We need a rut

The past year to year and a half have been tough for the cousins. Maybe "tough" isn't totally apt. Disruptive might sum it up better. There have been births and deaths, family illness and operations, and plenty of day job work. It's made this little pipe making enterprise take a back seat. We hope that as fall arrives, maybe we can get back to a semi-normal routine. Mark and I are both eagerly anticipating our yearly camping weekend and as usual, we have already said "WE NEED TO GO CAMPING MORE THIS YEAR". I hope this year we will. I bought new hiking boots yesterday and broke them in this morning over at the Wolf River. In the past, I walked there at least five mornings a week. I need to get back in the habit. It's time to get our boring repetitve lives back. -T