We're on our way to Florida today and its a good timing. The river is down---no threats of floods, at least for a few weeks---never know what spring will bring. It's also a good time to take a vacation from the book.

Living along the bank of the Grand River on Abrigador Trail, we are now official river rats--meaning that we live in a floodplain. But the term means more than that since my initials spell rat--and the reflections are ones both in my mind and on the water.