Lazy River vs. Actual River

Although we might not have a water park with a lazy river near us, we do have, well, actual rivers that are even better to float down than the simulated ones.  We pack up our coolers, grab all the tubes we can find, get our river shoes and we’re off.  Six girls, two coolers, and an entire afternoon ahead of us.  We head down through the weeds and get our tubes in the water, it’s a little chilly at first, but we quickly get used to it.  We float, we talk, we laugh. It’s a perfect summer day.  Suddenly my friend Jana screams, “SNAKE!!!”   We all scream and get our bodies out of the water and completely on top of our tubes.  Not only had she seen the snake, but it literally slithered onto her leg.  After the fear is gone, not a single one of us can stop laughing.  A half hour later we reach our final destination, grab our tubes, and crawl back up the bank.  We head into town for supper at the bar and reminisce on our day.  Going down the river is absolutely one of my favorite things to do and I would recommend it to anyone (hopefully I didn’t scare you away with talk of snakes!)

The whole crew, minus 1