Food and the rustic location were not the only reason I went to upstate New York. Most of The Boys extended family was there. By most I mean ~40 people with spouses and kids. So many babies and little children. And the most recently married couple has one coming along. The Boy brought me in at the beginning of the era of young families. I was seriously waiting for one of his cousin's to start looking at me and say "You're next."
Sunday night is pizza night where his uncle, George, makes pizza for everybody. This was my mother's first introduction to his extended family. I was nervous but everything was fine. She didn't get overwhelmed and everyone was pleasant (as per usual). I got to know one of The Boy's cousin a little better an it turns out we're into the same nerdy stuff. This came in handy when we were playing CAH toward the end of the trip. Most of his relatives were picking the nerdy cards out right and left. I think 2 or 3 other people out of ~15 got those jokes. Muggles.
The other big night is shrimp night which The Boy's mother does. She makes steamed spiced shrimp and everyone comes by and eats cheese, snacks, and shrimp. There was even a campfire so my mom and I were able to make s'mores in the fire pit.
On Monday, the last really warm day, The Boy, his 'youngest' sister (older than him by ~ a year), his nephew, and I all headed to the water park. Everyone else in the county had the same idea we did because the place was packed. They had this old fairy tale portion with different houses, sculptures and a museum of stuff throughout the park's history. The water park portion wasn't added until the late 1980's. At the petting zoo I learned that sheep gonads get just as wool as the rest of them. One sheep was walking like "Come on man. Just sheer me already."
When we finally got to the water park portion not an inner tube was to be had. We had to wait in line for a freebie and then wait in line for the slide. I thought we were going to the lazy river first so I felt a little lied to. The slide was fun for the first 95% On the last turn I was reminded that mass x acceleration = force when the inner tube flipped and I landed on my face. At this point I'm just trying to navigate toward where the oxygen in but I was still sliding. The Boy and I came out backwards and before the inner tube.
The lifeguards were not used to seeing that. They were even less used to seeing someone bleed from the head. The Boy felt really bad once he realized I was bleeding. I spent the next hour getting patched up and icing it. The plus side was that all I had to do was ask nicely and we got a free inner tube for the rest of the day. After that I hung out on the lazy river until The Boy located his sister and nephew.
Looking at it healing I think I probably should have gotten a couple of stitches. At least it's a good conversation starter since I still have a bandage on my face. The Boy was a little grumpy that his injury wasn't as widely appreciated as mine but I win since I'll probably have a facial scar. I was a little disappointed I didn't get the black eye I was promised. It would have made for a really good 'having fun on vacation' selfie.
Overall the trip was great. The Boy's family is still awesome, ice cream up there is great, and I'm probably too old for water slides. Let's do this again next year. Minus the head injury.
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