Mama Got Hot----Preacher gone wild!!!!! (our road trip part 2)

 O God, ease our suffering in this, our moment of great despair.

Clark from the movie Vacation

....Well the vacation saga of the "off color" family continues!!!  When we last left our wild and crazy family, they were suffering from a hot trailer in their redneck cabin trailer park.  The air-conditioner finally started working and after s'mores, we all went to bed and practically froze to death.  Seems the cabin trailer doesn't adapt to temperature changes very well. 

It was turning out to NOT be a Pic-a-nic on Pic-a-Nic lane.

Big Daddy and I got up early but of course, all we could do was sit in our freezer---I mean our bedroom.

Finally Big Daddy got brave and squeezed into the kitchen, living room, sleeping area and made me a cup of

"double dog coffee"---wasn't that sweet of Big Daddy.

As the sun came up, I watched a yellow finch have a breakfast of thistle out the window and as light broke, I got up and decided to take a morning walk around the campground in hopes of seeing Boo Boo or Yogi.

It was quite peaceful.  It seems people staying in tents and RVs and cabin trailers must sleep in because I was the only one out.  

After I got back to the trailer, we got the girls up for our morning hike at Mammoth Cave State Park.  We all started out "looking beautiful"---seems if you stay at Yogi Bear Camp--there is no need to put on your morning best.  I think we all went with "just sleeped in hair" and seems everyone in the park copied our style.

We had a great morning walking in the coolness and tranquility.  Lush green mixed with the gray of sandstone boulders and trees stretched out their roots any which way they could in order to grow.  Hannahtard and Madi accompanied Big Daddy and me.   The boys opted to sleep in--seems they stayed up late looking for trailer trash girls with no success.  We had a wonderful time filled with laughter, sweat and a few complaints.

Trees reached to the meet the light from the sky.

Deer were out for a morning snack.

I try to show everyone that even a forty-something woman can swing on a grapevine!!! I have a bruise to prove I did it!

Hannahtard waits for me as I finish taking a few pictures.  Of course I was usually lagging behind!

We did approximately five miles along several trails.  Rain fell during our hike, but the woods were so lush we never even felt a drop. 

Following our hike, we headed back our wonderful accommodations at Jelly stone Resort.

We had a snack, shower and decided to take a nap before our afternoon cave tour.

As we napped, I kept getting warmer and warmer.  In the afternoon, as I was waking up, I yelled to the rest of the crew.  "I'm hot.  I think I have a sunburn from sleeping in the trailer cabin."  As we got ready to leave the cabin, I checked the temp and it was 84 degrees.  I wondered if mama should complain, but kept my mouth shut and herded the crew into the cars for the cave tour which was fabulous.  Here is a couple of pictures I took of the area called Frozen Niagara.

After the cave tour, we headed back to Yogi bear land in two different cars.  The boys were heading to the Red Box to return a couple of DVDs.  The girls and I had opted to head back to start our spaghetti dinner.  It was already seven and all of us were famished from our active day.

We arrived back at our delightful cabin trailer and I unlocked the door.  I was met with a rush of heat and hot air.  I felt sweat begin to break out on my forehead and I immediately checked the thermostat. 

I could feel my blood pressure rising.  Mama was now not only hot and sweaty, she was hungry and now the dangerous combination set off a trigger that could not be stopped.

The girls were behind me coming in and I yelled, "hell to the No!--I have had enough of this!"  I threw my keys on the bar, turned around and told the girls to get in the car.  I sped up to the ranger station before I could cool down and the wrath of mama was coming down.  Yogi and Boo Boo had better watch out....The preacher had lost her religion and I believe the girls said, "she's gone wild".

They followed behind telling me what to say. 

I marched in and asked for the manager.  A young barely twenty something girl comes from behind the counter and the preaching began....

"My piece of crap trailer that was advertised as a log cabin is now 97 "f..ing" degrees.  Something has to be done now and you are going to reimburse us for both today and tomorrow. blah...blah...blah."

They paged for the yogi bear janitors and they drove down in their golf cart--seems the non-air conditioner was now frozen.   I stood out and waited for Big Daddy and crew.  We flagged him down and then the two of us went back in to rant a bit more."

The manager told us that she would reimburse us and so we headed back to the trailer and had to pack and load the car.  Oh my gosh..it was worse than a sauna."

So to make a long story shorter.....

to sum it up....

mama got hot

boo boo almost got hurt

off-color family moved to a lovely hotel room down the street with the luxury of an air conditioner--trouble was there was no suite available so the six of us had to sleep in a hotel room with two queens and a roll away.  We ate a local Mexican restaurant and then we climbed into our beds for a wonderful cool night of sleep---only trouble was---no "special Big Daddy time". (sad face)

This morning, we loaded up and headed for a half-day canoe trip.

It was hot and sunny and the scenery along the banks reflected the water in a mesmerizing way.

We stopped an had a picnic along the sand bank.  We waded and slashed and collected fresh water shells and geodes.  I even had the courage to "pee" outside for the first time in my forty-something years---mark that one off the bucket list. 

I sat on the bank and watched my special people slash and play and laugh.  Tiny fish and tadpoles swam between tiny stones and shells, tiny little crawdads scurried around, the sun hit my face and the breeze blew through my hair.  I felt so tiny in the mix of the world but for that moment...that precious moment....preacher mama thanked the universe for the wonderful gifts she received on an "off color" family road trip.

We are home now...a day early.  We had a blast!!!!  Even after having to stay in the Jelly stone Campground trailer cabin.   Don't worry, mama did go wild there but boo boo is still walking around hugging kids. 
It didn't turn out the way we had planned but the memories and laughs were worth the trouble of it all.   Well what can I say...........another adventure with the "off color family"......you never know what will happen!!!

Happy Thursday night and Hugs!!!!