7/20/08

Tubing Adventures



This weekend was one of the highlights of the summer. I was able to tube for the first time and it was a blast. It was also so fun being with my family and getting to know my Dad's extended family a bit more. Yesterday was the tubing adventure. The first part I was by myself(my tube was not tied to any other tubes) and on a cheap black tire tube. It was fun because I could maneuver myself anywhere I wanted to be on the river just by paddling. The second half I was tied to my Uncle Paul and I was on a luxury tube with a headrest and all. It was fun to chat with my Uncle as we gingerly floated down the river. It was a beautiful day even if we got stuck in a whirlpool for a while(we kept paddling to the middle of the river only to be swept back to the exact place we were previously stuck) and totally missed the last landing point(my mom was in a panic to see us floating past the place they were waiting for us, luckily we got out just downstream a bit). I was also very impressed with my great aunt, Jeanette, who is 86, who went along with us. I want to be that kind of an older person: not afraid to do stuff and just alive!!!

We went back to the hotel that night and ate some real good pizza and visited. Today, we ate breakfast and chatted for a long time. We were the last ones to leave beside my Dad's cousin Donny and his family. It was so fun to just sit an talk with them in the hotel lobby. Very cool people.

On the drive back my mom had us stop at a really cool place for lunch. It was a vacation resort in Eagle River, Wisconsin. The place was amazing. There were a bunch of individual vacation cottages and some condos on the shore of a lake. The main lodge(where the restaurant was located) was amazing. There were cool decorations, like a wooden baseball bat for the safety rail in the women's bathroom and wooden canoes all over the place. It was a fun little diversion.

I cannot believe that I only have two and a half weeks here in Wisconsin. The time is flying. I am not quite ready to go back to my reality. :( I guess I will have to start mentally preparing for work and being a real live adult again. BOO!