Tailwinds, Whirlwinds & Headwinds

My vacation has been a whirlwind of changes, layovers gone wrong and missing clothes. But all it takes to get rid of the madness is a few friends, some big ass trees and a kid we met at the lake.

Hume Lake is in the Sequoia National Forest and while still public, is the grounds of a Christian Youth Camp. My friend and I were getting situated in our kayak and almost ready to push off, when the spitting image of Ralphie from A Christmas Story paddled in to the shore.

He looked straight at us, huffing and puffing and said:
"Man, there's a nasty headwind out there. I've been trying to get in for an hour and half; I was stuck out there! And now I'm late for a baptism....I'm in so much trouble."

Which way is his house?

Drivers who wave.

I'm pretty sure I filled out an online dating profile and listed "drivers who wave" in the "Things I Like" category. Which, at the time, meant drivers who wave to say thank you....ya know...when you let them pull in front of you or slow down so they can get in.

But I somehow forgot the even better version of drivers who wave.

In TN, and in most of any "country", drivers wave simply to say hello. There's no agenda behind it, it's simply a friendly gesture.

The River

A glass of wine, a screened-in porch, pouring rain and my journal.

Not much more a girl could ask for.
(ooo, maybe a slice of cheesecake)

Its not important what we said...

(turn down your volume slightly)

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What Sundays should be...

Perfect timing

Had to kill a few hours in Nashville waiting for my brother, so thought we'd check out the Honky Tonk strip on Broadway.

After my mom enjoyed her bar special (fried balogna sandwich, PBR and a Moonpie - $5) we headed to stop number two and ran into a guy I used to swim with in high school!

He's actually a Navy Seal and just happened to be in town for the weekend.

So AMAZING to see him and such a surprise!