As my dad was fond of saying, “It ain’t no big thing,” which was his take on just about everything. To him, the glass was always at least half full, if not overflowing. A great life’s approach, and applicable to lots of things that happen here. We are in scorcher mode here at Kingswood, and the following pix reveal our basic strategy.

The Kingswood waterfront was the place to be over the past few days. No exactly rocket science to schedule more activities on the water.

Rob and I drove out to our three favorite water holes during the morning, to confirm that conditions were good for afternoon swim trips.

Sorry dad, but “pre-inspections” ARE a big thing and we determined that the heavy rains of last week still had some lingering effects on a couple of our best spots. “Off limits today, boys.”

That afternoon, Sara was on hand at Busted Rock to witness our carefully supervised waterfall rides…