Well here I am, back 2 weeks later, and a busy two weeks it
has been. We headed down state Tuesday
August 28, and had a very busy week.
Wednesday and Thursday I was over at Aunt Lida’s, helping dad and doing
a lot of visiting. Thursday night we
helped Chris and Thom hose out the barn for their wedding on Saturday, then
Friday we all went to Aunt Lida’s, Rick, Brad, Dave, Karen, Karen and
myself. By the time Brad and I got
there, most of the stuff was loaded in the trailer to take over to her new
place, so off we go. We got her settled
in, as best we could, then back to the house, off to good-will and the storage
unit. We all got out of there by 3:00 or
so.
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| Chris, Thom and the Wedding Party |
Saturday Lynne and I got our pedicures and
manicures and spent the day running around.
We ended up getting Grady for a while, and as we were headed back to Lynne’s he fell asleep, so we drove
around awhile so as not to wake him up.
We finally get back to Lynne’s at 2:00, hurry back to camp and get
showered for the 4:00 wedding. It was
beautiful, the ‘barn’ was decorated nicely, Chris was beautiful and all the men
were very handsome. We were at the reception until about 8:00 then back to camp, Brad to bed and me about an hour later.
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| Magic Lantern launch |
Sunday 2 Sept. Today was a rest up, clean up, and stock up day. We cleaned up the motor home and went to the grocery store. Lynne and Rick came over for dinner and a good time was had by all. We noticed a crowd gathering at the big field so we walked over check it out. They were launching magic lanterns. They we beautiful as they drifted through the evening sky. We talked a little while before Lynn and Rick headed home.
Mon 3 Sept. It is labor day and we labored for several hours. Helping Dad and Aunt Lida continuing to get her house cleaned out. Back to Lynne and Rick's for the traditional burgers and fixing for dinner.
Tue 4 Sept. Another busy day. We had to take the motor home in for inspection and some minor work. We were up, unhooked and rolling out of campground by 8 AM. It was after 5PM until we got back. Our old campsite was under water so we found a new one. We didn't bother to hook up since we are leaving in the morning but we did have to move all the stuff from our old site. We went to Lynne and Ricks and had chicken wraps (they were good) back to camp and off to bed.
Wed 5 Sept. Big day today. We are heading to Tompkins campground to try our hand at work camping. We arrived around 4pm, found our site and settled in for the night.
Thur 6 Sept. We are not meeting the volunteer coordinator until Sat. So we spent the day talking to neighbors and settling in. We did manage to get to Mansfield and buy a bike rack for the back of the car. We hope to try it out tomorrow.
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| Brad on the 12 mile ride |
Fri 7 Sept. Bike rack Thursday = 12 mile bike ride on Friday. We packed some food and waters and went for a ride. 12 miles may have been a bit much for the first day but we made it. We bought some corn and tomatoes on the way home to have with our burgers. We headed off to bed early.
Sat 8 Sept. We finally met with the coordinator around 10am. She was really nice and the job seems to be perfect(picking up trash and looking after a few satellite areas). We talked to the neighbors(Annie and Roy) they are really nice too. They are during the job now and are going to show us the ropes on Monday. It was a rainy dark day, so we went to WalMart and then stopped at the visitor center to watch a training film.
Sun 9 Sept. Another grey rainy day. Our last day before we return to the work force(part time anyway). We headed up to New York did some shopping, had dinner at Olive Garden. We returned
cleaned up the camper and headed off to bed.
Mon 10 Sept. We headed out with Annie and Roy to learn where all the sites are we need to clean up and where the 'Gator' is (yea Brad is happy). We then headed over to Ive's Run and did the key exchange. Got some t-shirts for Brad, stopped for lunch and back to camp. We had dinner here and headed off to bed.
Tues 11 Sept. We got up and headed out for our work camping again. We did all the sites, which actually takes about 4 hours. Not hard work and gets you out and walking for the morning, then back to camp. Cleaned up, packed up and off to Lynne's. We are going to the Hershey show and do laundry while we are there. We didn't get there until about 6:30, waited for Lynne to come home, then out to dinner and off to bed by 10:00.
Wed 12 Sept. We were out of Lynne's by 9:00, stopped for breakfast, then off to Hershey. We walked, walked and walked some more. We were there until about 5:00, back to the Shirks' then off to the Pizza Grille for dinner. It was about 9:00 when we got home, so Brad headed to bed and Lynne was packing for her trip to the beach with Toni. I sat and watched TV until about 10:00 then off to bed for me.
Thur 13 Sept. I was up in time to see Lynne and Toni before they left, then into the shower, load up the car and off to Hershey again. We were there until about 3:30, hot and exhausted we headed over to Sheetz for some iced tea then the long trek back to Tioga County. We stopped in Williamsport for dinner and to stop at Radio Shack, but made it home by 8:00. We put the laundry away and got ready for the next day.
Friday 14 Sept.
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| Brad on the Gator |
Later,
Diane and Brad
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