Miri and I made it to the cabin about 20 minutes before sundown and 5 minutes before heavy rain. There was lightning all around the area and was quite beautiful. After unlocking the place I quickly came to realize that there was no power! Since I knew rain was about to hit I just quickly unloaded the car before figuring out what was going on. By the time the car was unloaded the rain started to come down and the understanding of the lack of power to the cabin sunk in to Miri. She asked me what are we going to do with some panic in her voice. I just told her that it doesn't matter if we end up with no power because it'll be like we're camping in a tent, the only difference is that we'll be in the cabin instead! She was immediatly at ease with all smiles and started to walk around the porch doing her own thing. I messed with the breaker box for a while just to check out the situation, then set up our beds upstairs so we'd be ready for bedtime. I got Miri into her pajamas then we settled on to a porch swing with her in my lap and watched the last 5 minutes of sunlight. We just swung there for almost an hour, enjoying the sound of the rain, watching the sunlight go away, seeing the stars starting to pop out, and talked about anything/everything. At some point I decided it was time for bed as our conversation died down and she had a heavy head on my shoulder, so I said "Betdime!". As we got up, I realized that there were beams of light coming out of the windows and open doors (we had been swinging on the side of the cabin that had no windows). We had power back! Anyway, I put Miri down for bed, lit some lanterns and sat out on the porch. About 2 hours later, Rob and the girls finally tore into the driveway and came to a sliding halt... ok, they didn't come in that fast, but they did bring an uninvited and unwilling guest!
Poor frog didn't really get to enjoy the long weekend. He actually punched a hole through the front grill of Rob's car! :) Anyway, the girls went straight upstairs to bed and Rob and I sat out on the porch 'till after one in the morning. A great way to kick off the weekend for me. I always like hanging out with that guy.
In the morning, with the cousins up, Rob made some fantastic chocolate-chocolate-chip-chocolate-milk-chocolate waffles. I think it had some chocolate in it. We really lucked out in that we got to have this delecacy two mornings in a row!
Because I procrastinated so well in writing this report up, and because I'm really crunched on time, I'm going to quickly go over what we did during out time there and it'll probably be out of order.
On both Saturday and Sunday we went swimming in the creek. It was cold but we managed. It was also up to my neck in a couple of places. We all had a lot of fun there even though horse flies were taking filet-sized bites of skin from us...
On both Saturday night and Sunday night the cousins bunked together on two beds pushed together for their slumber parties. Miri absolutly loved this!
Olivia proved to be a culinary arts master and made some great heart shaped sandwiches for lunch one day.
Rob and the girls have never seen Blanchard Springs Caverns. So Miri took us there and guided us around. Since she knows the caverns so well now, it seems like she could lead a group with her knowledge.
On the final night, we had a camp fire and made s'mores. No way we couldn't!
I enjoyed every night sitting out on the porch, drinking coffee and passing time with Rob. The cousins had a great time together. It was a perfect trip! The cousins made an entry in the guest book while Rob and I packed up and cleaned the cabin. We did one last breakfast toghether in 56 then hit the road. We're hopeing for another group trip as soon as possible!
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Great story, pictures & writing, and the place and the people! Big smile. Would love to join you guys for this sort of Cabin trip. Daniel
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