Sometimes all you need is to be around some good people to make a day worth it. Saturday afternoon we met up with some friends for a nice hike (actually a “walk”, as Scott pointed out to me) around Indian Creek Reservoir.

It is a really nice out of the way place that is serene. Some like to camp there, but the beauty of it is that not a lot of people go there. We went up mid-day and walked half way around the lake before the three girls were done. They had walked most of the way in the water and were cold and tired pretty quickly.

Poor little Samma, he wanted to go swimming so bad, but it’s a nonswimming body of water… for reasons unknown. They seem to have a motherlode of rules, but the odd thing is that none of them are posted at the reservoir. We found all the information online and figured if they are not posted, then how are we supposed to know? We brought the dogs for a free run all over the place. The Whites (our friends) have a German Shepard named Zookie, and our two adorable mutts, Ebony and Baxter. They were all over the place, although I did keep Baxter on a leash due to him being so little. I didn’t want him to try and follow the two larger dogs out and lose them! He was a good boy and didn’t fight the leash thing. After, when we were looking at the rules and regulations online, we noticed the “all animals must be kept on a leash” rule - again, it was not posted there so we weren’t breaking the rules because we didn’t know there was a rule.

After we got back to the cars and the girls changed out of their wet clothes, we headed back into Gardnerville for a picnic (sort of thing) and play at Lampe Park.

The Whites were explaining to me how Lampe Park was kinda famous because it has one of the largest playgrounds in like all of Northern Nevada or something along those lines. The girls played with Sammy and after a little bit of being dragged around like a doll, Sammy had enough of them and went to play with Daddy. They all had a great time together and so did I with David and Victoria. I enjoy chilling out and hanging back with some good conversation. Scott is always on Sammy patrol when we are out and about. I feel badly that he’s always the one running after and monitoring our little fella. I have pain issues and it’s hard for me to run after Sammy, after a short time I would have to leave and then no one would have been able to have a good time. Plus, I am the one who likes to talk and Scott is a big kid who likes to play - so in an odd way it all works out.

We enjoy the Whites’ company, and we know our niece loves to be with her good friend, Sara. When the girls were 18 months old they met at a Kinder Music class and then my niece stopped going and the girls ran into each other again three years later in a ballet class. My niece stopped going to the ballet class (seems to be a common occurence with her), but this time we kept in touch with the Whites, both for the girls and ourselves. Memoral Day weekend we are thinking of either going to Indian Creek Reservoir (again) or Lake Tahoe with the Whites for the day. There’s nothing better than hanging out with good friends.

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