Monday, May 30, 2005 - Posts

Monday, May 30, 2005

hangin'

a spontaneous visit by family
here's one!
counting trophies
my sister-in-law and niece stopped by on their way back through town yesterday, asking to do brunch at skyline.  luckily, i held them off until lunch, spending the time spreading their tent to dry and showing off the various bruises they accumulated during their rafting 1 and caving adventures. they originally intended to continue on their way to michigan, but a mention of local ribs and ice cream led to a decision to stick around until the next morning.  so after lunch we went to a local park (lugging camp chairs a half mile into the woods) to laze, do homework, and watch the ohio river on a warm sunny afternoon.  eventually we tired of that, and decided to return to the house to try out hammocks instead.  taking the scenic route on the way back, we stopped at the track (after picking up brews and sobe), where we watched a few races, tailgating trackside  (those chairs sure come in handy!).  an inadvertent bet on a 40-1 horse went south (we shared a trifecta ticket with our neighbors), and we eventually found our way to the house in time to get ready for dinner.  the customary face stuffing ensued, and we picked up ice cream on the way back, intending to watch a movie my niece had requested.  they dozed off, i watched, and this morning they got underway in a light rain after coffee and cinnamon-raisin bread toast.

a nice impromptu visit, kind of stream-of-silliness.  you know, they never touched the ice cream, and somehow it got left here.  i guess it's up to me, then ;-)

1 seems to be only one outfitter on the river based on a web search, but i don't know for sure if that's the case, or if this is the outfitter they used.


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