Father’s Day Unplugged

We just got back from our annual pilgrimage to Oconee State Park in South Carolina for my husband’s family reunion. It’s a beautiful place–everything a mountain park should be. Trees with birds to hear, rivers with rocks to throw, bugs to bite, lakes to fish . . . really glorious. The only thing it doesn’t have is a cell signal anywhere for miles around.

You literally have to drive about 15 minutes down the mountain to make a cell phone call. It really is nice to be truly away to just remember how it feels to be a family without my cell phone or * gasp * my television!

Bless my little boy he only asked for the TV once. He was having way too much fun putting rocks in his garbage truck toy, fishing with his dad, skinny-dipping in the river and exploring a local tunnel.

A recent hack I mentioned to save time and maybe your life by storing seldom used by important numbers in your phone really helped out, too. An illness I had been taking antibiotics for earlier in the week returned with a vengence our first night in the cabin. I woke up with a 101.3 fever and my doctor was 5 hours away. Luckily I could still access my phone directory and get my docs number to call from the park office, saving myself a trip to the urgent care.

After a full day of bedrest on doctor’s orders (thanks again mimi!) I was feeling like a new woman and made it to the state fish hatchery to feed the baby rainbow trout.

Of course, even though I loved my few days of “roughing it” I took great comfort knowing my trusty TIVO was back at home recording the first vote for So You Think You Can Dance and my son’s favorite cartoons. I also knew I wouldn’t miss a thing online since my Google Reader was collecting all my favorites. Ahh, the best of both worlds!