What's better than ONE annivesary celebration?????

How about TWO anniversary celebrations? Yes, we like to celebrate things over and over around here. Anyone remember my 40th birthday and how long THAT went on? Yeah. Anyway, while the fancy pants dinner we had the other night was nice and all, this sorta blew that right out of the water. Friday dawned sunny, warm and gorgeous and best of all.....I didn't have to work! So we threw our gear in the convertible and hit the road! It's always more fun going someplace in The Captains car! Wheeeeeeee.

We got up close and personal with this train as we waited for it to sloooooooowly lumber by but it was cool checking it out.

And then it was time to hit the river! We saw lots of fun sights along the way to Prescott, WI.



And not that one would ever get bored of looking at the trains and the river and the barges, but if you did, we had a solution for that as well!

But of course we all know what MY favorite activity is on the boat.

It was so warm and sunny that I got lots of color and it really, truly felt like summer. I've been waiting and waiting for summer to really arrive and I can safely say that now it has! We passed under some gorgeous bridges as we slowly made our way up river.



And then we finally arrived at the spot where the Mississippi River meets the Saint Croix River. It's odd because the water of the two rivers is really different and you can actually see a divide in the water at the exact spot where they meet. The Mississippi is really muddy and brown while the Saint Croix is much deeper and more clear with sort of a coppery tint from all the iron in the water. I love swimming in the Saint Croix and while I am a pretty brave and sturdy girl, the Mississippi is just not my choice for swimming. The Captain feels the same way. We both cooled off after our cruise in the Saint Croix and the water was just right!

This cute little marina is where we stayed for the night.



We checked in, were assigned our slip for the night which by the way was on the very end of the dock so we had a GREAT view and then we just goofed around on the river for a while just enjoying the day and a few PBR's!

When we finally docked, we chatted up a couple of marina neighbors who were really nice and they snapped a photo of us. Cute, huh?
Then it was time to clean up and head to dinner. We got a good recommendation of a place that had a really interesting menu. (Biscuits and Gravy with Pulled Chicken for dinner? If you say so dude!)
The Captain went with the fried chicken
While I tried the shrimp scampi special.
Our dinners were good, not great but good and we had a really nice conversation. We've been having lots of really nice conversations lately and I do believe my husband may be starting to understand me a bit more because I am finally able to talk to him about what's going on with me. Thank you Crazy Doctor! (That's what I call my therapist, my crazy doctor, to cure me of my crazy). Anyway, while the food was just ok, this Pecan Pie about blew us away. I swear my Grandma Lucas had to have come down from heaven and whipped this up in that kitchen, it was SO CLOSE to hers. Yum!

When we got back to the marina, it was time for the finale, we got to watch the sun set from a great vantage point, The Filthy Whore II!
Going........
going..............
going........
gone.
It was a spectacular show and we enjoyed every minute of it. And just in case you were wondering, that is a railroad bridge you see and trains roll by on it ALL THE TIME! It was really cool to just see them rolling along all evening.
Of course I took a zillion shots of everything we saw. I really liked how these folks were all lined up hip deep in the river while fishing just as a big barge came by.
And of course, we did a LOT of this too.........
We didn't read or play games or anything. We just sat and talked and watched the natural beauty of it all and it was a perfect way to spend the evening.


We eventually crashed and got up the next morning in search of food and caffeine before heading back home. We succeeded in finding both!
On the way back home, we saw more trains and more barges and I remembered to take some snaps of the Lock and Dam we had to go through to get to Prescott and back. Fun!







It's pretty amazing how fast those Lock and Dams can get the job done. While we had to wait for over an hour on the way to Prescott because of a barge in front of us, on the way home it took all of 20 minutes! Pretty slick.

Anyway, The Captain has gone back to the friendly skies and our anniversary is officially over but I gotta say, it was one of our better ones! Hope you enjoyed peeking in. :) Have a great Saturday everyone.