Well I had the first nice relaxing weekend in awhile now. No schedule, no pre-set plans or ideas, just driving up to my parents camper/trailer on the 28th and coming back on Sunday the 30th.
My good friend Evyn joined me for the weekend, which worked out well I think as she has been under some stress as of late and I think the ‘laid-back’ weekend was helpful for her as well.
As much as I tease my parents about their ‘camping’ due to their trailer which has a shower, microwave, sink, toilet, oven, refrigerator, freezer, 21″ TV, VCR/DVD, 2 easy chairs, a couch/pull-out bed, and a king sized bed, I was thankful for it this weekend due to the heat. Their trailer has air conditioning and I shudder to think how terrible the weekend could have turned out if we had to sleep in tents or had no respite from the 94+ degree weather.
I brought my telescope, guitar and amp up, Evyn brought her bocce ball set. We played an ‘improvised rules’ version of bocce ball that I’m sure would have made any self-respecting Italian man cry, but I’ll argue our version was much more fun. Since it involved a playing area with no boundaries, a beer in one hand at all times rule, and since obstacles on the playing field were allowed (including dogs), it made for a rather exciting and fun game.
I was also able to get a hand-me-down digital camera from my parents as they had just purchased a mid-range 6 megapixal model. So I finally have a digital camera. I plan on getting a nice SLR pro-sumer camera sometime in the next year, but this will hold me over until then, and at least it will allow me to start posting some pics.
On Sunday after packing, but before leaving to head back to Milwaukee, one of the local hummingbirds found my parent’s feeder and spent most of the next hour or so sipping from it for a few minutes, then flying away only to return a few minutes later to repeat the process. I tried to get a good picture of him, but he is still too untrusting of me and flew off when I tried to move in closer, here is the best shot I was able to get.
