Quality Time with Joseph

Doesn't it seem, that we simply don't have enough quality time with the ones we love?

Joseph and I decided to spend the day together.  He had the day off from work, and the shop was closed - so we decided to take off for the day.

We started the morning with a canoe trip down the Bear River.  That river winds and winds.  Nathan and Elaine loaned us the canoe (and the truck to haul it) and told us, if we "let in" right where we turn to go to there house - we were about 2 hours from the dock in Amalga.  I was a doubtful in the beginning - we are less than a 10 min drive at that point - but they were right on (hmm... like they had done this before or something  ;-P

Anyway - Nathans instructions were to just hoist the canoe over the barbed wire - I asked if he meant the barbed wire with the "NO TRESPASSING" sign - and yeah... he did.  Joseph and I were a little squemish about that - and found a section with no fence - that worked well.    We had breakfast on the river (chocolate milk and fresh donuts - YUM) and headed off!  It was comical at first-with me in the back trying to steer - but we got the hang of it.

It was a gorgeous morning!  and so quiet out there, we were able to see portions of the valley that you can't see any other way.  The wildlife was everywhere, and not afraid of us.  We saw deer, falcons, even a HUGE owl.  The fish were litereally jumping right out of the water.

After our canoeing adventure, we headed out to Ogden, and stopped and had a nice picnic in a park in Willard  - including a nap!  The weather was perfect - light breeze, but not too warm.  After our picnic, we saw Mom Tveter, and helped her out with yardwork and shopping.  With the wedding coming up, we trimmed back all of the bushes up the front walk and cleaned up the roses and mowed.  It looks much better now. 

The evening ended as we leisurely headed north again, stopping at the fruit stands (there isn't anything really in yet, but it was still fun) and ended up at Patti and Aaron's.  They were shooting off fireworks and roasting smores in the back yard - out in the fields.  I would really like someone to explain to me, how it is that the general intelligence of guys drops significantly when fire is involved - and PLUMMETS when you add fireworks to the mix?   But, they had fun and nothing blew up, so I guess all's well that ends well.

It was still a fantastic day.