We got to spend this past weekend at Camp Tahkodah with Micah's family. We were all really looking forward to it. Unfortunately, on Friday night, Daphne, Kaylee, Noah, and I all got the same throwing up bug that Aubrey and Micah had had earlier in the week. That certainly put a damper on our weekend and we pretty much just layed around most of the day Saturday. Thankfully, we all felt much better on Sunday and Monday and were able to get in some canoeing and a hike up to the bluff. However, by then we had contaminated the cousins and Granddad so they took their turns lying on the couch all day.
Besides being sick and getting others sick, we had a wonderful weekend. The weather was beautiful as was the scenery. We got to spend a little time with Micah's brothers Mark and Marshall and their wives. I have not yet heard if they got sick, too. I'm really hoping they didn't. We got to play cards til late both Saturday and Sunday night which I really enjoy doing (as long as I can stay awake!). We also got to see some wildlife.
This is "Mousy the Mouse" that Micah and I caught in our bathroom Saturday night. Mousy does not like to eat cheese or apples. He would rather dine on some Garden Herb Triscuits. We were considering bringing Mousy home as a pet, but with our new kitten and some other factors, we decided that that would not be wise. Mousy was very cute, but he did not like it when I picked him up. To show that he didn't like that, he clamped down on my finger with his tiny fangs. Do mice carry rabies?
We released Mousy today right before we left expecting him to run off into the tall grass. Instead he ran up a tree. None of us knew that mice climbed trees, but now we do. Our second encounter with wildlife was while we were canoeing. We got to see a big black Water Moccassin swim across the river in front of us. I wasn't surprised to see this considering that we were out in the middle of nowhere, but then we saw two more of them and realized that they had a nice little home made between some rocks. After seeing the second and third ones, I decided that there was no way that I would ever get in that water!
I have said many times how much I love Micah's family and feel love from them as well. I really cherish the times that we get to spend with them. Thank you to Steve and Gail for planning this little get away. We had a wonderful weekend!
