Monday August 10, 2009 
Monday August 10, 2009 We’ve been up at our cabin the past week, with a couple more days of laziness to go. Our little place was pretty packed with people and dogs – nine humans and three large dogs, plus our neighbor’s golden who didn’t want to be left out of the fun. The weather overall was glorious, so most of us were outside all day and all evening. (You can click on these to make them bigger.)
Life at the cabin involves a lot of food and wine, junk food and Flathead cherries. Waterskiing, boating, canoeing, swimming, reading, and throwing the ball (endlessly) for the dogs fill the days. Bonfires, wine and long conversation fill the nights. It was a week for family. It was wonderful just to be with our son, Andrew. Although we do a reasonable job of staying in touch via phone and Facebook, nothing beats time together. Marked by the required silly photo:
We also had the opportunity to meet Andrew’s boyfriend, Charlie, and get to know him a bit.
My sister, brother-in-law, nephew and niece were part of our gathering. Amy brought her fiancé, Christie, along, giving us all a chance to get to know the lovely woman who will soon be joining our family officially. Amy and Christie brought their golden, Bowser, and their golden doodle, Sake, both of whom were obsessed with jumping in the lake to chase balls.
And as expected, the dogs located a fragrant dead fish and had a good roll in it. And then were very sad when we humans let out a huge, “Ehhhh!” and they found themselves getting scrubbed down with vinegar and peroxide. But they recovered well enough to be bribed with turkey and have their picture taken at Camp McKenzie:
But of course the Boo ruled the camp:
Returning to reality will be tough! Especially for those dogs, who got very used to total freedom, romping in the wild and rolling in the fish!
Posted by terrymckenzie ( Aug 10 2009, 08:00:00 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [0]
