Back at the farm!!

Beautiful Moon Rise!!

Monday 26 Oct.   We are settled in here at the farm.  After setting up and unloading all the stuff from the storage unit I took a walk around the lower half of the farm and saw two bears.  At first  I  thought someone was walking through the hay field then I realized it was a bear standing up.  Just that quick he dropped down and started running and then I saw a little one following it.  So I guess it was a mom bear with a cub.   Later we went into town for the regular shopping trip.  A rather nice day for late October so we decided to do steaks on the grill and enjoy the sunset.

Tuesday 27 Oct.   Just one of those days when you are busy but get nothing accomplished.  We left this morning to go to Lowes for a shop vac.  First we stopped out to check out some fire wood for sale, Owlett's country store,  a thrift shop, Sheetz, another second hand store, and then Lowes.  Mean



while Kate called and invited us over for dinner so we hurried through Lowes hurried home unloaded the car, picked up Rudy and headed for to the Ochenrider's.  We had a good time visiting and even did a little spotting on the way home.

Wednesday 28 Oct.   You all know what happened today...it rained...and the wind blew....all day from daylight to dark.  Poor Rudy would not go out until he was jumping up and down with his legs crossed.  We did a little work in the house, made a few phone calls while trusting that the Moho would not succumb to the fierce winds.  We had diner here trusting tomorrow will bring better weather and a calmer day.

Thursday 29 Oct.  Another busy day. Diane went to Wellsboro to the Farm Service Agency, Post Office, bank, grocery store and the court house.  I waited for the refrigerator repair man to show to check out our frig.  After waiting hours, the repair man walked inside looked at the refrigerator and said you need  a new seal, order the part, scheduled another appointment and back in this truck in 10 minutes.  So we get to do it all over again in a few days.  Anyway, Diane returned, we unloaded the car, made a few calls and then went for walk.  We were putting up a couple of trail cameras and looking for places for our tree stands.  And just as we walked out into the lower field a bear walked out below us and crossed the length of the field, that was really neat.

Brad, Diane and Rudy

Busy couple of days....then relax!!

Tuesday 20 Oct.  Today we are heading to Dillsburg to visit friend and relatives.  Our goal was to leave by 10am allowing enough time to get the Moho inspected at Shumaker's at 3pm.  And, as many of you know no matter how hard we try we were late leaving.  Next was very heavy traffic around Sunbury.  We finally pulled into Shumaker's at quarter of four and they still inspected it.  Diane went to the store and we finally meet up at the RV Park, parked and leveled the Moho by 5:30. a quick walk for Rudy then off to watch Taylor's last home game (Senior Night).  Back to the house around 8 and we just crashed.

Wednesday 21 Oct.  Just running around day.  Breakfast at the Chow Down, then off to the post

Loading up from the
storage unit!!

office, Fagers's, Lowes, Navy Base, Sheetz, storage unit and ended with a coffee from Dunkin Donuts.  Diane had put dinner in the crock pot (pork and sauerkraut) so dinner was done when we got home and the rest of the evening consisted of  just a little down time, a few more phone calls, and our brains are still trying to get a handle on everything!!

Thursday 22 Oct.  Looks like this may be the last day in the 70's for us.  We had breakfast cleaned up a little and headed over to the cemetery with a quick stop for flowers and then a stop at Grumbines (Camping World) since we were driving right past it.  We stopped at Funk's restaurant for

Last day for Capris!!

lunch before entering Indiantown Gap National Cemetery to visit  some family and friends.  What a humbling place!  We spent over an hour there then headed home.  We stopped at the storage unit and loaded up the car the best we could.

Friday 23 Oct.    We started out with all day to drive of 86 miles to Little Mexico Campground to rendezvous with the Shirks for a weekend camping trip.   Diane went to Giant while I took the Moho to the VFW where we meet, put away the groceries then went for more stuff from the storage unit and by the time we were all organized and back on the road it was 1:30 pm.  We finally pulled into the Little Mexico camp ground around 3:30 we set up camp purchased some fire wood and were settled in by 5 pm.  Lynne and Rick arrived around 7:30, we just had burgers on the grill and sat around the fire and chatted.

Strange things growing
at the CG!!

Saturday 24 Oct     We started with breakfast on the grill skillfully prepared by Brad.  Then we reassembled around noon and headed into Lewisburg to do a little antiquing, had lunch/dinner at the Lewisburg Hotel then off to check out a local winery. It was cool but a mostly sunny and pleasant day with temp's in the 60's.   Back to the campground and just sat around the fire enjoying the company.  We had snack's(cheese, chocolate, pretzels) for diner and chatted until after 9 when the rain chased us inside.

Sunday 25 Oct.   The fun has come to an end as we all packed up and headed out.  The Shirk's were

Osage Oranges, I have
never seen them before.

first to leave after Rick winterized the RV,   heading home around 10:30-11:00.  I think a good time was had by one and all.   We were packed and on the road by noon and arrived back at the farm around 4pm.  By the time we were parked and set up it was time for dinner.  The temperature dropped quickly and we were inside by 7pm and off to bed early.

Brad, Diane and Rudy!!

Back at the house......overwhelming!!

Saturday 17 Oct.   It was 28 degrees this morning but sunny and calm.  We spent most of the day wandering around trying to decide where to start.  Corey and his buddies where in and out at least six trips hauling things out of the yard and garage including three trips (with pickup and trailer) to the dump. He made his last trip around 3pm and looked exhausted. We had managed to get a few things cleaned.  First the bathroom then the washer and dryer both necessities for our stay.  Made a few lists of things we need, cleaning supplies, light bulbs and a few throw rugs for the bathroom.  Our little brains are just spinning out of control with what to do, where to live and who to call first and most importantly when to head south.  The day ended with a glass of wine, burgers on the grill while we stared aimlessly at the colorful hillside.  Almost forgot one of us was extremely happy with our situation that was Rudy.  He ran free all day, unleashed and unrestrained just as happy as a dog can be collecting ticks for daddy to find.

Sunday 18 Oct.   27 degrees when I looked outside this morning but still sunny. The temperature rose quickly into the low 40's and we decided to do breakfast on the grill but as the sausages cooked

Early Snow this year!!

the clouds thicken and by the time the eggs went on the snow was falling.  We darted inside had breakfast and contemplating if we are crazy sitting in a motor home on top of hill with snow blowing sideways when Florida has so many open RV spots.   Back to reality, we did some more cleaning dishwasher, refrigerator, and I cleaned most of the Moho bins out so we can get a few things we need from the storage unit next week.  The renter are now completely moved out and we have the place to ourselves.   Our brains have recovered a bit and today we organized and focus on a short list of necessary actions utilities and such.  The snow showers moved through occasionally but we took a few short walks around the place anyway(kind of nice).  I did however retire the grill and chairs for this stay.  Diane made dinner inside tonight and grumbled about having to retreat to inside cooking.  Rudy is still mighty happy and hasn't been on a leash for two day, but the ticks are terrible this year.

Out for a stroll!!

Monday 19 Oct.   Today is phone call day.  I called at least 15  or more phone calls.  One person answered the phone.  The rest were push one for something or message machines.  By afternoon one guy called back and he had to tell me who he was and what he was selling.  We didn't do anything in house just packed and organized for our trip down state tomorrow.  We did do another walk checking out how much the trees and brush have grown in the past four years.  Headed into the Bear Track for dinner with Kate and Tony, that was nice.  We talked, had dinner and didn't leave until after 8pm.  No one there we recognized and bartender asked we had a camp there, visiting friends or just passing through and we said yes.  It was a productive and satisfying day.

Brad, Diane and Rudy

One last picture
with color!!

Trip to the Farm

Tree at the CG,
Beautiful!!

Wednesday Oct 15    We took a break from everything today, had breakfast on the grill and just relaxed the morning away.  About noon we headed over to visit Kate and Tony and check out the new house.  The place is really nice and the master bath is huge with a whirlpool  tub.  It looks much bigger than the old but it is just 4 feet longer.  Tony was working on the last deck railing and Kate is trying to get the inside organized.  We had a nice chat, burgers and headed home around 9pm.

Thursday 16 Oct.  We spent most of the day getting ready to move over to the farm.  French toast and sausage for breakfast a little clean up and we were ready for town.  We left at noon to go to the grocery store.  Instead we stopped at the elec. co., the gas co., the pizza house, tractor supply, a car show, Lowes, a mini-mart for creamer and last was Dunkin' Donut's. It was almost 5pm when we returned and we didn't have any groceries.  I think worrying about what we will find and have to do at the farm is over whelming us.  Chicken on the grill and then off to bed as the big move looms in our heads.

Beautiful Foliage on
the hill top!!

Friday 17 Oct.   The day to move is upon us.  A little light rain last night but the sky cleared as we packed up the camper.  Diane took the car and headed to the bank, Rite Aid, grocery store and wine shop while I took the Moho to the farm via propane and diesel stops.  The day was kind of ominous sunny when I left then changing to drizzle, clouds, cold windy periods with some sunny and calm  times mixed in .  It took me a hour and a half for the 30 mile drive.  Diane arrived shortly afterwards.  We set up the camper and started looking/checking out the house.  Overall the place is in decent shape just dirty. The out side is still trashy and Corey is to be here this weekend to clean it up.  Diane cleaned the washer and dryer so we can do laundry tomorrow ( a big washer, yea) and the shower as we will have to shower and use the toilets in the house.  As we walked around our little brains were spinning out of control wandering what to do first, second, third, etc.  Finally we went back to the camper set up the satellite dish, put up the Wi-Fi booster antenna, and arranged the grill and chairs now it looks like home.  So much to do tomorrow I don't  know if either one of us will sleep. Almost forgot the fall foliage here on the farm is spectacular.

 

Brad, Diane and Rudy

Not another move!!!



Site 33, full of Squirrels and
Chipmunks!

Sun 11 Oct.   Another move day for us, we are moving to site 33 a full hock up site.  We started around  1pm and everything went according to plan until I tried to get a satellite signal (no luck).  I moved the dish at least 6 times but finally had to quit before I lost it.  We went up to the office and after 30 minutes of discussion they decided we could move to site 3.  So now we have gone from site 3 to site 110 to 33 back to site 3 where we will be until Friday when we move back to the house.  We settled for dinner on the grill and a camp fire.

Mon 12 Oct    Another just beautiful fall day sunny with temps. in the 70's.  We moved again.  Back to site 3 where we started a week ago.  Needless to say we are tired of it.  It takes just as long

Tree Right outside
our door at site 3

to pack for a drive down the street as it does for a 200 mile trip.  After we were settled in including satellite hook up we went to Lowes, liquor store, drug store, grocery store, antique store and Wendy's(bathroom break).  We drove slow and did a lot of leaf looking.  By the time we were back to the camper it was time for steaks on the grill and a campfire(no s'mores).

Tuesday 13 Oct    Today we did not move!  It was raining this morning so we had a lazy morning.  It started to clear up around 11 and Rudy took me for a long walk.  Next was a drive around the area looking for a place to get propane for the Moho when we leave.  As we searched we found a farmers market,  a mini mart and of course a little restaurant(Dana's) all calling our name.  We came home walked Rudy made a few phone calls and then off to meet the renters......  The placed looked fairly well.  It needs nail holes patched where they had pictures hanging. and the whole place painted, cleaned, some minor repairs on doors and

Still some color on the
hill at the house!!

windows and some boards replaced on the deck.  It was strange... the place is empty...cold... and needs some attention.   We both have mixed feelings about what to do with the place.  I'm sure the weeks ahead will be quite stressful and nerve racking.


Brad, Diane and Rudy

Fall with the Folk's

Sunday 4 Oct  We did some laundry in the am and then had an early diner with all Diane's sisters at John's dinner.  It was good to see everyone and lots of conversation while eating.  Just as we pulled into the dinner the clouds started to break up and sun finally came out.  We went home and continued to pack for the trip up north.

Monday 5 Oct  We planned on being on the road by 10 for our drive up to Tioga county but as fate would have it we didn't get rolling until 11:15 and after stopping at Giant to hook up the car, it was 11:45 .  It was a nice day and an uneventful ride to northern PA.  The leaves are just starting to change but still nice. We pulled into Ives run campground just a few minutes ahead of Jen, Greg, and Aunt Ada.  After a brief hello we arranged our campsites, had a nice dinner of chicken and salad then settled in for the week of camping and visiting.

Tuesday 6 Oct     Woke up to a dark cloudy day but dry, After breakfast and rearranging things in the campers we headed out for a drive.  The leaves are just starting to turn and with the cloudy sky leaf looking was a little disappointing, but we did manage to find an ice cream stand along the way.  Ham and corn on the cob for diner

Wednesday 7 Oct   We each kind of did our own thing today after Greg cooked a very nice breakfast of everything (pancakes, scrapple, eggs, fruit, real maple syrup, etc.)  Diane and I went to check out the farm and the Boonies campground looking for a place to camp this weekend.  We all gathered for a short happy hour and a tour of the Folk's new TT before enjoying some home made chili and fresh baked rolls.  The new camper was very nice, having a fire place and lots of room for Jen, Greg, Aunt Ada and the 2 dogs....

Thursday 8 Oct   Woke up to another cloudy morning but by the time we had breakfast and cleaned up the sky's cleared and the sun came out.   We took another drive today trying to find Aunt Ada some nice fall foliage.   Heading back toward the farm we finally found a couple of hill sides that were very nice.  As soon as we returned Diane found a site that

Hill behind CG just
starting to change!!

opened up here at Ives Run so we won't be moving to the Boonies.

Friday 9 Oct  Well it is the end of our week together.  A good time was had by one and all.  Jen, Greg and Aunt Ada are heading back to Dillsburg while Diane and I are moving to another campsite here at Ives Run.  But you know it is almost as much work to move a half mile as it is to move a hundred miles.  We packed up in between rain showers, said our goodbyes and left site 3 for the long drive to site 110.  We headed into town for supplies and I bought wipers for the car.  We headed back home carried our purchases in and tried to install the new wipers.  Only one fit so tomorrow we will have to go back to town to return it.   The rain slowly subsided and we did cook on the grill for diner.

Saturday 10 Oct   What a difference a week has made in foliage color.  We headed into Wellsboro to

CG Trees!!

do laundry and return the wiper blade and the scenery was beautiful.  A very nice sunny fall day with the temps in low 60's.  Just as we are pulling into the camp ground I realized I left my phone lay in the laundromat.  So.... Back into Wellsboro for my phone then to Tioga for fire wood and poof another hour has passed.  Anyway, back to the camper burgers on the grill and we sat by the fire. Just a great fall day.

Brad, Diane and Rudy

Back in Dillsburg!!

Tuesday 29 Sept.  We know better but,  we decided to pack up and travel in the rain.  I went to fill up with fuel and Diane went to the bakery and brought us fresh breakfast sandwich and a Danish for Shane.  We meet him at Wal-mart so he could return Diane's flour we left at his apartment.  By now it was almost 11am and we were still in Morgantown.  The trip was uneventful except for the all day rain.  You keep thinking it will end but it never did.  We arrived in Dillsburg around 5pm and were set up and settled in by 6.  The rain did let up enough for us to cook on the grill.

Wednesday 30 Sept. Another day of drizzle and rain we finally went to the VFW for lunch and then

Can you say 'COLD'!!

to the grocery store for all things we missed, bologna sweet and regular, good Middleswarth chips, and of course Wege pretzels for me.  After a few more stops we return home and had bologna sandwiches and chips for diner.

Thursday 1 Oct.  Rain and drizzle continues.  We stayed inside most of the day.  Diane and Lynne went to see Taylor's volleyball game, and as it turned out Thom, Chris and the kids came over as well.  Lynne and Diane then out for diner to Noonan's.

Rain, rain, go away!!

Friday  2 Oct Yet more rain and drizzle.  I don't know how much more of this we can take.  The camper gets small when you sit inside all day.  You can only clean and pick up for so long.  We did get over to Capital City Mall where Diane got a haircut, then we went to Sears and ended up with a new vacuum. We went out to diner with Lynne and Rick had a good time catching up and sharing stores.

Sat 3 Oct  Woke up to more rain I swear Rudy is starting to get webbed toes.  We went to the storage unit swapped out a few

A brave or stupid Hunter??
You Decide....tent camping!!

things.  Back home cleaned up and over to Middletown High School to watch another of Taylor's volleyball games.  Then back picked up Beverly and into the Mechanicsburg VFW for diner.  The food was great, the cook was a friend of ours from the softball days.  We ate and talked for quite awhile and finally returned around 9:30.

Brad, Diane and Rudy