A Dam Good Time... Damn it.

This weekend Andy and I went to the Rapidan Dam. We rode his bike out there and packed a nice picnic. We did some exploring on a neat little hiking path along the river. Probably not exactly encouraged by dam officials, but obviously frequented by many other people. The dam looks a bit different when the water level is down so much lower than the last time I was there. There is even a nice little sandy beach area along the bank that we stopped at along our hike. We also stopped to watch a few people pull some catfish out of the river. Does anyone know if there is anything to catch in the river besides catfish and carp? (which are both gross....along with all other fish.)

We had a nice lunch with chips and sandwiches, explored more, and then headed home. After our nice hike, we worked up enough energy to eat some delicious hamburgers on the grill. Today Meg is coming up to play. We are going to do a little shopping and have a nice picnic with some frisbee throwing and maybe some basketball.

This past Monday was Andy's 24th birthday. His school was nice enough to give him two tests to take that day. He also had class most of the day and didn't get home to celebrate until around seven. I made him a birthday cake on Friday so we could have more time over the weekend to eat it.....This is why his cake is partly gone in the picture. He wasn't allowed to "blow out his candles" until his actual birthday or his wish wouldn't work. We failed at actually consuming much of the cake...It was good (lemon with lemon frosting) but other things seemed to have more need-to-be-eaten urgency....Like the potato salad that I made him.

For his birthday present I made him a quilt. I finished it awhile ago, but had to keep it hidden. I also had to work on it in secret so it could be a surprise. It's about 70 x 60 and has a nice cuddly fleece backing. I almost got caught several times working on this because Andy would get home early from class or work, but in the end it still finished as the surprise that it started as. I ended up tying the blanket because I didn't have a chance to visit my aunt to get it machine quilted and I'm not good enough to do it on a regular machine. Andy didn't seem to care.