We made our annual trek to Mt. Pleasant, Texas 2 weeks ago. Lucy was great!! Poor child rode in her car seat 24 hours straight for the ride there and back. I know how restless I was I can't imagine being her strapped down. On our way we stopped Saturday at Bass Pro to stretch our legs. We knew from this point it was another hour and forty-five minutes to their house. All of us enjoy walking around, looking at the animals and checking out what new items they have. Sunday morning Grant and Scott woke up early to go deer hunting and Grant came home with his first buck. Big Congrats to him!! I know he was excited even though he never shows any emotions. The remainder of Sunday was spent hanging out at the house and Grant gave lawnmower rides to Karlee, Gunner and Lucy around the yard. Monday the Rodgers had to go to work and school so we drove around town and stopped to buy items so I could make dinner. Tuesday began with breakfast and then drove to Tyler. Not knowing where we were going or what we were looking for we just drove around. There we stopped at Cracker Barrel for lunch and headed back home. Wednesday, began with breakfast again and then drove to north Ft. Worth to check out the Cabela's store. Grant and I have always wanted to see a Cabela's store and it was worth the 3 hour drive. This store has something for everyone. We easily spent hours just cruising up and down the aisles and somehow I still missed the shoe department! I still don't know how I missed this but I did. Driving home was an adventure as we decided to take a different approach because we were tired of the scenery on the I-30. We made it home eventually. Thursday - Scott and Lyndee were home so did some real sight-seeing. Scott made pancakes for breakfast and then we all hurried to get dressed and out the door. Easier said then done, if you don't remember Karlee and Gunner are twins and 2 years old. Scott and Lyndee definitely have their hands full, especially when trying to get to get dressed and going somewhere.The kids are great and starting to talk so half the time they would say something you can understand and the other time's it was like listening to a conversation in Japanese. We had some good laughs over trying to interpret them. Anyways, Thursday we headed to a town called Uncertain, Texas for a river boat ride. The river is part of Caddo lake but is the closest thing I will get to a Bayou I think. The dead tree's and the moss were so beautiful. We saw a HUGE beaver dam, and actual beaver's, turtle's and some kind of rat that no one likes. Our boat was called the 'Swamp Thing' and the captain was very informative. Gunner got to steer the boat and then Lucy tried but she was not liking it. Karlee was interested but no enough to actually to sit on the captains lap and try. Grant unfortunately did make the boat ride, as the 45 minute drive there his right knee locked up and was unable to walk (an old feedlot injury). After the boat ride on our way back home we drove through a tiny town called Jefferson. Here we stopped for lunch and enjoyed Kornbread sandwiches and pie. That evening we went to Mardi Gras for dinner which has delicious seafood and lucky for us it was Karaoke night. Some east Texas finest came out in style for our entertainment. Gunner enjoyed it, as he was singing right along. Friday, Grant went to work changing the hitch on Scott's stock trailer. What Scott thought would take a couple of hours took a full 11 1/2 hours. They finished and it looks great. Later that night we packed up and headed out of town at 10:00 to return home.
We had a great week and Lucy was really starting to warm up to kiddo's. At least this year she was able to play with them. I think Gunner took a liking to Lucy as every once in a while you would catch him sitting right next to her and even putting his arm around her. I wish I'd had my camera for that. Hopefully this will be an annual trip we take as we love the Rodgers family, their beautiful property and beautiful east Texas.
