A Child Of Atom

I just returned from the Delaware River where we spent the day floating down river in our rented raft. It was quite the trip. 82° airtemperaturee, 75° water temp, with the river flowing at about 1.5mph. We spent 6 hours afloat, singing, arguing, wrestling, swimming, sunning, napping, floating, and just generally enjoying a great day. This was the first real day off that most of us have had since the summer began in earnest, and we were all determined to make the most of it. There was some reluctance to leave the water, but we were all pretty wiped out after a very full day. I'm sunburned for the first time in literally a decade, and I spent more time in the water than I have in much longer than that, owning mostly to the fact that I am pretty afraid of water. Tonight we are grilling pork loin and I'm making a macaroni pie and a cake of cornbread. I'm looking forward to laying down tonight and that feeling of floating that you get from a day in the sun and on the water.

Good day.