Floating along a river outside Brevard, NC.
When I was a kid we spent nearly every waking moment of summer at the pool. Swim team at 7:30 am followed by a solid day of playing, lunching, and more swim team at 5:00 pm. Dinner was either a picnic at the pool or we would head home. Either way we got home in time to take showers and play for a little while before we crashed hard into exhausted slumber.
I think about those summers often and am so grateful for all the memories that arise. I don't think there are many things that are better than a Carolina summer. The weather is hot. Sometimes nasty hot. A thunderstorm is almost guaranteed around 4:00. But it is a perfect background for a kid's adventure, for an outdoor romp, for an active life. I sure do love Carolina summers and I sure am glad that they still make me feel like a kid at heart.
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