home sweet home . . .

did i tell you i went camping?  in the true sense of the word, i think i would have some hecklers but since i wasn't snuggled on my tempurpedic mattress, i claim camping rights. 

robin and i headed for Blue Springs west of Orange City for a little 24 hour r&r and stayed here:

ok, so it has air conditioning and a fireplace and a full kitchen and a full bath and two bedrooms and . . . and . . .  and  . . .

thursday afternoon, we took a boat ride to check out the local flora and fauna:

and then there was this guy and if you think i was going to hold the camera steady as he eyeballed me, think again:

and this young fluffy fellow who was luckily a little large for the vulture's dinner:

so after spying a few pairs of shoes on the hoof and some feathers for fascinators, we disembarked and headed back to the cabin for some stuffed grape leaves, olive tapenade hummus, stuffed eggplant sammies, couscous salad and wine.  lots of wine:

as a matter of fact, we decided to walk the run with wine filled coffee cups . . .  much classier than brown bags don't you think? and ran into mama and her babe:

and then back to build a campfire . . . see, i told you we camped:

and then we stumbled off to our respective beds, aspirin in hand to snore until morning.  after a quickie breakfast, we rented some kayaks and ran the run from the water.  a-freakin'amazing!!!!

and finally packed up our stuff and headed home. happiness. the end.