road trip - jake's getaway

our whole weekend was really around planned around jake's annual canoe trip. 

old friends

canoes

food 

beer

and

the kansas river

usually there seems to be some problem...

water levels - too high, too low

difficult canoe unloading and loading

extreme heat

stormy weather

but this year was near perfect!

beautiful weather

perfect water levels

real concrete boat ramps

comfortable temperatures, with a slight breeze

and even a full moon

i wasn't there to see them off, 

but i did make it to the final destination to meet them.

 that's my wilderness man leading the way

isn't this cool?  

these bird homes cover the whole side of the overpass the boat ramp was under

 ben was really exited about the whole thing  :)

i think he slept the whole time we were at the loading ramp.

jake looks forward to this trip all year long,

and i'm glad this year was such a success!