Today I woke up around 7:30 which was not an easy task. I have learned how to take a “navy shower” by Padre yelling at me to get out. Mason and I had an argument regarding Oreos which led to him eating my LAST Stroopwaffel. That was a MAJOR letdown. I began my summer reading book, Jayne Eyre, which was very confusing. It took me an hour to read 30 pages which resulted in a sunburn from sitting outside. Mom has started to scare me with the camp counselor attitude. I think we’ve all gone a little insane over the past 3 days. Now that we have run out of Trader Joe’s Takis, I don’t know how we’ll survive. Otherwise, the swimming has been delightful. Our capri sun stock is doing well and i finally get the big bed. Dad taught me how to drive the boat today and it was definitely easier than expected. I can’t wait to see what the Great Lakes have in store for us.
So, I am a guest blogger and have been relegated to give some background on how this forced family fun came to pass. This is not the Cogswells’ first boat trip. Twenty years ago to the month, I took a much smaller boat with no electronics, very little planning, ample Budweiser, and Toastchee crackers on a similar but slightly more aggressive trip north to the St. Lawrence Seaway. From there, we went down and through the Great Lakes, into the Chicago Canal and Illinois River, down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, then cut through Florida’s Lake Okeechobee to the Atlantic before heading back north up the east coast back to Charleston. It was a memorable trip as Lucile and I met on the first leg. I had friends switching out along the way to do different sections. Chandler Collins had the first leg with me. She and I went to Sewanee together, and she grew up with Lucile. She introduced Lucile and me in New York where Lucile was living at th...
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