so this past weekend, we made a little trip up to my uncle's cabin with my parents … about 2 1/2 hours from here. my family has been going there for years … since we were kids. really nice … right on the river. i really didn't take that many pictures … nothing like i've done in the past. but i just didn't want to worry about dragging my camera down all the time. plus, the sun was killing me … which explains why these photos are all over the place with coloring and shadows!
just a tiny little hike down from the cabin is the river … with a little beach area to hang out. there are lots of spots to jump off rocks … and if you hike farther down, there is some nature-made waterslides and a waterfall. we pretty much stuck to the little jumps and the beach area this trip … nice and relaxed. the girls hung out in the water … floated around on the tubes … skipped rocks … all that "river stuff"!
little breaks now and then for snacks … and a bigger break mid-day for lunch up at the cabin … before heading back down to the river.
hiking up the rocks to jump with papa. can you see sarah sticking her tongue out in concentration?!?! lol!
more hiking. and if i got pictures of them hiking … that means i was hiking too. lol! i would hike up with them … and then they would go jump off the rocks or float down the river in their tubes. and then i would hike back on my own.
there is alyssa jumping! it does look like she's really close to the rock on that one … but trust me, she jumped out enough to clear it. lol! and this is only jump #1 … there are actually 6 jumps of varying heights. but i'm too much of a worrier … so i won't let them go any higher yet!
and sarah … you'd think she literally ran right off that rock by this picture. lol! and now that i'm looking … you might think they were going to actually land on a rock at the bottom … but they actually landed in the water on the other side of that rock on the bottom. and btw … just have to toss in here the fact that grammy jumps off these rocks too. which i know the girls think is cool. how many grandmas do you know that will jump off rocks like that? lol!
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and after they would jump … they would float right down the river in the tubes. and if you're looking for pictures of me jumping off rocks … or even swimming … we'll have to dig out the photos from the last trip. because i did neither of those things. lol! i know my family gives me a bad time about it … but i really just didn't want to put on a bathing suit or go swimming. i walked around in the water when i got hot … and skipped rocks. the farthest i got in was almost up to mid-thigh … at which point i got stung by a bee that was floating in the water. how crazy is that … when do people get stung by bees?!?! that thing hurt like heck … and proves why i didn't want to get in the water to begin with. lol!
the only downside … you have to guard the property. yes, it's private property … but it's also a very popular part of the river. so you get hundreds of people going through each day. you kindly ask them to respect the property … and hike at the waters edge. and then you get all the people that want to argue with you … pretend they don't know … and say that they can do whatever they want. it's one of the downfalls … puts a little damper on the fun. don't get me wrong … we still had tons of fun … and the girls loved it. just wish we could do without that part of it.
one of the main things we do at night … is play cards. it's always been that way. usually, it's a super long game of rummy. we didn't try that until the 3rd night this trip … i guess we weren't thinking that the girls could learn it. but they did great at it … straights, runs … they did it all. they have also mastered the game of blackjack. lol! seriously … can't tell you fast alyssa cleaned us all out … entirely out. we dug up all the change we could find in the car … and played for money. the girls loved that. and i also taught alyssa how to play solitaire … and she won her very first game. and then she preceeded to win about 4 more games after that. she was on a card roll this weekend!
so, all in all … a nice, relaxing weekend. we thank grammy and papa for all they did on the trip … and for helping keep the girls entertained. we were glad to get home though after 3 days. i think we all missed the comforts of home … the tv, the computer, the couch, the comfy beds, and more than anything … the shower. lol!
Laura Vegas 
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