Never worked and never will

There was a story I always read to students, whenever I got the chance as a Principal, about a cobbler who had the sign up in his shop that said, "Never worked and never will." Turns out the cobbler liked making shoes so much that he didn't feel like it was work to make shoes, he was having fun. I wish all jobs were like that. That is how I feel about my job when I am working on the river. I'm getting paid to do something that I love to do. I worked the job that I love on Saturday for Alpine. We took a group of High School Seniors from a Christian School in Xenia, Ohio down the river and although they weren't the best paddlers they were a nice group of kids and it was a good day. The river was 5.5 feet and rising, it was over six feet by the time we got finished. If a group isn't good paddlers you can sneak almost every rapid and they don't even know the difference. Five - six feet is a high level, but not high enough to be dangerous, just a lot of fun. The river cured by aching back and made me tired enough to sleep well Saturday night.
My back had been stiff all week from working in the garden, that is another job that I love, but my muscles aren't used to working like that. We have a frost warning out for tomorrow morning and after church tonight we covered up all of the young pepper, tomato, pickle, squash, etc, with buckets and boxes. Hopefully that will keep them safe. I think the potatoes and onions will be ok without my help. The potatoes really look good, but I think I planted too many, next year I'll cut back.

Red Ashe Island

I am attaching a link to a web site with pictures from the cemetery at Red Ashe Island, I took a hike out there today. Here is the link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/dseay7/RedAsheIslandCemetery#

I got back just in time, it has been raining a lot here lately and it was clear while I hiked out today, but no sooner than I had returned it cut loose again.