After stopping for lunch at Berry Hill, the gang headed to our friend’s farmhouse in the country.
If you ever told me I’d post something about four wheelers, catching dinner, or anything with camo, I’d have been skeptical. But you have to try something at least once before you judge it, right?
The view of the land was amazing- I knew in an instant it would be a relaxing trip, even if it was super short.
As soon as we got there, we changed into fishing gear and headed down to the pond.
You know you’re on a farm when you have to drive to the pond. 
Wiley immediately jumped in the pond- he was ready for a swim. 
The other pups stayed back at the house and had a field day running around the tennis court.
Our hooks kept getting stuck in the algae instead of catching fish, so we sent two of the boys off on a paddle boat to fish in the middle of the pond. They needed a little help getting started, but Katherine gave them a good push, and they were off!
You boys better get to fishing- we’re hungry for dinner!
Back on the shore, Katherine caught a fish- way to show up the boys!
This is when it started to rain. We just ignored it and got soaking wet. Fast forward a few hours later, and we had dinner!
Chris got to work cleaning the fish while I got the rest of dinner ready inside.
We made fish tacos! I sautéed the fish and added a little taco seasoning, then set out loads of taco toppings, with some Spanish rice on the side. I also made some traditional ground beef tacos in case there wasn’t enough fish (but I didn’t eat any of those.)
Since dinner was Mexican themed, I celebrated our catch with a margarita on the rocks. It was good, but boy that mix was sweet. It kind of burned my throat, although I suppose that could have been the tequila doing the burning….
After dinner Katherine and I went on a picture-taking extravaganza. It was just so beautiful- I loved being surrounded by nothing but nature. Being away from everything makes you realize how much “noise” you’re surrounded by in a city- even in a neighborhood there’s always background noise- cars, planes, people yelling, lawn mowers…. Here it was just quiet, except for the occasional barking dog and the croaking bull frogs. Here are some of my pictures from the weekend.
Remember the puppy we found on the side of the road? We left her at the house with some food, water, and blankets, but she found us down at the pond fishing and decided to take a nap in the rain.
And then laid down under the table as we ate dinner. Think we found a new friend?
I have a feeling if no one claims her David & Ashley might have a new pet. Since she was hanging out with us we had to give her a name. So meet Sassy [As in sweet sassy molassey, we found a dog!]
After dinner the husband took me on a ride on the four wheeler- it was my first time on a four wheeler and it was awesome!! I loved how fast we could zip through the woods- I’m glad I wasn’t driving though. We came back covered head to toe in mud. It was awesome.
The husband and his friends come up here all the time for “boys weekends”, and I’m never jealous that he gets to go and I don’t….but next time I might be.
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That looks like such a nice, relaxing weekend. Kind of like mine, actually. We were out in the country in Virginia (Blackstone) on a farm. Where in VA were you?
Oh how cool!! We were in South Boston (or at least somewhere really close to there!)
What a fun weekend!!!
FUN! And it sounds so delicious. Mmm.
Ok…
For all of us guys.
In “A Window Into My Weekend” I saw a shotgun. What did you shoot?
Now you have me two ways…. Dogs, loved the picture of Wiley in the water, and a shotgun! It is sounding like a perfect weekend.
Haha I didn’t shoot anything but the air…the boys go coon, deer, and turkey hunting though- but not this trip.
I’m in love with Sassy! She is so lucky you guys found her!
It amazes me how fun those types of activities can be. And there is something so special to me about being outdoors.