Vacation Report

Ok, the reason I fell off the face of the earth for the past week is because my little family joined another little family and went camping for 3 days last week. Let me recap some highlights here:

1) We canoed on a part of the Llano River that hasn't seen enough rainfall this year. It was low... Very low in some parts. One place we had to 'scoot' our canoe doing a funny looking dance move to get over an object that had fallen in the bottom of the river. Another long stretch we had to get out and walk our canoe through the trickle of water over the rocks. Brandon only yelled moderately loud when my first attempt at steering proved unfruitful (he was in the front getting knocked into the river bank). Despite the lack of water and steering ability, we giggled the whole way down and back up the river. Fun times!

2) We were planning a hiking adventure that most of everyone got to participate in. A few of us stayed behind to deal with a sick little girl, but those who went hiking said it was a fun walk in the mostly shaded woods.

3) We inner tubed down the Llano River. It was about a 1.5 hour ride down the current. This leg of the river had plenty of water, seemed like. There were some light rapids that made the adventure that much more entertaining. When we got out and started the walk to the vehicles, we realized that the van key had fallen out of Brandon's velcroed pocket into goodness knows where in the river. After a good while trying to figure out what to do about the situation, we got it taken care of and still managed to have a good rest of the trip.

4) One night we built a campfire and made S'mores. Always a highlight for me personally (and surprisingly not that many WW points!).

5) One late night all the adults put the kids to bed, then hung out on the front porch of the cabin and just visited with each other until the wee hours of the morning. Those sweet moments of fellowship can't be replaced by any planned activity. Loved the bonding...

That about sums up our little camping trip. We had a great time despite some 'challenges.'