Field Notes

Father's Day

IMG_0104 My daughters, Granbury TX.

For Father's Day weekend, we rented a lakehouse, hiked a state park, and played poker. (I won, so I didn't have to do any chores.)

I'm so glad we have this tradition. We've done it for probably 12 years now: rent someplace and hang out there for the weekend. Sometimes we go to the nearest Goodwill and buy a board game from the 70s and play it; the most recent selection was STOP THIEF, which we picked up somewhere in Arkansas. The game includes this membrane keyboard thing that runs on a 9 volt battery and gives audio clues (still working!).

I'm lucky. We're still close, even though they're in their 20s and have their own lives. The fact that we enjoy having out together tells me I did something right.