Board games, wine, and simplicity: the ultimate relaxing weekend

My grandparents own a great little, rustic cabin in the piney woods of East Texas, right on the shores of Lake Sam Rayburn. It's only a 3-hour drive from my house in Houston, so a helicopter might not be imperative, but there's no other place for relaxing on a weekend. I started going there as a kid and loved the simplicity of the life you are forced to live. Although there is an air conditioner, indoor plumping, and other basic amenities, the complete lack of connection to the work-a-day lifestyle is what I love about it now as an adult. No TV, no internet, no cell phone reception, not even a land line (there is a land line phone at the neighbor's down the street for an emergency). It's the perfect place to go for the ultimate R&R weekend, complete with canoeing, bird-watching, swimming, and lounging. And the board games. LOTS of board games. Nothing better than playing Risk or Monopoly around the chiminea on the back porch while the sun sets over the lake while finishing a bottle of chardonnay.