Are you having a marvelous 4th of July?   I didn’t even get a red white and blue wreath up!!   We anticipated this being a really busy time for our paddle sports business, and then, the rain came.  And it came.  And it came.   On the upside, the river should be great for kayaking and tubing for the next several weeks.

So while everyone else was blowing up fireworks, we took our “off day” and blew up tubes.   See that blue tube that is in front of the blue and white tube?  Which would you prefer?  Most will say the Intex River Run.   It’s a commercial tube, and it should be good, but we’re having trouble with them.  Maybe they don’t like our river?

They lose air.  Do you think you could float very far on this (pictured below)?

That’s why we’ve purchased a whole bunch of these blue ones like the one I am  sitting on.  We had about a dozen which we’ve been testing, and they’ve done well, so we ordered a bunch more.  And I just want you to know that the camera really does add 10 pounds and my hair looks terrible.  If I’m going to work  in the tubing business, I have to figure out a way to not have horrible hair due to the humidity.   I think I’m going to grow it fairly long where I can put it up in a twist; it looks good up, but it falls down.  I’ve got to learn to put it up and keep it up.  I’m going to get Viagra for my hair.   That’s a plan.

Oh dear…as I write this, it’s pouring rain again.   We may never reopen at this rate.   We may go in the ark business instead.    I’m using this time to think ahead a little bit.  We have company coming in July.    I have to get this house together.   What better way than to start working on a chalkboard window for the mantle about summer?

Mike, who has been working every day since May 2 when we opened, came by and looked at the chalkboard and said “that is a dam darn lie….followed by “liar…liar …pants on fire!”     But I like it anyway, and I will put it up tomorrow.

By the way…have you ever seen so many life vests?   These will be handy for all the new kayaks, the tubes…the ark!

And more…

And more…I swear…they are like Walmart bags.  They are breeding when we’re not looking!

Happy 4th of July!