I’d just gotten back from class. It had been a crappy afternoon. The prof had been his usual sarcastic and smug self and he had been extra critical of everyone’s class work. To top it off, I had to walk back to my apartment in a soaking rain. I had just hung my dripping coat up over the tub when the telephone rang. I grabbed a towel as I went to answer it.
“Hello?”
“Hello, Ray. This is your Dad. Is everything o.k.?”
“Hi Dad. Uh, sure. Why?”
“You sound kind of muffled.”
“Oh, I’m trying to dry my hair. It’s raining here and I got soaked walking back from class.” I used a toe to pull a chair close and I sat down to take off my wet shoes.
“Well, it’s snowing here and everyone is a little crazy with cabin fever. What’s your class schedule look like Friday?”
“Friday is a good day. Just a couple of morning classes.”
“Well, your Mother and your Aunt Liz and Cousin Sue and Becky and Fran are going to take the motor home this weekend. They plan on driving south until they find some sunshine.”
Becky and Fran are my sisters-in-law. Becky is married to my oldest brother, Lee, and Fran is married to Randy, my middle brother. Aunt Liz is Mom’s younger sister. She’s a widow. Uncle Hal suffered a fatal heart attack several years ago while he and Aunt Liz were vacationing at a swinger’s resort in the Caribbean. Cousin Sue, Liz’ daughter, is about Lee’s age. She’s a childless divorcee, but that hasn’t seemed to bother her since caring for a child would cramp her lifestyle.
“Anyway, Randy, Lee and I are going to meet at the cabin at the lake. If the ice is still good we may get in some ice fishing. If it isn’t any good, we’ll just kick back and enjoy being out of the city. Ray, we wondered if you might be able to meet us there and stay for part or all of the weekend?”
“Sure. After this afternoon, it would be good to get away for a couple of days. I don’t have any pressing assignments. I can meet you there late Friday afternoon.”
It was raining again when I drove away from my apartment after lunch on Friday. I thought that It would be snowing at the lake and cabin but as I got nearer the rain continued. It was a rain and snow mix at the lake. I parked my car behind Randy’s suv. Dad and Lee apparently drove together in Dad’s pickup. I got my backpack out of the back seat and let myself into the cabin.
Actually, it started out as a cabin and it grew into a rather large log house. It seemed like we made additions and improvements every year as we stayed at the lake. As I entered the main room - the “Great Room” - the three of them were sitting in front of a roaring fireplace. Their chairs were arranged in a half circle.
Lee looked up. “Hi, Ray. Get comfortable, get a brew and pull up a chair.” They were all wearing t-shirts and sweats or scrubs.
After changing into a t-shirt, scrubs and sandals, I got a beer then pulled a chair into the circle. “How’s the ice look?”
“Terrible. It’s pretty rotten because of the rain.”
Dad laughed, “Well, I guess we can just kickback and not feel guilty about not bringing home any freshly caught fish.”
Randy grinned, “That actually sounds better to me than freezing our butts while waiting over a hole in the ice”
We drank a couple of beers and talked about school and work and family. Dad stoked the fire once in awhile.
Lee got up. “I’ll check the hot tub. I turned the heater on high and it was really cranking a while ago.” He returned in a couple of minutes. “It’s ready to go.”
Dad stood up and stretched, “I think I’ll go soak before we think about dinner.” He walked into his bedroom. When he came out he was nude except for a pair of flip-flops on his feet. He was carrying a towel. I looked at him as he walked over and picked up his beer.
Ralph whistled, “Looking good.”
Dad did look good. He and Mom golf, walk, swim, and ride bikes. He’s in his mid sixties. He still had a full head of hair and his chest and pubic hairs were mostly gray. His stomach was smooth and free of hair. I couldn’t tell for sure, but as he turned to walk away, it looked as if his penis and scrotum were shaved.
The three of us watched as he walked out to the hot tub. Randy emptied his beer and stood, “I think I’ll join him” Randy is tall and slim. He runs and swims a lot. When he came out of his bedroom he was nude also. You couldn’t help but notice he was deeply tanned all over and all of his body hair had been shaved off.
We watched him walk out of the room. Lee shook his head, “Randy and Fran are something else.” He stood. “Are you coming, Ray?”
“Yeah, I guess so.” I walked into my bedroom and stripped. I looked at myself in the mirror. I run and work out at the college gym. My hair is sandy brown from head to toe. I found a towel. Lee was waiting in the Great Room. Like me, he was nude and barefoot. He had a bit of a paunch and he was covered from neck to ankles with thick, dark curly hair. His fat looking penis poked out of a dark curly pubic thicket.
As he turned to walk away, I noticed he had the same kind of hair on his shoulders and lower back. Now I knew why Becky called him ‘her big cuddly teddy bear’.
Dad was seated in the hot tub. Randy, who had his back to us, was stooped over a cooler. Ray paused, “You’re looking good too, Randy.” All I could see was Randy’s butt and his scrotum hanging between his thighs.
Randy straightened up and smiled at Lee. “Help me move this cooler next to the tub.”
I put my towel on a bench and slipped into the tub. Lee and Randy dragged the cooler up next to the tub then they both got into the tub. Randy handed each of us a beer before he settled down into the warm water. I looked around the room. It had been a deck originally, but after the cabin had been remodeled so it could be used year around, Dad decided to enclose it so the hot tub could be used in comfort during the winter. A new deck had been built at the same time.
