Adieu to the Raft

 For each of the past six years, building a raft has been a project Elizabeth has accomplished with gusto. Collecting materials (water bottles, milk jugs, large juice bottles, duct tape), taping it all together, improving each year, begging for me to take her to water..... deep water, not puddles of water.

I think this is the year we say goodbye. She's 16. She's driving now. We've enjoyed the outings immensely, but we're ready to say goodbye to rafts. 

Today we went to Boerne City Park Lake. It makes for a fun summer day outing for those who like a picnic or bbq by the water. The park is super crowded over holidays, I've gathered, but pleasantly dotted with gatherings on regular summer days. 

I didn't get a picture of Liz on the raft, oddly enough. She traveled across an arm of the lake to the other side for her last voyage. She brought back a rock in commemoration. 

Harrison had a market going. The kids were into rocks, so he gathered a bunch together. Then rocks went out of style, so he gathered sticks to "sell."

A couple of Travis kids went with us. 

And when we were leaving, we asked some boys if they wanted a falling-apart raft and they were very down for it. 

Goodbye, raft. 

A season of life has passed.....