I am pretty sure I have
never needed to get out of town more than I did this past weekend. I was never
so exhausted in everyway. There is something almost magical that happens for me
at the river. I truly can relax
and enjoy life like I seem to be unable to at home with laundry, cooking and
life all around. We finally
arrived at dinnertime and got unpacked and beds made. I love to sit on the porch and just exhale and look at the
peaceful river. Finally….
The next day we had a nice
breakfast and took a nice long walk with the family. We got back and the kids began to kayak and swing on the
rope swing. I relaxed on the deck
reading my book. We ate lunch and
then Dan and I got in floats and Bubba dropped us off a little down stream. The river was low and moving pretty
slow. It was breezy and so nice to
float and chat with Dan for a little bit.
Unfortunately, KC saw us and sat on the bottom of the steps and barked
her head off. Eddie came down and
sat next to KC and kept petting her telling her to calm down. She didn’t of course. We chatted with some guys fishing and
watched in amazement how fast they were pulling in fish. They would regularly howl like KC
too. When we finally floated back
to the cabin. The kids announced
that they made us a special lunch.
They sure went to a lot of trouble too. They had cute appetizers, a
special drink (we think it was OJ and Caprisun), sandwiches and even little
tiny smores they made in the microwave.
I was very impressed and thought it was so thoughtful and nice,
After lunch, the Wyatt’s
came to the River for their first time.
They brought their new dog Talbot with visions of KC and him being
BFF’s. KC did not cooperate at all
and somewhat attacked poor Talbot all day. I was very irritated with her behavior and very surprised.
She typically is very friendly with dogs.
John and Dan took some nature walks and tried to get them to play, which
they did only briefly. It seems to
be when food or bones are involved, things got ugly. Poor Talbot was probably
traumatized for life from KC’s abuse.
It got really hot and I talked Carrie into floating down the river
too. The River had some kind of sludge/algae
stuff that I have rarely seen before.
Poor Carrie got in her little boat along with some nasty sludge. They told their girls they were going
on an adventure, but I am thinking Carrie got more of an adventure than she was
prepared for. LOL John was very
brave and did the rope swing multiple times and we ended our time with a great dinner,
cooked by grill master Dan. It was
great to share our river experience with someone that I love so much!
Unfortunately the tropical
storm, Beryl, cut our trip short so we had to come home after lunch to prepare
for the storm. I hate leaving the river,
which is such an escape and a quiet haven for us. What was nice about the storm is it forced us to all stay in
and hunker down together. We
watched movies, ate popcorn and really had a great time even in the bad
weather. I hope that is the last storm
that hits us this year and I look forward returning to the river very soon minus the river sludge! :)
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