Over The River and Through The Woods

Last night Jake slept over my parents NC house so today being Family day we headed over to Randleman for some fun and dinner and to fetch Jake. Before we got there they discovered a place with walking trails not too far from their house so Jake anxiously waited for us to arrive so they could take us there. So all of us plus E and P and their dogs headed over to this park. We started walking on the trail which is alongside a river. The kids were excited because there were plenty of ducks to feed but first Jake and my mom wanted to show us something they found in the woods. We kept walking deeper into the woods where we got to see what they found, deer legs. No body, just legs. The rest of us wondered how and why they went so far into the woods to find the legs. My dad said, "When we start finding body parts, it's time to go home." We headed back and planned to feed some ducks on the way to the cars. The ducks didn't seem very hungry so we decided to climb across the rocks in the river. This started off fine until the dogs jumped into the river and onto the rocks and the rocks became slippery. We carefully climbed from rock to rock. Then a bird crapped on me. This should have been good luck but it was just the start of our bad luck. As we hoisted kids from rock to rock we tried to avoid the wet dogs as it was quite chilly today. Next thing we know Makayla falls into the river. I pull her out but not quick enough b/c she is soaked and crying. Poor kid, I couldn't stop laughing mostly from shock. It was all in slow motion. People passing us were just looking at us weird. I know they were thinking, "Stupid Northerners!" We did have a good time though and the kids did ask to go back again. That's all that counts.