Loooong weekending!

So after a tough week at work, year all four days of it, cause working friday's is for suckers! We grabbed our passports, the monster and our finest camping gear...well it's still our finest even though the aforementioned dog chewed it, and headed out for a weekend of fun in the Ellicottville area of Western NY. Now this isnt the first time we've done this and you would think we would have learned our lesson by now but apparently i am a weee smidge sloooooo on the uptake. Our lodging for the weekend is at Allegany State Park. Now don't get me wrong, the park is nice and the water is wet, and there are plenty of hiking trails but every time we go there there seems to be more water on the site than in the river! the last time we went there our site was under 2" of water, so we traded it for a raft, this time was no exception, well it was only 1/2" of water and there was nothing to trade i for. Well one thing was for sure, the monster didn't mind one bit. We decided to go to the beach in seach of some dryness in hopes that the sun would dry out our site but as it was at the bottom of the hill nearly it was hard to expect such miracles to come true. The beach was surprisingly good, covered with bird sh!t and sticks and whatnot, truth be told it's a man made beach next to a large resevoir, so first order of business is to see if the monster can swim. Best way to find out is the same way i found out...send her out with the lifeguard to the deepend and chuck her in! Or just throw a stick! Well she was hesitant and once in she made a valiant attempt to drink/inhale the 'lake' dry but alas it was not a success we had hoped for. I guess she is my dog after all...cause if she were my wife's she would be a natural swimmer. Upon our return we set up camp, still wet, in the blazing sun, with not a tree in site to shade our weary heads. Well unless you count the 3/4 dead 4 year old silver maple sapling about 50' away...wasn't even suitable to tie the monster too. Our friends J&A arrive, fashionalby late, but its great that they made it, with them they bring little E and the dog known as Dewert. Next morning, we had a splendid breakfast and I headed out of camp to get some reception for my phone call to arrange the time for the mountain bike ride with the True North gang et al. Made the call and found the schedule some tight...requiring departure 10 minutes ago. To add insult to injury there was a Triathalon being held in the park and we would have to drive through the park (slower than the interstate). Alas, got our gear and pushed the go-go-gadget rally car button and floored it out of there! Met up in e-ville and drove to some remote location to ride the bikes...the trails were wicked awesome and wet and challenging...was having a great time shooting the shit with Adam about the benefits of SS 29ers and his recent conversion to 'squish' in the front...when it all went to shit. I endo'd on a relatively simple section and landed poorly...by poorly i mean i dislocated my shoulder! We were well ahead of the rest of the gang and when Adam no longer heard my constant bantering...he returned to find me laying at the side of the trail. As he approached he actually got to watch as my shoulder reduced itself back into place! It's gross. So this isn't the first time this has happened and according to history will not be the last. I have seen a specialist who wants to cut me up and fix me for the low low price of 1 year getting fat whilst doing buttkiss. Rode for some time as it was mostly downhill and the after trauma adrenalin was pumping hard...eventually i was convinced to hike it out to another trail and rode fire roads back to the cars arriving seconds after the rest. Had J load up the bikes as i count reach my roof anymore and headed back to Allegany to relax and pick up wives, kid and puppies. Back at camp i started on my pill conconction that was perscribed for a bad back but does the trick for shoulder dislocation quite nicely. Then went to the beach where our 'the monster' showed us that she had learned to swim! Yeah Monster! Had a great barbeque at the Prouse's later that evening with good food, good convo, a wide assortment of beverages and a huge fire. Then headed on our way back out. the rest of the weekend was blurry and was highlighted by some ornamental iron shop, J's birthday dinner, and picking out our nursery bedding at pottery barn. Life is good (usually).