Ah, the annual card-playing couples weekend.....This year we went to Mahoney State Park near Ashland, Nebraska. Great place and great company.
Wayne and I hitched a ride with the Dailey's - always an adventure! Riding three hours with 2 Waynes in the car can be a little challenging, but that is nothing compared to riding with Patty who has a penchant for multi-tasking. At one point she was tooling down the highway, driving with her knee cause both her hands were involved elsewhere! She even had time to enjoy the scenery along the way.
It was a beautiful day to drive to Nebraska. By the time we got to the State Park, Patty was a little tired of the backseat drivers (the Waynes) who were also using a GPS device that kept telling Patty to turn around cause she wasn't taking the GPS's advised route. So upon arriving at the check in booth, Patty responded to the ranger's greeting, of "How are you doing today", with the response, "Pretty good except for the back seat drivers and having to listen to the Queen Bitch".
Both rangers roared with laughter. I thought it was funny too, until I realized that they didn't know the GPS's nickname was the Queen Bitch. That was when I understood that they thought I WAS THE QUEEN BITCH!
Patty drove away before I could set the record straight! And to think I had handed over MY $10.00 to pay the state park car fee. Not fair!!!
There were many more laughs to come during the weekend. We checked out the digs which were great! I'd recommend Mahoney State Park to anyone wanting a great get-away. We had a fully furnished cabin that slept 10 people. Four of us couples had our own rooms with king-sized beds. Unfortunately, the Heutons--being the nubies to our couples weekend--got the cot and pullout couch. They were great sports though!
We all played cards, ate good food, went to the Omaha zoo, checked out old town Omaha, ate ice cream, enjoyed a melodrama, hiked around the state park grounds, some of the girls rode horseback, and we all visited the Arbor Day Farm on the way back to KC--once more enjoying some icecream while adding apple pie to the mix :)
I'm thinking we need more weekends like this. Laughter is great medicine!
Hey, where are we going next year?????
2 comments:
Sounds like fun. :)
It sounds like Susan has an issue with those of us who are so talented as to be able to multi-task and therefore accomplish so much more in life. I don't understand this. Otherwise, it was a great weekend with awesome people - even Susan - who was NOT the Queen Bitch I was referring to with the rangers. (I got your back, Sue.)
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