A Place Frozen In Time

We wake up earlier than we planned, we do it every time. We then took off driving straight into the rising sun. As we come up over the hill we can see the sun reflection on the smooth powder blue lake. Every one sighs and smiles. WE made it our place frozen in time. We practically leap out of the still moving car and race up through the sand to our favorite spot...the cliff. We stand there mesmerized on the edge looking down into the bottomless lake. Slowly everyone looks up at each other smiles and without a word we jump! Shock of the cold morning water hits first, we swim to the top and break through the water, look at everyone's faces and see that ear to ear smiles that will be glued to faces all day. We stay at the cliffs for hours. No phones to answer, no things to do, just friends and the water. We finally move to the sand, which we call our mini beach. This is when the sun block goes on. The sun is finally cooking our skin as if you could feel the sun rays wrapping around you like a blanket. WE layout and soak up the rays relaxing...just peace. All of the sudden the boys interrupt the peace by picking us up and preparing to throw us into the water. It's like time slows down. Kicking, screaming, and laughing right up until they throw us in, time speeds up and we are all playing again in the water. Racing to the buoys and back, playing water games, and building sand castles. Finally its dinner time, we all eat together laughing as if we where a real family. Watching the sun go down, everyone unwillingly cleans everything up; walks slowly back to the cars and drive away from peace, happiness, friends, warm summer sun, and our place frozen in time.