Pace on Earth

Lake Fever

Every Spring Sarah asks me if I would like to have access to the cottage for a weekend or two in the summer. Every Spring I have to tell her that I would love to but can't say when I will have weekends off from rugby until the schedule comes out. So she plans her summer and then once rugby starts she'll tell me she is away such-and-such weekend and invariable, those are weekends that I have rugby, or something.

So last week, with a home game on tap, I jumped at the chance to spenda nice quiet weekend at Balmain Farm. I took a couple of boys down there on Friday night and by the time we stopped for "a drink" at Maquapit Lake it was midnight and we just got to the cottage in time for bed. No matter, that place is really about the mornings. So much so that Wheat even got up early and made breakfast. I made the coffee and we enjoyed a couple of hours of sunshine before heading back to town for my game. We subbed a couple of guys in and made our way back out there about 7:30, in time to set up a fire only to watch it fizzle out in the rain at 10. No matter, that led us inside for the worst card game ever. We then retired to the living room and watched Rocky IV. Classic.

The next morning was more of the same, the weather had cleared somewhat so we were able to enjoy coffees on the deck and then, this being a pimped cottage, we watched the NFL opening day before hitting the road.

I wish I had my own pictures but we were having too much fun to take pictures. I really just wanted to write this to give a huge THANKS to Sarah and Steve. We had a great time.

Pace out.

posted by Vitamin S @ 5:32 p.m.