We were blessed to be able to get away from the grind for a bit this last week. It was a fun and adventurous time, but by the end I felt I needed a holiday from the holiday. I will try to sum it up for you. Loads of fun in the sun. REALLY hot temperatures. Check. Swimming and splashing. Check. Sand castles galore. Check. Cute little cabin, beautiful scenery, sushi on the beach, paddle boats, hiking, and biking. Check, check, check, check, check and check. Memories made. Double check. Noisy and uncomfortable accomodations. Check. Gas stove making already hot cabin more unbearable. Check. Noisy neighbors who let all 6-8 toddlers stay up late. Check. Stagette party next door. Check. Extremely large barking dog left alone in next-door cabin late at night. Check. Big trucks, hummers and Harleys roaring past at unfortunate hours. Check. Boat launch groupies partying on the side of the road at back of our cabin. Check. Broken front door and accompanying accusations directed toward my innocent(no, really!) children. Check. Swimmer's Itch epidemic at beach. Check.
There were some annoyances as you see, but they weren't enough to ruin our days...they were mostly just the cause of laughter and statements of "well, we won't be coming back
here anytime soon!" In addition to what I've already written, I think we were approached by some type of Hell's Angels hitman and girlfriend, looking for a guy named 'Timber' (you know, the really really tall guy with a bit of a beer belly?)...hmmmmm, luckily we hadn't seen him!
We rounded out the trip with a lovely visit, boat and swim with Mom and Dad, barbeque at the cabin and then escaped back home one night early...rather than endure the hot, stuffy cabin again!
3 comments:
Glad to see you guys got out just to "chill out." Nice weather too! WAHOOO>
Too funny. Just a few more years and you will be totally cured of that silly desire to have "fun" at the lake. I was totally delivered of this evil addiction in 1996, the year of the swimmer's itch and giant Schuswap mosquito plague, but continued to carry on the senseless tradition for several more years against my will. Today I can say that I don't do lakes anymore. Unless, of course, it's in a hotel or timeshare. But thanks for the entertainment. :)
Hahaha - Oh Sarah, it's a good thing you have a sense of humour! It sounds like it was quite the interesting vacation! I'm glad you had fun despite all the annoyances. Which lake were you at?
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