2019 Winding Down

Saturday 28 December 2019

    Oh Yea!! a day of not traveling.  The first thing I did was put the steps back together.  They still don't work but we can walk in and out.  As most of the campers headed back out to I95 for another day of traffic, we enjoyed breakfast on the grill(eggs and scrapple). After breakfast we cleaned up and

just as we were ready to leave, Shari called.  I was on the phone for 1 1/2 hours catching up with all the O'Donnell news. 

    We headed into Beaufort SC for a late lunch and to look around a bit.  Lunch was great, we ate at the 'Foolish Frog' Diane had blackened scallop tacos and I had a shrimp salad.  We stopped at Publix's on the way home and still made it back for most of happy hour.  Just a snack for dinner and we called it a day.

Sunday 29 December 2019

   The weather is warm but it just won't clear up, misty on and off all day.  We walked around the lake here, a nice walk takes 30-40 minutes.  It would drizzle and then quit before you can run for cover. We did a few things around the camper.  Diane did laundry and made stuff cabbage in the crock pot. YUM.  We both repacked clothes, the shorts/capris come out and long johns got put away. 

   We did get our walk around the lake in again today and even went for a short bike ride.  The campers keep rolling in ever night and leaving each morning and they all complain about the traffic on I95.  We hope most of the congestion is gone by the 5th when we leave.

    Happy hour started a little early, dinner was great and then the rain picked up and we called it a day.

Monday 30 December 2019

   Breakfast on the grill(sausage and pancakes).  Let me back up a little.  After a fair amount of rain last night I went out to make breakfast.  Water was lying all over the place but the grill and our rug were dry, or so I thought.  I stepped right up to the grill and I hear goooish as my feet sink into three inches of water.  Turns out our rug was floating on the water.  Diane came out laughing 'cause she watched it all from inside the Moho.  We laughed and after dragging the grill back out of the water we had breakfast.  We walked poor Rudy, he hates the water and rain is all we've getting.  Another short shower came through this afternoon and to make matters worse there was a water main break that ran unchecked half of the night, don't need that water laying around.

   By the time we were ready to go to town it was 2:30.  So we stayed home again today.  I worked on and fixed the step problem.  Turns out there was a wire that came loose on the button sensors on the door.  Now we have working steps. YEA!    Diane was cleaning and then finished  repacking her clothes and we put the bins back under the Moho and before we knew it was happy hour(close enough).  Ham steak on the grill as the skies finally cleared.  The evening walk did require a sweatshirt as temps cool off a bit.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅🎅🎅

Wednesday 25 December 2019

MERRY CHRISTMAS                                   

Merry Christmas from 

us all!!

  

    Well here it is Christmas morning and all our pre-planning has paid off we were up packed and ready to roll by 8:30.  Can't wait to hit the almost empty highway this morning.  I started the engine and went outside to unhook the electric while Diane brought in the slides.  I came back around went inside and then it hit me I didn't have to wait for the steps to come out.  I doubled checked and sure enough the steps are stuck in the out position. Well, just oh crap, poop, and darn. We are ready to go and can't.  We shut off the engine while I try several ways to bring in the steps with no luck.  I had to crawl under the Moho (23 degrees) and unbolt the steps and tie them up.  You know how cold wrenches and tools are at 23 degrees well really cold.  We finally got everything fixed and cleaned-up and ready to roll by 9:30.  

    It was still a good ride to Carolina Cross Roads in North Carolina.  A sunny nice day almost  no traffic.  We sailed down route 15 and through the DC beltway with ease.  The toughest part was remembering you had no steps when we got out at the rest area and of course we had to pick up Rudy to put him back in.  We rolled into the campground at 3pm having traveled 289 miles in 5 1/2 hours.  We are still checking but that may be a new record for us.

    Dinner on the grill(burgers) several walks for Rudy as he adjusts to the 60 degree weather.

Thursday 26 December 2019

   41 degrees when we got up this morning and that felt good.  We only had the electric hooked so we were on the road by 9:00.  Another nice day for traveling, sunny and warming up nicely as we travel

Parked in the new

section of the Park!!

down the road.  The steps are still tied up so getting in and out is still a job.  Diane came up with the idea of using our little stool and them fishing it up with the awning hook.  It works but we get a lot of strange looks at the rest areas.  The traffic picked up steadily as the miles past it wasn't stop and go but the road was full. 

   We pulled into the South of the Border (SOB) campground at 2pm after a nice drive 172 miles in 5 hours.  We stopped at every rest area and had a nice lunch at one of the rest areas, stopped for fuel and  propane, our tank was below a 1/4 full and I was getting nervous.  It was 63 degrees when we parked had to put shorts on to hook up the utilities and walk Rudy.  Deer steak sandwiches for dinner then a stroll through Pedro Land never seen so much tourist junk in all my life.  Back to the Moho and called it a night.

Friday 27 December 2019

   I guess we are getting used to leaving early.  We were on the road by 8:45 and yea, that is AM.  Our

Our Temporary steps!!

arrival time according to Mr. Google was 11:15.  But he apparently did not get the memo about traffic and accidents. I'll try to keep it to the short version. We hit heavy traffic shortly after getting on I95 and I mean stop,  then go 65 mph then stop.  We stopped at a rest area for a break and there was another guy tying up his steps,  as least we didn't have to do it along I95.  The rest area was full as well, we got the last spot for RV's people driving the wrong way in parking lot looking for a spot, it was very congested.  After that we get back on I95 only to crawl along at 15-20mph.  By lunch time we couldn't take it any more got off I95 to have lunch at a Pilot (Denny's) and then took route 17(the back way).  That wasn't much better, apparently we weren't the only people with Mr. Google for GPS.  Every intersection was backed up a mile. Remember Mr. Google predicted we would arrive at 11:15 well he was WRONG.  It was after 3pm when we parked 6 plus hours to go 176 averaging 29 mph.

   It was good to be parked and were are here for 9 nights.  This is a thousand trails campground so it is included with our membership(almost free).  Other campers kept pulling in, well after dark the last one we noticed was 9pm.  We are glad we only scheduled 176 miles for the day.  You could just look at the late arrivals and know they were tired and frustrated and now they have to set up in the dark.

  We enjoyed our warm 71 degree evening sitting outside and doing chicken on the grill and chatting with other campers.  And it was great knowing we are not travelling tomorrow.

Final days in Dillsburg.

Thursday  19 December 2019

Got the call yesterday from the butcher that the deer was done so I made a run to East Berlin to get propane and pick up deer meat.  The meat was easy but I dove around East Berlin three or four times before I found the propane dealer with some help from a local at Rutter's while I was getting coffee. On the way home I noticed I was out of windshield washer fluid so a stop at Tractor Supply for windshield washer fluid and DEF.  Back home Diane headed into the grocery store while I hooked up water, etc.

Moho Decorations!!

Friday 20 December 2019

We got up and did some packing and organizing around the Moho then headed out for a few stops, the post office, wine store, Jo Jo's pizza for lunch then I dropped Diane off at Shane's (he had a dental procedure and needed a driver).  I headed to the tree farm then back to get Diane about 4:00.  A little chit chat with Shane then home we go to get packed up and head over to Lynne and Rick's for dinner, cards and then we spent the night.  Rudy and Cody had their  little reign of terror for the first hour but soon settled down.  It was a good time, a steak dinner with fixing's and then cards after that.  We finally all headed to bed about 11:00, tomorrow is the Angeli get together.  

Saturday 21 December 2019

Nala crashed and burned

after a few  hours!!

We got up, sat around for a while, then Rick made a bacon and egg breakfast for us all.  I left shortly after that, with all the packages and mail to go back to the Moho (I needed to shave and clean up) and took Rudy with me and ended up leaving him at the Moho for the day.  Diane stayed at Lynne's and helped to get things set up for dinner.   Between showering and preparing for the day, there wasn't much time for anything else, Diane and Lynne kept busy the whole time, with things scheduled to start about 1:00 and dinner at 2:00.  Taylor came over a little early since she was bringing  Nala, her pup, so Nala and Cody could have a meet and greet before the crowd got there.  Chris and crew showed up a little early, so we gave the kids their gifts since they had to leave a bit early.  After that people kind of showed up one right after the other and we actually started dinner about 2:00..WOW.  Thom was the first to leave at 4:00, he had a gig in Elizabethtown, then after that everyone seemed to be slowly heading out the door.  We were the last to leave at 6:00.  Back to the Moho a walk for Rudy and we just crashed. 

Sunday 22  December 2019

Now we are getting into high gear to get out of PA and head south.  A nice day, sunny and 45 degrees,

One more pic of Brad

with his antlers!!

a great day to pack and clean up.  Diane did several loads of laundry before Lynn called to invite her out shopping, etc.  Lynn did receive the windshield washer pump and brought it along.  I kept packing sorting and generally getting ready to move.  We have been in PA for almost three months so a lot of stuff ( bow hunting, rifle hunting, Christmas gifts and decorations, winter clothes) to get out of and return to storage unit. Every time you open a door to put something away you find something else to move.  Diane returned, we had dinner and called it a night.

Monday 23 December 2019  

Another nice day sunny and 50 degrees.  We headed to the Tree Farm to pay our bill for all the stuff we purchased and as you can imagine Pat, Norman and Mark were there, Paul showed up a little while later and we spent most of the morning there.  Back to the Moho Diane threw in another load of laundry, then off to the grocery store with a stop at the butcher shop on the way home.  A call from Mel and Diane was off one more time to the butcher shop for breakfast meat for breakfast the next morning. She should soon get her own parking spot.

Tuesday 24 December 2019

We got up had a snack and continued packing before heading to Mel's for Christmas gift exchange and breakfast. We had a good time but Monique is in Tennessee so the crew was a little light this year. We left around 1:00 dropped a few things off at the storage unit before heading to the Moho.  The bacon we had for breakfast was so good Diane went to the butcher shop to get some for our travels(she got a pen and note pad this time). Then off to Rite Aid to replace the two pair of sun glasses I lost over the last two weeks.  We kept packing and I filled tanks and disconnected utilities before we headed to Shane's for another Christmas celebration.  It was a nice time Shane, Morgan, her parents and us.  We got home about 9:30 had a glass of wine and headed off to bed.  Tomorrow we hit the road.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO

ONE AND ALL!!

A week in Dillsburg

Tuesday 10 December 2019

The trip down was different to say the least.  Ugly, rainy, dark, dismal, cold day.  We drove separate so Diane could do some more Christmas shopping.  My first stop was Tractor Supply in Mansfield for propane.  When I pulled in I saw another Moho waiting for propane and I thought, 'great I don't have to go in and wait for some one to come out'. Wrong some 30 minutes later, after two customers with little tanks came in and left an employee I know walked over and offered to pump propane even though he wasn't working.  And just then a worker came out to pump the propane.  Then I moved the Moho, went in to pay, walked Rudy and I was on my way again. As the truckers  passed the brown salty water ran down the windshield,  I hit the washer and nothing.   By now it was almost lunch so next stop was Lycoming mall for lunch.  Diane was shopping her little heart out, including a stop at Purity Chocolates.  I filled up with diesel at Duncannon and back on the road.  I arrived in Dillsburg around 4pm got everything set up before dark.  Diane showed up about a hour later, wore out and ready to for happy hour.

Wednesday 11 December 2019

A much nicer day temp's just above freezing.  I headed down to Ben's early to skin and quarter Diane's deer. I had a nice time, Ben did most of the work but I did provide moral support.  Missy came and went with different kids several times.  It makes my head spin, four kids.  We had it skinned and cut up in a little over hour and I was off to the butcher shop.  Back to the Moho Diane has been a laundering  and cleaning fool now that we have full hook ups.  I washed out Ben's cooler went to the storage unit picked up some stuff and back to Ben's to dropped off the cooler and the stuff from storage.  Back home  Diane was about wore out and was waiting for me with a glass of wine.

Thursday 12 December 2019

We are crazy busy cleaning up from hunting, getting ready for Christmas and several trips to the storage unit.  Diane was off to the laundromat to do hunting clothes and then to the grocery store.  In between she was wrapping gifts and shopping for the last few gifts.  I have been looking for a windshield washer pump on the inter net and decided to just go to the auto parts store and pick one up.  Trips to the post office and mall have filled up our days and there is so much time unaccounted for.

Friday 13 December 2019

The temps have stayed above freezing and Diane has finally caught up with laundry.  I made a trip to the wine store, over to Lynne's to pick up our gifts from the kids,  gifts for the kids that we ordered and stuff we ordered for ourselves and lastly I stopped at Jen and Greg's then ended up taking the long way home.  Back home cleaned up and we headed to dinner with Shane, Morgan, Lynn and Rick to celebrate Shane and Morgan's engagement. We were out late, after 9 when we returned home. Just sayin'.

Saturday 14 December 2019

A cold rainy misty day.  The kind you just want to sit by the fire, but it is Christmas time.  So this morning 

Lunch with Be

was spent wrapping gifts getting the last of the O'Donnell gifts boxed and ready to ship.  We picked up Beverly for lunch and after a stop at the post office and Fed Ex drop station we were on our way to Snapper's in Mechanicsburg.  Lunch was great.  We stopped in at Bev's and visited for awhile before heading home.  Another trip to swap stuff at the storage unit, it is getting full right up to the door.

Sunday 15 December 2019

Diane went over to Lynne's picked up more packages and off for a day of shopping.  I washed the windshield , mirrors and the side glass in the Moho getting ready for the trip south.  It was 45 degrees and sunny, but windy and when your hands are wet that is cold.  I finished just before Diane returned home.

Monday 16 December 2019

Snow, snow, snow!!

After breakfast we reorganized our list of chores to get done before Christmas(we do this everyday, doesn't help) we headed over to Camp Hill for Diane's 6 year check up for her hip.  First was Arooga's for lunch it was half price day (they got new menu's), but we both had sandwiches with all the fixin's and the bill was 20 bucks.  Can't beat that.  I dropped Diane off at the doctors (he is notorious for being hours behind)and went to kill some time.  First was NAPA for a windshield washer pump,  well you would think I wanted a part for a spaceship. Sheetz for gas. Then over to AutoZone they were not much better than NAPA and could not offer up any place in the area that could help. I gave up on that, stopped at Rite Aid and my last stop was Karn's for some necessary items.  Seems they had shrimp on sale, and just my luck just as I put them in basket Diane called she was done.  Done in less than a hour, wow.  I thought about trying to give the shrimp back but decided to give them a good home.  Over to get Diane who was waiting at Duncan Donuts with a cup of coffee.  We stopped at the credit union on the way back and lastly Rutter's.  By the time we pulled in it was after 4:00.  Diane made Nacho's for dinner, it was pretty good.

Tuesday 17 December 2019

The windshield washer pump that I thought was as easy as walking into a auto parts store is becoming a fiasco.  We ordered the part as soon as we returned yesterday with delivery 6 -12 days.

A little more snow!

Are you kidding me.  I emailed the company this morning.  It didn't ship and they don't know when it will but they can't expedite it.  So who knows when it will.  Anyway Diane did some last minute shopping to get a pair of boots for uncle Kenny's funeral tomorrow.  We finally have all the packages shipped to Shari in Colorado and Len in Florida.  I stayed home did dishes and cleaned up the place.

Wednesday 18 December 2019

Today is Uncle Kenny's funeral, so sad.  I dropped Diane off at Keisha's so she could ride up with her to Mt. Carmel.  I went to the tree farm for a few hours to visited with Norman and Mark.  We had a nice visit, took a tour around the farm and talked about old times.  I picked Diane up around 4pm and we just headed home.  She was exhausted, so after a walking Rudy and little chatting we just had hot dogs and beans for dinner.

Leaving Tioga county

Thursday 5 December 2019

No hunting today sleep in and recovery day.  We went to the Home Comfort restaurant for breakfast. Then over to Patterson's Maple Products for some Christmas shopping.  Diane did laundry and cleaned up while I dumped tanks and filled fresh water.  A nice day(for winter) partly sunny and 39 degrees. 

Friday 6 December 2019

Cool and windy day.  Diane was back out hunting.  I dropped her off at 6:00 and went back home fixed a roast, turnips, and cabbage in the crock pot for dinner.  I picked her up at 11:30 we went to the butcher in Galeton to pick up the buck and grabbed a quick lunch at the Plaza Dinner.  We were sitting at the dinner, Diane dressed in camo and blaze orange with hunting boots and of course the waitress says were you out hunting.  Oh yea.  Back to Kate and Tony's place dropped Diane off for the evening hunt.  I came home took care of Rudy.  Boy the place smells good with the crock pot cooking all day.  Back picked her up at 5:00.  No buck.  Each day she sees a lot of doe just no buck.  Tomorrow is doe season we will see how that goes.  Back home for dinner.

Saturday 7 December 2019      Pearl Harbor Day

First day of doe season.  This should be easy doe were crawling all over Tony's place all week long.  So we head out before dark to hunt.  I had already planned how I would have had both are deer gutted and hung by noon and I'd have all afternoon to clean up and pack.  We did not see a deer in the morning so cold and hungry we head in to their porch for a break.  It was sunny but cold 17 degrees.  Diane went back to Kate's hut and I walked down through the first woods I was half way down when I hear her mighty 270 ring out.  I hustle out to help her find it.  But it was a miss I found the bullet in tree just where the doe was standing.  Well now it is lunch and we have no deer.  I went home to check on Rudy and just as I returned from walking Rudy I get a text Diane hit one.  So I buzz back find her(Diane) and we start tracking the deer.  After a hour or so we had to give up the chase seems she(the deer) was still moving very well.  Tired, exhausted, and just plain wore out we head back to the porch for the last hour and a half.  At 4:30 just after I told Diane we were not shooting, gutting, and dragging a doe in after dark out walks a nice sized doe and just stands there.  Diane pulls up and fires,  nothing happens a dud bullet, she chambers another one fires. The doe runs off.  We head out to check for blood and sure enough there is a good blood trail and 25 yds away we found her.  Back to the house for flashlight and gutting knife, rope etc.  Back to the deer and now it is dark.  We are gutting and dragging in the dark.  We get it back to the meat pole, hang her up the best we could and called it a day.  It was now after six.  The moral of story is Diane missed at 50 yards, winged one at 75 yards and drops one at 150 yards.  The closer to her you are the safer you are.  No doe for me.

Sunday 8 December 2019

We ran out of propane at 4:30 this morning.  It was a sleep in day and I still had to get up at 4:30.  Diane made us a nice breakfast she is just all happy about the deer.  Then I went for propane and then over to finish up the deer.  With some help from Tony's supplies(ladder, pulley system) I had her done in no time. I still had to gather up tree stands, chairs, and cushions from around the farm.  And remember all this walking is in 8 inches of snow.  All hunting, dragging, hanging, checking for blood and tracking was done with out a 4 wheeler or anything. This has been an old fashion hunt, we'll fix that next year.  Back to the house after lunch, a little rest and then we started packing up inside and out.  I have tomorrow morning to hunt for a little before loading up the deer and getting ready to get out of here. We are both ready to get out of here.  We got new neighbors yesterday a fifth wheel with seven adult workers and three large dogs that run unleashed around the campground.  Chicken and fixing(not on the grill)  for dinner.

Monday 9 December 2019

I was up early and headed over to the farm for the last hoorah before loading everything up.  Just before daylight a car came down the driveway and parked.  No one got out and I just sat there.  About 7:30 I heard a car door and here came Cindy and Lou.  It turns out they texted Kate and Tony thinking some one was living(squatting) in the house.  So they texted Kate at 6:30, Kate called Diane at 6:45,  Kate called Lou and Cindy back and all was OK.  Everyone know Kate and Diane are not morning girls.  They were also planning on sitting on the porch for the all day rain we were  having.  They helped me load up the deer, I finished cleaning up my hunting stuff and left about 8:00.  By the time I got home Diane had the second load of laundry running and several gifts wrapped.  We had lunch around 11:00 just started to early today.  The rest of the day we spent rearranging hunting stuff and packing with a quick trip to the store.  Grilled cheese and soup for dinner and hopefully we will be out of here by 9am.

Hunting in Tioga county

Monday 2 December 2019

Oh what a nice day.  We woke up at 4:00am to about 8+ inches of snow.  We were on our way to Tony's place by 5:30.  Glenn and Andy were there and we all hunted until noon. The fresh snow was

Diane's view on her

way to the Hut!!

beautiful but with the tree limbs hanging down loaded with snow visibility was limited in the woods.  We came in at 11:00 talked to the guys no one had seen a thing.   We said our goodbyes and headed out or so we thought as I turned the truck around, put it in drive, I felt it slide to the left and poof we were stuck.  Thanks to Glenn and Andy and a bit of shoveling we finally made it out.  Then back for lunch, a rest and a walk for Rudy. We were back at the farm by 2:00 for the evening hunt.  Glenn and Andy had already left so we parked at the top of the hill and walked down.  We were not taking a chance on getting stuck again.  Diane headed to Kate's hut and I went to the far back corner of the property.  At 4;00 several deer came out in the field below me about 250 yds away.  I scoped them out no buck,  They fed along tree line walking in and out of the brush making it hard to keep track of which ones you had already seen.  Finally a saw a buck but couldn't tell if he was big enough eventually he turned his head to give me a good look...a nice six pointer.  One carefully placed shot from the mighty 30-06 and he fell to the ground.  He was 150 yds away in a over grown grass field covered with 8 inches of snow. I radioed Diane and she kept hunting while I gutted and tug the buck.  It was still daylight when I got back to her stand but walking through that tall grass just wore me out. I knew we would not be able to drag the deer out.  I'll cut the next several hours to the short version.  Took Diane home to Rudy and to get Tony's 4 wheeler key,  went back to Tony's with four wheeler key but had no key to barn to get the four wheeler,  up to Druck's house to ask for 4 wheeler no answer, went to Kulpy's cabin for help and he was home.  We took his side by side down and brought the buck up to the barn, by now it is 8:30 and I just couldn't go any more.  Left him lay and went home for dinner.  That is the short version!

Tuesday 3 December 2019

We were up again at oh dark thirty and in the field by 6:45.  Overnight and in yesterdays commotion

Finally a picture

of my deer!!

it seems I lost Tony's keys,  so Diane hunted while I walked through the deep snow (not so pretty any more) down to the gut pile and back looking for keys on the ground in the snow.  No luck. I can't believe I did that.  Sounds dumber now as I type it out loud.  Anyway, back to Diane gathered my rifle and back pack that I left there last night and went in to clean up my deer.  So here I am at the barn door and on the other side of that door are all the things I need,  rope and pulleys, ladder, gamble, and most important the four wheeler. But nooooo I'm on this side with a knife.  I try to split the pelvic bone and the deer slid down the hill, I try again and I slide down the hill.  Eventually I tied the deer to a tree(sounds like a old saying) got the pelvic bone split and finished cleaning him out.  He was about half froze so in order to drain him out I stood him up.  When I finished I turned around  to radio Diane, when I looked back here is this buck standing up (legs are Frozen) tied to a tree. Really, you had to see it.   Diane came in and We ate HER lunch.  Now all we have to do is drag the deer 300yds up hill to the truck which was never going to happen.  I backed the truck down to the deer after several attempts which failed as we slide in the snow(I now hate snow)we tied a limb under his head so we could both lift together and we drug him onto the tail gate.  We have a pick up truck but with all our camping stuff, satellite dish and other stuff, we couldn't fit him. We really should have had a camera crew, it was hilarious(now that it is over)but we got him in.

Now the rest of the day.  Took the deer to butcher, had lunch, dropped Diane off for evening hunt, back to Moho, picked up Diane(saw lots of deer no buck), dinner, and off to bed.

Wednesday 4 December 2019 (snow flurries)

We were both up and oh dark thirty, went back to bed.  We had a nice cooked breakfast, did some

Diane said she hunts,

but then she has a lot of pictures!!

laundry, dumped tanks, paid bills, and went for groceries.  Temps were above freezing so I cleaned off the truck, chipped ice off the entrance steps, and cleaned the place up a little.  We took Diane over for the evening hunt and back again to pick her up at dark.  She had seen only 2 doe.  After dinner it wasn't long before we headed into bed.  (this is another short version).

Another week long Post....

November 21 - December 1, 2019

Well here it is, one more week has passed and I am finally getting around to the Blog.  First off, Brad left November 21 to go up to Ben's cabin to go Bear hunting with the crew.  Ben, Logan, Lorin, Ken, his son Alex and Brad were there.  I was left at home with Rudy, phew.  He dropped me off to get a rental and the first thing I did was some Christmas shopping.  Before I headed home I got some Christmas decorations for the Moho.  Went home rescued Rudy and then decorated.  The best thing about Brad being gone is that Rudy and I got to watch TV in bed every night.  I shopped with Lynne and Saturday and Sunday I made plans for my tree for the Moho. More Christmas shopping on Monday then around 1pm Brad called to say he was on his way home.  Rats, he is coming home early and I lose a day of shopping.  Oh well I do kind of miss him.

He got home and was in the shower before I could say hello.  No bear for the crew this year but a good time was had by one and all.   Tuesday and Wednesday was a blur as we watched the weather for deer hunting.  Shopping for Christmas and hunting supplies, got propane and started packing up the Moho for our trip back up north.  We checked the weather twice a day and finally decided we would head up Friday morning for deer hunting.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with the Angeli crowd.  Food was OK but the camaraderie was great.  We finished packing the Moho and getting ready to pull out early.  I pulled out with the Moho about 8:30 and Diane shopped her way up taking advantage of Black Friday deals.  I beat most of the traffic and arrived around 1:30.  Diane on the other hand shopped and hit the worst of the traffic.  It was almost 6pm until she arrived tired and wore out.  We spent the evening sorting hunting stuff and getting ready to the first day of deer.

The Front full of 

hunting clothes!!

                                   

    And yes all this mess is driving Diane crazy!!

Hunting and Christmas

gift mess

We were up at 4am and headed out by 5:30.  Temps were in the low 20's, brrrr.  We got the same thing as last year.....cold and tired.  We did come in at lunch time to walk Rudy and have some food.   Diane had dinner in the crock pot and it wasn't long after dinner until we were in bed.

It's beginning to

look a lot like

Christmas!!

Sunday was a welcome break.  We both slept in until after seven.  However, we had to drive to Coudersport to pick up some auction purchases.  We had freezing rain and sleet all morning and they are calling for 4-8 inches of snow tonight so around 12 noon we headed out.  It took over 3 hours to get there and back instead of the normal 1 1/2 hours.  But we made home safe so all is good.  Diane is making chili and the snow is beginning to fall.  Tomorrow is another hunting day and as of right now Diane says she going out in the morning.  I hope the snow doesn't get to deep.

Rudy making the best of the mess

Yes he is in there, top/middle!