Yakdaddy’s River Ramblings

That question kills me every time I have to ask it.  It’s a question many boaters need not concern themselves with - their decision is a simple “Is there enough water between the banks of the river for fun?” and if the answer is yes they’re gone.

For those of us blessed with families though, the choice to head to the river must be weighed against several other, dare I say it, more important factors that must take priority over one’s own preferred form of recreational fun (whatever that may be).

The key for me is to make sure that I am making the most of all opportunities and enjoying the time granted me each day - sort of a Carpe Diem thing.  My personal preferrence would be to carpe my boat and gear and run a river whenever possible, but there are great moments happening on dry land as well. 

In this little corner of Tennessee, the creeking will be as good as its been in a long time over the next two days but I won’t be out there.  I will however have the one time opportunity to help my first grader’s class try on chain link armor that some dad is bringing in for show-and-tell (what?!?), see my daughter’s cheerleading debut, and do some geocaching with the family.  Not a bad way to spend the next two days.  PLUS - my crew of boating buds are likely to be running something Sunday afternoon and I ought to be able to get in on some of that action!

I guess it all comes down to remembering what my college roomate said all the time (long before the t-shirts said it!) -  Life is Good!

 Stu