I know that it’s September now, but take yourself back to early August. I’ve got some catching up to do on blog posts, starting with our weekend trip to Jack’s house. This blog post is brought to you by the fact that Sylvie’s still in Texas (I’m writing here on Sept 6) and Andrew’s in school. Oh the blessed quiet! How I’ve missed you:)
To set the stage…it’s Thursday evening, August 4 – around 80 degrees. Bryan just got back home after a week with Andrew in Texas. On this day, we’re all packed and heading out to Jack’s house for our family’s annual Wisconsin River float weekend. Joe’s flying home from DC. Maretta and Kyle are driving down from St. Paul. Michael is coming from work in Dodgeville. Terry, Tom, Bryan, the kids and I are all driving from Madison.
The car is full of amazing food, our camping gear, flowers, the kayak, and a happy crew. We’ve extended the weekend by a day. Turns out that driving out on Thursday night instead of Friday night makes the whole weekend feel so much more expansive, relaxed, and wonderful! On our drive out, we stop at Peck’s Farm Market like always. Then we drive out to the bridge in Muscada where Bryan unloads his kayak and camping gear and heads to the river for a solo overnight paddle. The weather was a little rainy, but as we parked, we saw this lovely rainbow.
There’s Bryan putting in at the Muscada bridge.
He’s heading down river 30 miles or so to Jack’s house. Goodbye!
Bryan brought his camera with him and took some fun images of the sandbar on which he camped.
Nothing like watching the sun set over the water.
Here’s a campfire he made.
Beautiful! Bryan’s sure enjoyed kayaking this summer! I was glad he was able to get out on the river and explore a new (to us) section of the Lower Wisconsin. 
I’m writing this in early September. We just got home from an overnight canoeing trip we did with Andrew where we covered some of this same section of river. It’s so tranquil and lush. I feel peace just being there:)