Sheila A Anderson: A Weekend of Rivers and Jungles

Thursday, June 9, 2011

A Weekend of Rivers and Jungles

It was an interesting summer weekend! Last week Ceci attended the St. John's Lutheran Vacation Bible School. The theme was A Jungle Adventure with Jesus. On Sunday the kids presented what they learned which included many songs with actions that Ceci (kind of) knew.

Later that day, I talked my dear friend, Carrie Azure, into kayaking the creek that runs through my parents farm from Clear Lake to Roy Lake. We were a bit apprehensive about going under a narrow bridge where the water was flowing rather quickly. Little did we know that our source of angst would be four legged creatures.....BULLS! We had to pass through the neighbor's land first and my dad regreted to tell me about the 15-20 bulls he had in the pasture. We caused a bit of a stampede (felt a little like the running of the buffalo on Dances with Wolves) and did the same with my dad's cows (thanks RJ for fixing that fence), but made it through OK. I did manage to tip over twice, I will blame it on the one paddled oar. Who knew that large carp jump out of the water in certain spots of the creek.

I have to thank Carrie profusely, as it was my hair-brained idea. I have always wanted to do it. The land was gorgeous. We often commented, "How did the Natives and settlers survive back in the day?"

This week I have been working and we also frequented the pool on the super hot days. Thursday and Friday I am headed to the Horshoe Ranch near Kimball for a SDSCA officer's meeting. I hope to bond with my fellow counselors and learn a few new things.

Hope you are all having a great summer!!!