A Real "Vacation"
After getting off work this morning I went home and dealt with what was waiting for me at the computer job. There wasn't much. I had wanted to go patrolling tonight, but I decided to skip it and just enjoy the day.
I went to Chris' house to meet up with him. I had hopped to catch a ride down with him to the river. Blake and Blake were also meeting us there. We loaded up our stuff and headed down to the river. It was a nice trip down to Boyer Park. Once there it was pretty warm. We got the boat launched and headed to the Dunes. Once we anchored we got out and enjoyed the warm thigh-level water. I had some pop and the others had their drink of choice. We just hung out in the water talking. It was a nice time. It was relaxing. John and his boys showed up. Jon also came down for a while. The Chia's and their dog made it down.
We had a football and threw it around for a while. I was taking photos during some of the action. I was able to get some very nice shots of everyone having fun.
We hung out most of the afternoon in the water throwing the ball around, playing with Chia's dog and then finally we did some tubing when the wind died down a little bit. Blake went on it first. He took several strolls around the river. Then him and I went for a ride. Finally I did a couple rides myself. But before we were done we looked up at the shore and the other Blake had been escorted away. It turns out they frown upon glass bottles being used at the river. So he got scolded for using one.
We went back to shore and made fun of him. Then we started to say our goodbyes. Chia, the Blakes, and I were going to have some dinner together in Pullman. At first we were going to go to Cougar Country. Chris was going to Rancho for his son's twenty-first birthday. We joked about crashing the party.
On the way home I drove. Chris asked if I would drive so he could have a couple beers. I had no problem with that. Before we got home we saw John and Chia's rigs pulled over. John's hood was open. They were having a problem with the hose on the radiator. It came off spraying a lot of fluid around. We worked on it for a while before finally getting it put back into place. They we used some of our water to refill the radiator. We were finally back on our way.
When we got to Pullman it was decided that we would go to Rancho with Chris. We met up with Denise and some of Chris' family plus the guys who went to the river. It was a good time. We had cake and bought Chris' son all sorts of drinks.
When the night was done Chris picked up the whole tab. That was certainly unexpected. I hit the road and went to the Sheriff's Office. I had to complete a report and two tickets that I had issued while patrolling. I got those completed and turned in. Then I came home and watched some TV before making my way to bed.
Today was so fun. It was like back when I went to the river all the time. It was relaxing. It was the first time I really had a real vacation day all summer. It was great!
I went to Chris' house to meet up with him. I had hopped to catch a ride down with him to the river. Blake and Blake were also meeting us there. We loaded up our stuff and headed down to the river. It was a nice trip down to Boyer Park. Once there it was pretty warm. We got the boat launched and headed to the Dunes. Once we anchored we got out and enjoyed the warm thigh-level water. I had some pop and the others had their drink of choice. We just hung out in the water talking. It was a nice time. It was relaxing. John and his boys showed up. Jon also came down for a while. The Chia's and their dog made it down.
We had a football and threw it around for a while. I was taking photos during some of the action. I was able to get some very nice shots of everyone having fun.
We hung out most of the afternoon in the water throwing the ball around, playing with Chia's dog and then finally we did some tubing when the wind died down a little bit. Blake went on it first. He took several strolls around the river. Then him and I went for a ride. Finally I did a couple rides myself. But before we were done we looked up at the shore and the other Blake had been escorted away. It turns out they frown upon glass bottles being used at the river. So he got scolded for using one.
We went back to shore and made fun of him. Then we started to say our goodbyes. Chia, the Blakes, and I were going to have some dinner together in Pullman. At first we were going to go to Cougar Country. Chris was going to Rancho for his son's twenty-first birthday. We joked about crashing the party.
On the way home I drove. Chris asked if I would drive so he could have a couple beers. I had no problem with that. Before we got home we saw John and Chia's rigs pulled over. John's hood was open. They were having a problem with the hose on the radiator. It came off spraying a lot of fluid around. We worked on it for a while before finally getting it put back into place. They we used some of our water to refill the radiator. We were finally back on our way.
When we got to Pullman it was decided that we would go to Rancho with Chris. We met up with Denise and some of Chris' family plus the guys who went to the river. It was a good time. We had cake and bought Chris' son all sorts of drinks.
When the night was done Chris picked up the whole tab. That was certainly unexpected. I hit the road and went to the Sheriff's Office. I had to complete a report and two tickets that I had issued while patrolling. I got those completed and turned in. Then I came home and watched some TV before making my way to bed.
Today was so fun. It was like back when I went to the river all the time. It was relaxing. It was the first time I really had a real vacation day all summer. It was great!
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