Yesterday a bunch of us played hookey from work and went out tubing, again. We did this last year and had a pretty great time. The theory is that you rent a few tubes and float slowly down one of the rivers, usually keeping a cooler of beer in one of your tubes.
We decided to try something a little different, we brought a keg. Not a full one, mind, a pony keg, only 5 gallons, and there were 14 of us on the river. Jess and I brought some food, too. I was proud of myself for bringing some individually-wrapped little snack cake things. They float! :)
We went down once and it only took us about 2.5 hours, and since we weren't quite done for the day, we went back and did it again. It was alternately relaxing and exciting, as there are a couple of places where the river gets funneled down a pretty exciting chute at relatively high speeds. One of our cargo-tubes ended up flipping, and we discovered that our cooler floats. Neat. :)
I managed to keep myself unburnt by reapplying 30 to 50 spf sunscreen on myself with almost ocd-like intensity. I escaped unscathed, but Jess got some pretty bad sun-scorches on her knees and shins. She's napping next to me now, and is already healing up, but the drive home was no fun at all. We do have some good aloe beach-burn stuff, though, and we layered that on for some pretty impressive relief. We also put on some white wine vinegar, which is supposed to help out. Anyone else ever heard of that?
Later today, we may go try and buy a car. Wish us luck!
Oh, and THANKS to everyone who has offered feedback on my book. I know everyone's being extra nice, but it does feel good to know that people like it. It also feels good to have that second draft finally done.
With love,
-N
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