It’s been a little too long since I posted last. There’s really no reason. I just haven’t felt too much like posting!
Throughout the summer, I’ve been working on trying to find a new job. Of course, I’ve also had a little health concern, but it turned out to be pretty minor. At the time, though it was extremely scary! In July, I had an episode of pericarditis that was extremely painful, and sent me to the ER to find out what was going on.
Then, of course, was the trip to Wyoming for Rendezvous which I wrote about in 6 postings early in August. Late August, everyone in the family had a run-in with the summer cold, but that too is pretty well over and done with.
This past weekend, the Labor Day weekend, Scott and I joined 2 of our best friends, Royal and Jonathan, for a camping excursion. We were joined by two other men, friends of Royal and Jonathan. I’d like to hope that now they’re our friends as well.
We picked a local state park, actually the Louisville State Recreation Area down along the shores of the Platte River, in Louisville, Nebraska. The park was packed, as you’d expect over the Labor Day Weekend. There are at least 255 campsites at this park, most of which are for RVs. We chose to leave the trailer in storage and do a little old fashioned tent camping in one of the tent restrictive sites. Scott and I guessed that there were probably over 1000 people camping.
We set up our compound over two sites; our compound consisted of our three tents and a dining fly. Most of the weekend was spent sitting around the campfire. James and Phillip did a bit of fishing and bike riding. Royal retreated to his tent periodically to do some reading. Jonathan jogged, or tended the fire, or swam. Scott and I just sat around, either napping or chatting.
Other friends came down to visit from time to time, Carla & Sharon, Frank & Kent – with Frank’s Mom. Marcus came for a visit, as did Michael.
It was a nice, lazy way to spend the weekend, just reconnecting, somewhat, with nature. I didn’t take any pictures, but I’ll bet the others did. I’ll see if I can’t update this blog later with some of those photos!
On The Road II 