Sunday Musings in Talk Story

Aloha…
Yesterday my phone rang at noon… “Hey Jim… we’re heading up the river… want to go with us”…? “Absolutely”…!
Two car loads… friends… their dogs… and lots of stuff to snack on…
We drove down to where the Winchuck river empties into the ocean… then headed inland for ten miles… which is a beautiful drive as we are next to the river the whole way…
Our destination was the old/abandoned Winchuck campgrounds…
At one time it was a thriving place for people to spend the day… and or… camp overnight… but the state ran out of money to staff the place… so… they just walked away from it…
After a 45 minute drive… we arrived… the dogs jumped out… and headed down to the river…
There were no other cars or people around… we had the place to ourselves…
We followed… and within minutes were sitting on the rocks next to the water…
I played “stick” with the dogs until my arm gave out… returned to join my friends and snacked on apples and granola bars, etc…
This place is so very beautiful… trees just starting to get their leaves… meadow after meadow of ferns and wild flowers… a myriad of greens…
And the water… clear… and cool… small rapids and deep pools…
I have had better days…
But not by much…
Aloha oe…