Days Like These

Days like these come every once in a while.  The ingredients are perfect weather, no plans, and an invitation from good friends. Kevin and Pam sent us a text that they were on their boat at an island near Old Fort Henry.  We parked at the Fort and carried the kayak down to the shore.  We texted Pam across the channel and told her that we were on the way.  I paddled in the kayak while Ron swam toward the island.  

Kevin and Pam had spent the night and they had just finished their breakfast when we “pulled in.”

We sat on the boat enjoying the breeze and talking.

We went for a walk across the small island just to see the other side.  Pam and I went to the tower where Pam and Kevin’s kids use to take the island by force many years ago. Thankfully, we didn’t have to do any battles on this day.

We walked back to the boat and the sun was getting hotter.  We jumped in the lake.  The water was refreshing and it felt so good.  We floated around for a while and then Pam started lunch.  They fed us well.

After lunch, we visited some more and then had to get going.  Ron wasn’t told to “go jump in the lake” but that is exactly what he did.  

I paddled beside him and we made it back to the other side.  It took us a little while to get our bearings but we did manage to find the path that where we had started from and got back on shore.

It was just one of those days…a perfect one!