The Dunder Float

Oh how I love summer and it is getting closer everyday! I just couldn't think of what to blog about here lately and then I realized that all I have been thinking about lately is "The Dunder Float". Every summer on Memorial Day Weekend me and about 30 of my friends head on down to Pineville, MO and go camping and canoeing. I had never before went canoeing until I met my husband and all of his friends and now his friends are my friends and we all go canoeing on this particular weekend. We have a BLAST! Anyway, the first year that I got to go canoeing with all of these fine people we all had a great time, but everyone ran out of beer and food before we hit the halfway mark, so when we ran out of supplies we paddled back to the campsite quick. We all had such a good time together that we all decided to come back and do it all again every Memorial Day weekend at the same place. My husband's friend, R.D., was the one to rally us all together for the first eventful canoeing trip, so we named it after him, well, sort of. For some odd reason the song Thunderstruck by AC/DC kept repeating itself throughout our trip and so now the annual canoeing trip has a name and a theme song. Only, we say Dunder instead of Thunder in the theme song! Now every year all of us know that on Memorial Day weekend, we are all going on the Dunder float. The second time we went on the Dunder float trip there were 40 of us! We had to rent twenty 2-man canoes because there were so many of us, and the campsite owner gave us a discount since we had such a huge group. All of us use this chance to get together and have a good time and catch up on things. Last year, I was 7 and a half months pregnant with my daughter, and R.D.'s wife was 6 and a half months pregnant so we could not go on the Dunder float. We had to miss out last year for the safety of our babies, but this year we have gotten a babysitter set up for that weekend and we are headed out for the Dunder float to let the crazies out of us in order to kick off the summer. Maybe that is why I can't stop thinking about going! I am so excited about this trip! I bought a brand new bathing suit, from Victoria's Secret of course, and I have been tanning since March. I've got my tan on and a new suit, now all I gotta do is get my hair re-colored and make my camping list, so I don't forget to pack anything, and I will be ready to rumble. Don't worry about me people, because I will be going on the Dunder float every year for a while, because I got birth control. No babies for me until they have to take the little birth control rod out of my arm in January of 2014! I guess I must be getting a little carried away with this, but I really love the memories and good times that I take home with me after this trip is over. Well, maybe some of you like to go canoeing and if so, we camp at Sugar Island and if you would like to come party with us then we will be the huge group of people singing the "Dunder" song! Other than that, happy summer times to everyone! My plan is to get up on Friday, May 28th and head down to the camp grounds to pitch my tent, then we hang out around the camp fire to eat and have fun with my friends. The next morning we get up at 7 am and eat breakfast and then we head towards the shuttle buses for our 10 mile float! We usually don't get back to the camp ground until about 12 hours later. Then we hang out around the camp fire again and eat and hang out some more. Sunday morning we all get up and say our farewells and then, one by one, we all go home. *sigh* I hate going home! Since, I've had my daughter this day sounds more like a vacation for me and my husband. Anyway, I hope everyone has something exciting planned for summer. Stay safe everyone and have a great summer!