River Rats & River Days.

...hey now girl, hop inside. me and you gonna take a little
ride to the river...let's ride...

Now, I'm not sure how it all began...but I remember that Jdale and Jbark lived in Louisville, and that she worked 17 jobs, and only had one night a week off....and I remember that one super hot Tuesday she was coming to Henry County for Jess time, and we had the brilliant idea to go to the river since, you know...we had Andy and we could.

...the clouds are partin', the summer sun's startin' to burn
down on that river. Jdale's waitin', I've got the Chevy
shakin', I'm blazin' a trail to get her...there she is... 

I'd never been a big fan of the river, due to being traumatized at a young age by some guys drowning at the dam in Lockport while I watched out the back window of Madre's S10. I didn't so much hate the river, I definitely had respect for it and the damage it could do (and it thoroughly creeped me out)...but like I said, it was a hot day and I had a truck...so we went and picked up Clay, got called a few unmentionables, and off to the river we went. 

Jdale:  "Clay, are you pissing?"
Clay:  "No! I fell over."

We hadn't actually planned on swimming in the river the first day because of my prior issues, so we didn't even wear our bathing suits. We were just gonna bank it and have a big time in the sun. But then, shortly after our arrival, somehow our minds changed and into the water we went...in shorts & tank tops. To my surprise the only time I nearly drowned was when Clay tried to save us from the horsefly by splashing us relentlessly in the face with river water. Blech!

...caught up in a southern summer
barefoot blue-jean night... 

That day I decided that I could do the whole river thing, and we made a pact to come back to the river....every Tuesday. River Tuesdays quickly became our favorite day of the week. We rocked on all summer, pissing behind trees, blowing out flip-flops...you know, just acting like a regular bunch of river rats. :) 

Now that summer has come back around and graced us with it's presence, we're happy to announce that we've dug out our river shoes and commenced River Days 2013...Tonight, we're going for River Day, Round 3. Round 1 left us floating in the shade, Round 2 left us in the middle of a thunderstorm...Round 3 is going to cooperate though, I can feel it in my river rat bones.

Happy River Days, y'all!