Allow me to begin this note with the sad news: Jenis's filly died. My heart goes out to Judy and I just pray that she will have better times in the future. It was scary to find that Else's filly almost went the same way! Unbelievable!
As for the good news: our Current river trip was a success! We arrived to the campground and began looking for a spot right away. Montauk State Park is very competitve and, though we had great luck last year, we were not expecting much this time around. As if to just tickle our minds, what camping spot should be available but the exact same one we stayed at last year! Directly on the river, plenty of sun and shade, and clean! Then, to boggle our minds even more, our neighbor informed us that he would be pulling out the next day! This was exactly what happened last year! So, as far as camping spots went we were very lucky to have our whole group together and be on the creek.
On Thursday we took it easy and spent our time crawdad hunting, fishing, reading, and enjoying the slow paced life of camping. Friday, Jeff, Karin, Heath, Jordan (Jeff's daughter), Anni, Ryan, Steven and I went on a canoe trip. This one was intense as everyone aside from Heath had a water gun! If it was a hot day, none of us could tell as we were contantly being drenched in the cool refreshing spring water from the Current River. Saturday was more tame as all the oldies came with. We took the pace slow and enjoyed the scenary and jovial mood of the people around us. For lunch on Saturday, we stopped at the perfect cliff diving spot which was alot of fun to watch as people launched themselves off the cliff in every funny way possible. Sunday was a big day as we packed up and left for home. The plan was to stop at Six Flags on the way and spend the day there. Alas, however, a huge storm rolled in, with all it's thunderous and rainy glory, just as we came to the gate at the entrance to the theme park. Saddened by the gloom we decided to continue as planned anyway. It took quite a while to get into the parking lot for Six Flags as the employees apparently had no idea how to open the gate. We laughed as we watched them try multiple keys, run to retrieve multiple people, shake, kick, and yell at the gate, and finally open it. Around 11:30 the rain cleared up and it turned out to be one of the best days at Six Flags one could ever imagine! Crowds were tiny and lines were minimal. We hit nearly all the rollercoasters in the morning with time to spare!
Well, needless to say we were all pretty exausted by the end of the day. Throughout the ride home everyone relaxed totally. It was a great way to finish a great trip!
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