River Day 10/22/2012

Turns out that Jay has been right all along, it is all about the "p": politics and pigs, that is.  At least it was at the river this week.  Ted, Kevin, Jay, Tim and I (Mark) were all at the camp again this week to enjoy a warm fall evening on the New.  We probably could have safely worn shorts and t-shirts this week - temps were in the mid 70's and the sky was clear blue.

Most of the activity for the evening was spent around the fire talking about this weeks "p" topics; politics (or more specifically the upcoming election and associated debates), and pig roasts.  I'm pretty sure we didn't solve anything, but we seem to be all agreed on one of those issues, and had a little divisiveness on the other.  The discussion on both was animated (passionate?) at times, but never got out of hand.  It's nice that we can kick things around a bit, even when we don't all see things exactly the same way.  As the saying goes, that's why God invented chocolate and vanilla ice cream.

The river had that dark color that is typical for this time of year, and was inviting enough for me to try a few casts.  I didn't catch anything, but had to try; there may not be many more chances before the weather starts to turn more toward winter.

We were also able to get in a few games of washer toss again this week.  Ted and I were finally able to get in a win against Jay and Tim (it's been a long time coming).  We get into the games and the competition is always a blast.

Last but not least, let's not forget about the "f" for the week - fire that is.  As always, it was the best on the river!

River Day 10/15/2012

We had a full crew at the river this week to celebrate the holiday: Ted, Jay, Tim, Kevin and I (Mark) all made it down.  Except for some gusty wind, we had nearly perfect weather, especially for this time of year.  Temps were mostly in the low 60's.

I brought a lawn mower down, and Ted and I got the lawn in front of the camp cut, probably for the last time of the season.  It wasn't a big job, but will hopefully help Ron and Judy out a little.  We also made an executive decision to fund having the "blue room" cleaned out before the winter weather settles in.  We all enjoy the camp, so we don't mind pitching in to take care of the place.

After we got the lawn cut, we played a few games of washer toss.  Kevin and I lost two games to the Harper boys, but at least we made them work for it (a little anyway).

No one tried any fishing this week.  The river looked good, but it was just too windy to get out and try to cast.

For dinner we had some left-over chile from the annual cook-off at Wayne's World.  It was re-heated in a crockpot and seemed to take forever to get hot enough to eat, but I don't think anyone minded the wait too badly.

With the weather starting to cool off, the central gathering place was around the fire.  I'd say we had the best on the river, but I'm a little biased.  It was a nice preview to the upcoming winter fires.

River Day 10/01/2012

Just Jay and I (Mark) again this week for River Day.  It was almost a repeat of two weeks ago; cloudy skies and occasional rain.  The rain wasn't nearly as hard as last time, so we got to enjoy a longer time at the river.  We talked about trying to fish a few times, but never really got motivated enough to try it.  We also had a nice, but small fire going most of the time.

It was very quiet this week.  No activity around the camp, with the exception of Dawan (sp?) either picking up or dropping off a boat at his camp. There was a fairly large group of geese (gaggle?) hanging around in front of the camp for a while, but they took off up-river. Didn't see much of the locals; Dave getting off the Raleigh Express, and Leo riding off on his 4-wheeler.  With fall in full swing things have certainly slowed down. 

The trees along the river are really starting to show some color also.  I'm sure that within a week or two they'll be in full color.  Hate that I have to miss the next two, but I'm sure at least a few of us will get to enjoy the fall show.