Today I had lunch with clients and it just so happens that one of my clients goes to the camp I used to as a child. She knew my dad and my uncle and everyone that still goes to the camp. I told a friend of mine that she said my dad was a very sweet man. Which of course made me smile from ear to ear. My friend didn't really understand what I meant when I said "camp." As I described to her what it was I was flooded with literally some of the very best memories I have. It was my childhood, it was a lot of what made it amazing. Every other weekend of the spring and summer going down to the river to swim, boat, tube, ski, ride on wave runners, play in our tree houses, play manhunt when it was pitch black out in the woods, the carnival across the river in Richmond Indiana, fishing, safety vest tan lines, tree swings, hammocks, go carts bands on July 4th (High Cotton I think they were called?)I got to share it all with my cousins who are all amazing. I remember waking up in the morning to the smell of bacon, eggs, goetta, and coffee and if the parents were really hung over from the night before we'd have donuts waiting for us. Bologna for lunch. Hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, and mets for dinner. Competing with flies for said breakfast lunch and dinner. My uncle always told us bed time stories. I always forget the cats name! My dad and the flicker fly. Fires on the beach. People jumping over the fire while highly intoxicated, or sober, it could have happened either way. Dance routines. Getting lost in the woods and attacked by rogue tree branches. Showers in the bathhouse that made you feel just as dirty as you did when you entered it. Daddy long-leggers. All out wars with mosquitoes.
"Take me to the place I love, take me all the way"
3 comments:
Amy oh my gosh I remember these times like they were yesterday. Thanks for helping create these memories with us and will stay with us forever. I try to take our kids down to camp as much as possible in fact we have been to River days for the past 3 years now!! We have the boat now so never be afraid to join us the next time we are there. I will let you know! Love you!
LOVED reading this!!! It brought back so many wonderful memories! (Btw, River Days which is across from our camp is Richmond, Ohio, lol). Who was the person you had lunch with? Now that Reid and I are back in Cincinnati, we plan to spend as much time was we can this summer down there. We want Hunter to experience the same memories that we had as children. Can't wait!! Love you Amy!
Definitely let me know when you guys are going, I would Love to go! The woman I talked to is Elaine. I don't know her last name but she said she has a camp kind of close to the bath house?
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