From fishing and horseback rides to exploring Huzzah Creek
By Melissa Early Ruwitch, Longtime friend of OLT
Catching hellgrammites and crawdads and tadpoles with my brothers and cousins while our parents had cocktails on the back of the antique truck buried in the gravel bar. Inner-tubing, kayaking, and riding horses in the river.
Walking upstream and downstream in search of arrowheads. Digging clay from the bank and sculpting in the sun. Finding rocks in the shapes of pizza slices, steaks, and cakes.
Doing crossword puzzles, snacking and chatting with friends and family.
Watching my kids and their friends learn to fish, skip rocks, swim and snorkel, build campfires, and identify frogs, birds, snakes, lizards, poison ivy, trees…
Watching our dogs jump from the banks and splash. Reading in the river with a cool spring bubbling up and surprising me on a hot day. Hiking back to the house, dinner on the porch, and games in the barn.