River Tubing, Roadkill & Corn Fields
I'm a country girl at heart. I love the outdoors. MY KIDS....NOT SO MUCH!! Soooo......let me tell you about last weekend. We went river tubing down the Chattahoochee River. My bestie flaked out and my mama said she absolutely WAS NOT GOING. Nevertheless, we ended up going by ourselves. It's about an hours drive from my house to Helen, GA and it's a straight shot for the most part. Please tell me.....Why did I STILL get lost coming home? I'll tell you where that led in the pics below!
Anyhoo...we had a great time in an effort to kick off my daughters birthday fun (it's hard keeping kids entertained during a pandemic, but I try)!! Everything started off good, right.... UNTIL... I fell in that freakin river!! We got to the end and I went under, phone went under, bag went under, EVERYTHING WENT UNDERWATER. Hair was a COMPLETE disaster!!! How in the world did I make it through the entire river ride without falling out of my tube and then get to a catastrophic end?
Now, for the record, usually you can stand right up in the river and the waters not that deep. Welp....not the part I fell in!! Not only was it deep but the rocks were super slippery. Meanwhile I'm trying to hold on to my phone, my float and my bag. It was a MESS! A funny mess but still A MESS nonetheless!
Ok...so the river tubing ride is done. I'm soaking wet, changed in the car (don't judge me). My kids got a good laugh and we're headed home. I took ONE WRONG TURN and ended up God knows where! So you know me, I'm like....we have absolutely nowhere to be, let's just make an adventure out of it.
I LOVE FLOWERS so we're driving along and I run across this field of sunflowers. I tell the girls, OMG...these flowers are so pretty, let's get out and pick some. They were "wit it" at first and then I took it too far, LOL!!
Kids and their complaints.....LORDT! So they say the grass is too thick and they don't wanna walk in it so I'm like FINE forget the flowers. But you know me....it's still an adventure right? Let's go all in. So, I see this corn field and I started telling them...OMG, this reminds me of my grandma's house. Blah, blah, blah, blah...
Now, here's where they checked out on me......While I'm over here having nostalgia telling them about how we used to shuck corn and shell peas on my grandmas front porch, they're reeeeaaaaalllll leary of this corn field. I'm like, let's get out and take pictures. They're side eyeing me like.....mmmmk but low-key.......sooooooooo not here for my lil country adventure.
And then.....we run across ROADKILL!! Let's just call him Roadkill Reggie for shits and giggles. Nothing new to me but my kids were like "unt unh" "mommy this is over with, WE OUT." They took one look at Reggie and took off running back to the car. They were like, screw your flowers and your cornfields, get us outta here and we telling YaYa on you when we get home (that's what they call my mom)!!
How y'all gon tell on me? I'm grown, LOL!! Welp, so much for that adventure, til next time....
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