I shared the story about me and my ex-husband and how we grew up together, were married for 21 years and still made a great effort to remain civil and co-parent our three amazing children. As such we are still very good friends and many people think we will eventually reconcile. I used to think that also, especially when going through cancer treatment in 2015 but God has shown me that He alone is in control and if anything is to happen it will be because He ordains it and it will be on His timetable--not mine. I have learned to be content with that and as such, our relationship is better than ever. We like our time together. And we also like our time apart! But our relationship is like no one else's that I know--especially among divorced couples. Most can't stand the sight of each other let alone, still do things together without the kids.
Anyway, I won the contest! I won a night's stay at a local hotel, rafting for 2 on the Ocoee (which we LOVE) and dinner for 2 at a restaurant of our choosing.
This past weekend, we took our trip and had an amazing time!!!
We drove up directly after work on Friday and worried that the restaurant would close, we had dinner first at Aubrey's. I had the BEST CRAB CAKES EVER!!! Most of the time when I order crab cakes anywhere they are full of vegetables and other filling that there is hardly any crab at all. Not these. These were divine. Jeff had a tuna sandwich but it was not like the kind one makes at home--it was a big tuna steak. He said it was great and that man is picky about his fish!
Then we checked into our hotel, Wingate by Wyndham in Interstate Drive and it didn't take long to fall asleep. It was clean and comfortable and we were tired!
We had breakfast at Cracker Barrel the next morning and then drove around just looking at the quaint little town and enjoying all the beautiful scenery!
When it was time for our rafting trip we had no trouble finding Big Frog Expeditions and the weather had been great all day but low and behold, about 1/8 of the way down the river it started storming. I knew we would continue rafting in rain but I wasn't sure what the protocol was for lightening. I could just visualize my Maw Maw rolling over in her grave at the thought of me on water during a storm. But the guide said we really were in the safest place possible. Getting out and standing under a tree wouldn't be any better because lightening would most likely strike the highest point and a tree is definitely higher than water. But even more probable would be that it would strike a mountain somewhere. Okay by me. I know the Lord Jesus Christ and have accepted Him as my Savior. And after you beat cancer, you tend to not be scared of much. I could definitely think of worse ways to die than going down a beautiful river. Oh how I love rivers. You get to see so much of His wonderful creation that you can't see from the road. And the rivers are always changing. You never take the same trip twice. Anyway, the storm definitely added to the adventure.
When we saw these pictures, Jeff laughed at me for waving! But I've done this many times before and I'd much rather be smiling and waving than looking like this:
When we got out of the river we had to wait a little bit before our bus came to pick us up and it turned out the road was blocked preventing the bus from getting to us so another bus gave us a lift. On the way back to the outfitter, we saw lines and trees down everywhere and we realized the storm did indeed get pretty bad.
After a shower and dry clothes, one of the outfitter's employees had her dogs there. Well, you know I'm all about a dog! If one is within a mile radius of me, it's my new best friend!
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