Friday night I got outta Dodge with a small group of guys for a short Y chromosome bonding getaway in Athens Texas.  One of the guys in the group has a friend that was gracious enough to let us use his lake house to do, well, manly getaway things.  7 of us bunked up (seriously, they had anough bunk beds for 15) for a night and just hung out.  The house was fantastic and came with anything we could've wanted, including a private dock, boat, Sea Doo, fishing polls, 20+ board games, foose ball, pinball, about a million spiders, volleyball, ... the list goes on and on.  Oh, and did I mention beautiful scenery?  Beautiful is not a word you hear a lot at a men's getaway, but I'm goin' there because, well, it was.

This next one was a misfire, but I thought it turned out pretty cool... I meant to do that.

Go ahead.  Sing it in your head.  Sittin' on the dock of the bay... Your welcome.

Farkling... I could try to expain it to you, but I - and you - haven't got that kinda time.  Just know that you need 3 of a kind, a 1 or a 5 to keep your turn going.  Oh, and a piece of advice... whatever you do, keep the dice on the table.  Bad things happen if you don't.  From left to right: Jeff (barely visible), Johnathan, Brandon, John, Jordan and Ray).

A game you will never see XX chromosomes playing at a lakehouse getaway... ever.

Ahhh.. remember the days you could play arcade games without needing a credit card?

Ray was pretty passionate about his "little red men".

Jordan on his way out to the dock to sleep for the night...

Yes... that's a light on his head.

... and here he is again a couple hours later.  I have to admit, I'm not this much of a man.  Given the choice of sleeping in doors with AC and a bed vs. outdoors with heat and bugs, I'm choosing the first option everytime.

Ray and Jeff takin' advantage of the incredible morning weather we had.