There's a lot of prep work involved: Packing the bags. Loading the car. Planning out the meals & snacks. Making sure the car has a full tank of gas. Driving every bit of two & a half hours on a hilly, winding adventure. And last, but not least, leaving worries & cares {along with cell phones, computers, & television shows} behind.
Yes, it takes a lot of prep & planning to have a successful trip down to the lake, but as we roll into that tiny little town, our car packed to the brim, it's as if the weight of the world gently lifts off my shoulders. All of that prepping & planning is paid off in friendly waves from the locals, coolers full of soda pop, the smell of bbq chicken grilling over a hickory fire, & flip flops showcasing pink toenails!
I love life down at the lake. It's slow paced. Easy. I can leave my makeup at home, & let my naturally curly hair fly. It's smack dab in the middle of nowhere, where cell phone service is a nightmare {or a dream if you ask me}, & there is no option but to just set all the busy-ness aside & breathe. I find myself listening to the birds tweet & chirp, watching fluffy clouds roll through the sky above me, feeling the hot sun warm up my skin, & watching the countless trees we are surrounded by, sway & dance as the wind breezes through their branches. The grown ups sip coffee out on the deck & the babies take their morning naps on the shoulders of grandmas. It is serene. It is peaceful. It is a place I always look forward to getting back to.
And even though this past trip to the lake was a work weekend, & didn't include any boating, skiing, tubing, or endless hours of sunbathing, it was still a picture of perfection. It still held it's reputation of being a place of retreat--where we came home from feeling refreshed & refueled, & mostly--ready for more!
You may remember me writing about the CABIN we are building at the lake. Jared's parents have some land, & my dad is quite the builder, so we decided to put the two together, & VOILA--our very own place at the lake! We started building our cabin almost three years ago, & because all of the work is being done on our own {meaning nothing is being hired out}, it has been a slow go. With the lake being so far away, & all of our lives being so busy, our little lake cabin has been "a work in progress". But after this past work weekend, & thanks to my dad & Jared working their fingers to the bone, we are finally starting to see glimmers of the light at the end of the tunnel! It should just be a matter of time before we can actually spend summers in our cabin at the lake & I am beyond excited!
Daddy & Papa had a little helper!
If you ask us, lake life is the best life! And we're chompin' at the bit to get back to it!
So bring on SUMMERTIME!
Oh I love this post! We also love going to the lake- remember our lake trip in college?! We will be down there for sure on the weekend of June 4th and sometime in August as well...visiting Ben and Junelle Woolery (it's their lake house, we just crash in every now and then). Maybe we'll see you guys down there! :)
ReplyDeleteOf course I remember our lake trip in college! We had such fun times! We should meet up sometime when we are all down there! Or better yet, once our little cabin is done, we will have you come down with us! Our boys would have a ball!
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