Spontaniety

Well, life has been crazy this past year, Ben has been working a crazy schedule with seemingly endless work days, random hours, and scarce days off.  On those days off, we've been trying to get things done, catch up on rest, and actually spend some time together whether it's watching movies, riding bikes, working on projects, or cleaning the apartment.

Ben actually had the last two days off so what did we do?  We had some friends over Saturday night so we cleaned up and got ready for a fun night in followed by some sunday fishing on the Weber River.  In coordinating plans for the night, my husband and his buddy James decided last minute that we would instead go to the Oneida Narrows to run the river just outside of Preston, ID instead of staying home.  Even more fun, they tell me we're leaving in an hour.  I was looking forward to fishing so it took some time to get my mind changed to the idea of camping and rafting.  I helped pack the car and before I knew it we were on our way for a late night drive to Idaho.

We spent the day calmly running the river and hitchhiking back to the car (we brought a bike to run the shuttle with but as a car was passing we decided it was much nicer than biking for 8 miles up a hot dirt road).  In the evening, we went to the hot springs to soak and enjoy the night followed by some time back at camp watching the amazing shooting stars, listening to music, and sitting around the campfire.  That night was much warmer than the first and Bagheera was so tired from the events of the day that she slept solid and didn't want to wake up when the morning came.

It was such a great weekend in the end and even though I was reluctant at first, I am very glad we went.  We used to do random weekend getaways on a whim like that all the time but now with work and busy schedules it seems we never are able to do something that branches too far from the routine or schedule of events.  It was good to get back to that side of us and to see how easily we can make lasting memories instead of just watching time pass.  Sometimes the quiet weekends are necessary but adventures always last longer in the scheme of things.