Man the Pumps!

Deb and I took a belated Anniversary getaway weekend camping trip up in New Hampshire last weekend. It absolutely poured! It actually started raining the weekend before and hadn't stopped - really, I don't think it ever stopped raining - by the time we left. It finally stopped raining on Sunday morning when we were packing up to come home.

The campground was saturated and normally this means - mud and lots of it. We took the Skipster with us which means - mud in the camper and lots of it. Strangely though, there was practically none. The soil was a strange sandy composition so our shoes and paws - and the camper - stayed remarkably clean.

Coming home we stopped by a huge quilt store that Deb adores. As much as I was tempted to go in, I stayed in the camper to keep Skip company (yeah right). Planning on hours of boredom, I happened to spot a canoe and kayak store across the street. Well, ever since the Greenway challenge adventure I've been thinking more and more about kayaks. I've even bought a couple of books. So, I went over and chatted with the owner for awhile. He had some really beautiful boats and I'm really starting to get the bug to give this a try. There are a number of places in Rhode Island that have lesson/tour arrangements that I think we are going to try. I'm not sure if we could get something in this year or if we'd have to wait until Spring so we'll see. My biggest concern is my back and it would hold up with all the twisting motion.

Anyway, on the way home, we saw some amazing torrents of water coming down various rivers. When we got home, several areas of Uxbridge and surrounding towns were flooded/closed/damaged from all the water. The kids even had a "flood day" on Monday, apparently because some of the bus routes were impassable. Crazy

TSA Playtime

I love it when people bring out the inherent humor in simple things. Check this Airport Security playset.

More Fun with Religion

Here's a link to another blog that is pretty fun to read. The comments are equally as fun. My favorite comment was this;

You know the old saying:

CULT (n): a small, unpopular religion.
RELIGION (n): a large, popular cult.

22 Years!

Hard to believe we've been married that long. Seems like only yesterday that she tricked me into marrying her :-). As is typical, we didn't really do anything very special. The High School football team was home today so we got assigned to work in the concession stand at the game. After that, we went for a short tandem ride. Ironically, we passed by a house where there was a small wedding going on. I was tempted to stop and wish them good luck but I didn't.

We had to get back early so that Carly could go on her first date! Well, sort of. She and Jill were going to the movies with Myles and Ian. It's not really clear who was with whom or even if that applied in this situation. After the movie, that expectant "How was it!" was met with the typical and deflating "fine." Oh well. Mom and Dad would say I deserve that - in spades.