Family Reunion

We spent last Friday to Saturday at my wife's-side family reunion in Ogden Canyon.

It's a really nice spot, on the way from Huntsville to Causey, Monte Cristo and points East. Her family has been camping there for a long time, over 30 years I think.

The camping part of it is not a bit of fun for me, for various reasons.  The fun part is visiting with family members; maybe go swimming/fishing in Causey; take a drive towards Monte; eat good food, and tubing down the river.

Back a few years ago we would attend the entire reunion, 3 nights and 4 days of relaxation mixed in with the above mentioned recreational activities.  The last few years we have only been able to arrange for 1 or 2 nights of the reunion, but we still get our fill of fun.

This year was possibly the most enjoyable for me.  Our children are old enough that they can float the river on their own tubes, and that makes it much easier.

Friday last week we went down 4 times, and it was great.  Everyone had a lot of fun in the water.  It takes about 40 minutes or so to float the stretch from the campground we stay in down to the pickup spot.  We break the law and ride un-restrained in the back of trucks to our camp, then get back in and go again.  I will post some photos of this years tubing, as soon as I can.

The first time down was earlier in the morning and it was cold.  I wasn't expecting it to be that cold and was surprised when my legs went numb.  Before the first trip was done I was used to the temperature and all was well.

Except for a break for lunch and waiting at the pick up spot for a ride back to the starting point, we were in the water, and if we'd had more time before supper we would have gone again.

After having such a fun time on the water, I can't wait 'til next year.