More Vacation

I am finally getting around to telling about the rest of our vacation. On Saturday we went canoeing. Everyone but my mom and dad went. All of us drove separately and we all got lost. The place we went was several miles down a gravel road that was very hilly and had lots of turns. Zane and I were both sick by the time we got there.


This is the sign that was told us where to turn into the ranch. I was very excited when I saw it because I thought we were there but we still had a mile to go.

This is the driveway to the ranch. It was 1 mile long but we had to go very slowly so it took forever.

After we all got to the ranch we loaded up in a van and we had to go back out the way we had just came. We were driven to the spot where our canoes were put into the water. We did a 7 mile float trip back to the ranch where our cars were. It was a lot of fun. It was an overcast day so we never got really hot. It even rained a little when we stopped for lunch. We had 3 canoes and 3 kids so they traded canoes often. They liked to row so Curtis and the kid that was in our canoe did most of the rowing. I was in the back so I used my life jacked as a pillow and reclined back( I felt I could survive if we tipped over since the water was only a few feet deep). I propped my legs up and enjoyed the trip. Later that evening I realized I had sunburned my legs and the top of my feet.

Here is a picture I took of us eating lunch. We all brought stuff for a picnic lunch and let the kids play for a while. Zane liked this part the most. What is better than chocolate chip cookies and playing in a river.

After we got back to the hotel after canoeing the kids and I swam for a while but the water was really cold. We decided to go to a barrel making factory to look at it and do some wine tasting before we went to supper. It wasn't giving tours when we went so a few of us tasted some wine and we went through the gift shop. We ate supper at Dowd's Catfish and BBQ. It was right across from our hotel and the food was GREAT. The special for the night was 6 frog legs with a bunch of sides but none of us got it. It started raining right after we got back to the hotel so we all hung out in my parents and brothers room. Around 10pm Lucas and Andrea went to Dairy Queen and got us all blizzards. We had a lot of fun just talking and laughing and didn't go to bed till around midnight again.

The rest will be posted soon (I hope).

Randi