Fabulous time. Headed out a little later then initially anticipated, but still got to the cabin about 9:00 pm on Friday. We did make a stop for ice and a stop at a smoke house / restaurant to grub. Talk about delish. Had some BBQ wings that gave he chills! Also some smoked shrimp and a tasty burger. The trip turned out to be just 5 of us, down from 7 or 8. One of the guys, Bryan, didn't come out till Saturday afternoon. So initially it was Barry (the one that planned the trip, drove and owns the cabin we stayed at), Brandon (community group leader), Matt (one cool dude), and myself. Now when I say we stayed at a cabin...I mean a real cabin and in a real cabin spot. We drove 4 1/2 miles off the beaten path to and from the cabin 2 times and despite what Barry said the name of the so called road was I deemed it "Mild Whiplash Alley". Guess why. haha. Had there been Metallica playing while driving the road I might not have survived due to major whiplash. It was very cool tho. So as you can see I do have pictures of the cabin. Purrty nice huh. I would totally live there. So when we got there we unpacked our things and broke out the Nintendo Wii and played 4 player Mario Kart. Matt was explaining how great this game was on the way there, but had no idea he brought it. So after he smoked us a good 8 races or so we retired our characters and broke out the portable flat screen and DVD player to watch X-Men 3. Pretty good flick, but could have been way better I think. Movie was over bout 1:00 am and it was off to bed. Barry slept on the Futon and the rest of us slept upstairs where there was a bed and 3 inflatable mattresses. We all slept good. : ) Barry was up before any of us Saturday morning, but I was number 2. We hung out on the porch for a bit and chatted while drinking coffee. wonderful way to start the day. The others roused about an hour after I and Barry made us all pancakes and Cajun sausage (brought back from Louisiana) cooked on the grill and man was it tasty. Once we were all awake and full we prepared ourselves for the river and headed out. Went to the Canoe shop, got our ride down to tha drop point and it was on. Barry was at the back of our Canoe and Brandon backed Matt on there Canoe. Water was just great. Barry said it was about 1 1/2 feet above normal and the prior weekend. There was a little white water here and there and a pretty good current some of the time to keep the oar work down. We boogied a few times, but for the most part took our time. Fished out of the canoes quite a bit, stopped to jump of a cliff, stopped to swim, stopped to eat, and stopped for a good ole "safety check" by some rangers. I was keeping no track of time all weekend, but would say our float was a good 4 hours. Seemed like half that tho. Saw a few little snakes and about 7 turtles, luckily while in tha canoes tho. : ) The water temp was nice and the temp outside was great and the scenery was good. Overall it could not have been a better float. Got us a ride back to the truck and back to the cabin we went. Barry started up a fire in the pit while the rest of us partook in games of washers. It was fun, but not great like at dads. it was a portable version; carpet on top of a wooden boxes with a bigger hole in it...and the rules were not as good, but still had a blast w/ it. It was baked potatoes, salad and...yes, Deer for dinner. Have to admit it was good. I wasn't scurred or nudin, but a little skeptical. It was heavily seasoned and the best part of the deer so it tasted and chewed good. I would not put it ahead of beef, pork, or chicken for sure tho. Oh, and Brian (the other guy) showed up shortly before dinner. The rest of the night was b.s.ing round the camp fire while made smores and drank "cowboy" coffee. We did sneak in another movie before going to bed at 1:00 am called Live Free of Die Hard. It is awesome. I would recommend it for sure if you like the Die Hard series. its no slack and does the series proud. Crashed...woke up before seven, cleaned up the place and hit the rod. Got home around 10:00 am and it was off to get MaryJane to enjoy Father's Day!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Boat Float Note
Fabulous time. Headed out a little later then initially anticipated, but still got to the cabin about 9:00 pm on Friday. We did make a stop for ice and a stop at a smoke house / restaurant to grub. Talk about delish. Had some BBQ wings that gave he chills! Also some smoked shrimp and a tasty burger. The trip turned out to be just 5 of us, down from 7 or 8. One of the guys, Bryan, didn't come out till Saturday afternoon. So initially it was Barry (the one that planned the trip, drove and owns the cabin we stayed at), Brandon (community group leader), Matt (one cool dude), and myself. Now when I say we stayed at a cabin...I mean a real cabin and in a real cabin spot. We drove 4 1/2 miles off the beaten path to and from the cabin 2 times and despite what Barry said the name of the so called road was I deemed it "Mild Whiplash Alley". Guess why. haha. Had there been Metallica playing while driving the road I might not have survived due to major whiplash. It was very cool tho. So as you can see I do have pictures of the cabin. Purrty nice huh. I would totally live there. So when we got there we unpacked our things and broke out the Nintendo Wii and played 4 player Mario Kart. Matt was explaining how great this game was on the way there, but had no idea he brought it. So after he smoked us a good 8 races or so we retired our characters and broke out the portable flat screen and DVD player to watch X-Men 3. Pretty good flick, but could have been way better I think. Movie was over bout 1:00 am and it was off to bed. Barry slept on the Futon and the rest of us slept upstairs where there was a bed and 3 inflatable mattresses. We all slept good. : ) Barry was up before any of us Saturday morning, but I was number 2. We hung out on the porch for a bit and chatted while drinking coffee. wonderful way to start the day. The others roused about an hour after I and Barry made us all pancakes and Cajun sausage (brought back from Louisiana) cooked on the grill and man was it tasty. Once we were all awake and full we prepared ourselves for the river and headed out. Went to the Canoe shop, got our ride down to tha drop point and it was on. Barry was at the back of our Canoe and Brandon backed Matt on there Canoe. Water was just great. Barry said it was about 1 1/2 feet above normal and the prior weekend. There was a little white water here and there and a pretty good current some of the time to keep the oar work down. We boogied a few times, but for the most part took our time. Fished out of the canoes quite a bit, stopped to jump of a cliff, stopped to swim, stopped to eat, and stopped for a good ole "safety check" by some rangers. I was keeping no track of time all weekend, but would say our float was a good 4 hours. Seemed like half that tho. Saw a few little snakes and about 7 turtles, luckily while in tha canoes tho. : ) The water temp was nice and the temp outside was great and the scenery was good. Overall it could not have been a better float. Got us a ride back to the truck and back to the cabin we went. Barry started up a fire in the pit while the rest of us partook in games of washers. It was fun, but not great like at dads. it was a portable version; carpet on top of a wooden boxes with a bigger hole in it...and the rules were not as good, but still had a blast w/ it. It was baked potatoes, salad and...yes, Deer for dinner. Have to admit it was good. I wasn't scurred or nudin, but a little skeptical. It was heavily seasoned and the best part of the deer so it tasted and chewed good. I would not put it ahead of beef, pork, or chicken for sure tho. Oh, and Brian (the other guy) showed up shortly before dinner. The rest of the night was b.s.ing round the camp fire while made smores and drank "cowboy" coffee. We did sneak in another movie before going to bed at 1:00 am called Live Free of Die Hard. It is awesome. I would recommend it for sure if you like the Die Hard series. its no slack and does the series proud. Crashed...woke up before seven, cleaned up the place and hit the rod. Got home around 10:00 am and it was off to get MaryJane to enjoy Father's Day!
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Out of that whole exciting, all boys, girl free weekend, that's the ONLY picture you have to share?!?! I'm sssoo disappointed!
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