaston this weekend. Raleigh is on the way to the Lake so I swung by and picked her up. In a short hour and a half we were there. Mom of course greeted us as soon as we pulled up to the trailer. Yes, trailer. Mom arrived a few hours ahead of us, therefore she was already pretty deep into her wine bottle. Audrey and I were jealous. So as soon as we put our bags down we poured a glass of wine and settled in on the screened-in porch. All three of us spent the night catching up until the wine was gone and so were we.

The best thing about the lake is the screened-in porch - we spend almost every second out there when we aren't on the dock. Every morning starts off with baileys and coffee then we jump into the champagne. Notice how I didn't say mimosas because we only drink champagne.

We typically head/stumble to the pier around oneish where sunscreen is or is not required. Saturday was SUPER hot so most our time was spent jumping in and out of the water.

After a few hours, we were spent. We decided to head up change into some dry clothes and eat dinner, but not before changing beer out for wine of course. I'm telling you being at the lake can give your liver a run for its money.

Mom made some of the best chicken wings I've had in awhile. She uses my grandaddy's sauce which MAKES the chicken wings. Oh and you have to burn the outside of the wings to a crisp. Sorry rambling on about chicken wings, but hell they were good. The night wrapped up pretty quickly after dinner and after a day of drinking.

Sunday was overcast and I was extremely hungover so Audrey and I cut out around noon to make in home in time for FOOTBALL. God bless America that football is back.