Then we PLAY!! (and eat)

(read this cabin post by scrolling down and beginning with the "First we work" 2 posts below)


Now this is what going to the cabin is really all about!!! There are so many memories and traditions associated with the cabin it is hard to know where to start. Nothing much nicer than a relaxing rest in the hammock except maybe snacking on an apple for Aunt LaRane and Aspen. Every generation of children that has spent any time at the cabin has thrown rocks in the river. What is it with kids and water? I'm surprised there are any rocks anywhere on the ground near the river as 47 years worth of kids have thrown every rock they could find into it's swift current. Here Aspen, Collin and Courtney are trying to hit the pieces of wood that Uncle Mark was throwing in the river upstream and as they passed the kids, they were pummeled with rocks (the wood, not the kids). Ok that is an exaggeration, Aspen's rocks never made it to the water and Collin was mostly going for the biggest splashes -- hoping to get us all wet. We had brought our ATV's up and so the kids loved going for rides to the main gate for which they never get tired of either. And of course, any cabin party must include grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, homemade rootbeer, homemade ice cream and every conceivable flavor of chips made to man. As everyone packed up and left, the cabin was clean, orderly and open for business; we however were all tired, dirty and well fed.