Weekend Getaway, Part 2

...boy, I really know how to write a cliffhanger, don't I?

So, I woke up on Saturday morning with the most awful stuffiness in my head and sneezing uncontrollably. It was awful, and I mean AWFUL. Charon had a big day planned for us -- I gulped down breakfast, then we went to the Garrett County Fair to look at the animals (and I fell asleep while sitting in a chair, because I assumed I had allergies, which were exhausting me, but the bunnies were SO CUTE), then we went to lunch and then a go-Kart place where Rachel and Cameron had a blast going around the track -- Rachel looked so adult in the car (even though it was clear her feet couldn't reach the pedals) -- and then back to the fair, where the kids rode on some of the rides and we paid an outrageous amount of money for them to win prizes at games on the midway, and THEN we went to a local beach where I lay my towel in the sand and fell asleep in the sun. It was as if my body was shutting down and demanding that I relax.

I awoke to find a wet Rachel shivering and saying that she wanted to curl up against me. We had gone to a beach on Deep Creek Lake, and she had gotten herself quite wet (though not from swimming), and it was wonderful having her little body against mine and getting to kiss her head multiple times and wrap my arms around her. We stayed like that for a little while until she asked if I could bury her feet in the sand. Which I did, and then we decided to bury Cameron's feet, and then they all buried MY feet, helped by generous heapings of sand-bucket sand. We dashed to get ourselves ready for what turned out to be a fantastic dinner at the Savage River Lodge about 45 minutes away, tucked in a beautiful forested setting. Charon and I had white wine and excellent meals and we even ordered dessert, and Drew was kind enough to watch the kids when they decided to go outside and play "sharks and minnows." (I still do not understand how this game is played.) Then we all went back to the cabin and crashed. I was pretty cranky by this point because my nose was raw from sneezing.