Saturday's weather was pretty much perfect. We spent the morning running around and getting my wife finger printed and paperwork turned in for her LTCH, then met Tyler-The-Piker and did a trade, had lunch ,then headed home to enjoy the weather. It was beautiful. I got out the chainsaw and started cleaning up the down trees in the woods. The boys wanted to go "exploring" in the woods. I gave them the "stay out of the water" spiel and sent them on their way.
15 minutes later, they come out of the wood . I was thinking, that didn't take long. Lol. They came over to where I was at all excited and told me about the place they had discovered.
we have a couple trails that are closer to the house and other than being in the creek, they have never been farther than the trails go. Until Saturday that is. There is a low spot just past the trails that butts up to the creek that is sandy. We have now named it "The beach". Well, they proceeded to tell me that they needed to get some stuff and they were going back out. A couple minutes later they all come out of the house carry g their walking sticks and 2 bottles of water apiece. Just how long are they planning on being gone? About 45 minutes go by and I go check on them. They each have their 2 bottles of water and walking stick set in their own little area on the beach. And they have come up with the plan that they NEED to build some sort of shelter, you know dad, like a shack if they are gonna be hanging out down there all the time.
Of cours they are trying to get me to save every twig I am having them throw in the fire pit. I told them they can help me clean up the woods and we will see what we can come up with to build them a shack. Gonna be a learning experience for all of us, that's for sure. I'm gonna learn how to make a shelter and they are gonna learn that picking the low spot next to the creek may not be the best idea for a shelter. Lol. We are looking forward to it.
15 minutes later, they come out of the wood . I was thinking, that didn't take long. Lol. They came over to where I was at all excited and told me about the place they had discovered.
we have a couple trails that are closer to the house and other than being in the creek, they have never been farther than the trails go. Until Saturday that is. There is a low spot just past the trails that butts up to the creek that is sandy. We have now named it "The beach". Well, they proceeded to tell me that they needed to get some stuff and they were going back out. A couple minutes later they all come out of the house carry g their walking sticks and 2 bottles of water apiece. Just how long are they planning on being gone? About 45 minutes go by and I go check on them. They each have their 2 bottles of water and walking stick set in their own little area on the beach. And they have come up with the plan that they NEED to build some sort of shelter, you know dad, like a shack if they are gonna be hanging out down there all the time. Of cours they are trying to get me to save every twig I am having them throw in the fire pit. I told them they can help me clean up the woods and we will see what we can come up with to build them a shack. Gonna be a learning experience for all of us, that's for sure. I'm gonna learn how to make a shelter and they are gonna learn that picking the low spot next to the creek may not be the best idea for a shelter. Lol. We are looking forward to it.
