It was our 4th annual Memorial Day Weekend at the Cabin.
A few times a year, the timing works out well for my parent’s to take Nate up a little early with them. They left on Thursday morning – Nate loved it! He’s definitely a mama’s boy but has no problem waving goodbye to me if it means he gets to go to the cabin sooner. He’s a born mountain man! Sam was able to drive up that night after work – Nate loved it.
Papa and Sam took Nate on cabin cars & they did lots of fishing while my mom was in bed feeling miserable. She got hit with the a mild dose of the flu that day! Big thanks to Papa and Aunt Sam for entertaining the Naters.
Wes & I enjoyed our time with just Ryan. He was a great road-tripper . . . here is in gnawing on his Nerds rope . . . the treat he picked at the gas station!
It’s notoriously a little chilly over Memorial weekend but this year it was downright freezing on Saturday – slightly warmer on Sunday – and just about perfect as we drove away on Monday.
This was our first trip up there in a long time so we did our usual activities.
- Lots of riding of the cabin cars. I rode them a lot. I’ve never been so dusty – my hair was a different color. And it was so cold that I couldn’t even feel my thumb to push the gas on a ride with Abbie!
- We went fishing. There is a place called Mystic River that my dad found a few years ago. A nice man owns it – it’s got a stocked pond where it’s easy to catch a fish. Papa loves to take the kids here because it’s pretty much a guarantee that they’ll each catch at least one! My dad’s been learning how to fly fish from the owner of this place – he finally caught a fish in a different pond! Grandma was nice enough to stay behind while Ryan was napping.
- Every Memorial Weekend, there is a summer kick-off in Duck Creek Village. A band is there and there’s food and dancing. The kids always enjoy being on the stage doing a little dancing. The band is always great with them! Ryan loved it this year. He was really getting his moves on.
- My dad loves to take the kids on walks in the forest behind the cabin. He teaches them about nature as they look for deer. They rarely find deer on their walks but they always find deer poop! Ryan picked up a stick and said “fight!”. He’s a total boy.
- Not far from the cabin is a corral of horses. We didn’t ride any this trip but we went to say hi and feed them a few times. It’s a favorite.
These two boys of mine are root beer lovers. We don’t have it much at our house so they were thrilled when there was a cooler stocked full of it at the cabin!
I was hoping that since it had been a while since Ryan has been anywhere that maybe, just maybe – he would be old enough to sleep somewhat decent on a vacation. Nope! He wins the award for worst sleeper. He was awake or crying for 2 nights in a row. Seriously kid – and you wonder why you aren’t invited most places? :)
But we love the cabin! At least during the day we do.
