DH had the awsome forethought to book a cabin out in the country for Saturday through Monday. It was soooo relaxing, being out in the 'semi-quiet' (more in a bit on that) area, with a dog or 2, a nice porch to sit on, a grill, and just nature. Almost.
See, at this place there are 3 cabins and a loft (above the main house). We stayed in the loft, which at first we thought was a not-so-good thing that ended up being a great thing. Anyway, in the Treehouse (pic later) were some school teachers....4 women...who were letting off steam from the just ended school year. Boy, did they have a lot of steam! They stayed drunk for a majority of the time, singing, yelling about things (hard to decypher), and screaming at the resident dog. Red, the dog, stayed wet most of the time because she loved swimming in the 2 ponds on the property. Red is also very friendly, and the teachers evidently were NOT dog lovers. No matter, her and I were buds the whole weekend (go figure).
As I was saying, the cabins....well, they were nothing special on the inside. A couple of bunk beds, an outhouse style bathroom (although they did have showers, some inside, some outside), and pretty much no room to even change your mind in. The loft, however, was much different. It was like a studio apartment. Full kitchen, living room, nice bathroom, and a seperate bedroom. So we were pleasantly surprised once we realized what we had.
Beyond that, there were 2 ponds, and plenty of ground to walk. We also found a place to go tubing. For those of you that aren't real sure what I am talking about, I'll explain. Basically, we paid our money at one spot, and the owner loaded us up (with our cooler) in a van and drove us 5 miles up river. He then handed us off to another guy who handed us 2 vinyl tubes, along with a square float to place our cooler in. We tied the 3 together, hopped on, and floated the 5 miles back to where we started. It was great! We stopped a few times at some nice beaches to have a sandwich and bottle of water, then moved on. There were a few spots were we had to really work to keep out of the protruding trees, as well as a few times where we got hung up and had to really work to get out of it....but it was so fun! Of course, today there are muscles that hurt that I'd forgotten I had, but it waws so worth it! By the time we were 100 yards from the start point, it had begun to rain. Our timing couldn't have been better, once we got into the car to leave it began pouring! It didn't let up for about 3 hours, long enough for us to grill some chicken. It started soon after supper and rained all night, and most of the day today. In between showers we managed to get the car packed up and then headed here, La Place, Louisiana. No, its not as its spelled. The 'a' in Place is said like the 'o' in 'dog'.
I've been told on more than one ocassion "Nothing in Louisiana is as it appears".....I'm starting to realize that.
Anyway, that was my weekend! Tomorrow and Wednesday will be hectic...0430-0830, 1000-1600; Wed is 0830-1200, 1330-1930. Long days for me! Hopefully things will go smoothly. So until I get through this week, the pics will probably have to wait. :p
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