Another week in Dillsburg

 Sunday 15th through Wednesday 25th  November 2020

     Not a lot exciting going on.  Diane has been shopping with Lynne, Mel and Lynne again.  We had dinner with the Shirk's on the 15th.  Diane made a big pot of veggie soup for me to take up to camp had to smell it cooking for two days and couldn't eat any. Lorin and I headed to the cabin on the 18th for two days of archery and two days of bear hunting.  We had a really nice time.  It was Lorin, Ben, Logan and myself at the old McCurdy cabin which is now in the third generation ownership.  We had fun but didn't fill any tags.  Diane has been holding down the fort with Rudy by her side cooking, cleaning and shopping.  Tis the season for shopping, gift wrapping and all of the holiday stuff.  We have been trying to find some one to work on the Moho.  The dealers can't get us in until after Christmas or next year.  I called several mobile repair people to no avail, out of business, hurt my back and can't work, to busy can't make it for several weeks and these are just some of the excuses.

   I got back home on Monday the 23rd around lunch and Diane was shopping with Mel.  Rudy was so happy to see me he did laps around the Moho and would run across my lap each time, he was funny.  Diane returned just as Lynn posted that Rick's hip replacement went well and he was recovering.  

   Tuesday we shopped, swapped out stuff at the storage unit and made plans to go up north on Wednesday for hunting.  The more we thought about we decided it is best to keep the camper here in Dillsburg until the slide out motor is fixed.  We were afraid it would crap out and we would be stuck in Westfield for a long time.  But we went to bed planning to leave Wednesday morning.

   25th November Brad's Birthday

Wednesday morning while having coffee we made the choice to keep the camper here, so now it's time to change gears.  Back to the storage unit and undue what we did yesterday a whole bunch of calls to be made.  Had to cancel the reservations up north, check on staying here,  call Ben, Lorin, call Mel to borrow a car, plan meals and generally change all are plans for the next week.  But here we are Thanksgiving tomorrow with Chris and her family, Shane and Morgan and Diane and I.  Lorin and I will leave Friday morning to head to the cabin.  Finally found a mobile repair guy that is healthy and can come over after Thanksgiving. OH YEA!  And he works with our warranty company. Oh double Yea.  Hopefully we will be able to make a plan to head south soon.

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A week of Hunting

 Saturday 7 November 2020

    The day started out like any other day of hunting up at 4:30 to my stand by 6:00 and then wait until 9 or 10 to come in.  But today I was bored and texted Diane to tell her that, she said come on in and we will have a cooked breakfast.  Sounded good to me I said and started to pack up my gear.  I wasn't even on the ground when she texted back no breakfast we were going to the laundromat Rudy got sick threw up on the bed soaked down to mattress pad.  So instead of a cooked breakfast we had cereal.  Diane went to wash all the bed clothes Rudy and I rested.  By the time Diane returned it was time for the evening hunt up to my tree at 2:30 watch for deer until 5:15  Diane would pick me up and and have a sippy cup of wine for which made it all worth while.

Sunday 8 November 2020

   No hunting today breakfast on the grill then we headed over to Norman's hill to do some scouting  for rifle season.  A few nice rubs but really not a lot of deer sign.  Into Westfield for mushrooms to go with our steaks.  Back to the camper started a fire and settled in for the night.  The weather continues be very warm highs in the 70's every day.

Monday 9 November 2020

   Back to hunting up at 4:30 in at 9:30 out at 2:30 in at 5:15 didn't see a thing.

Tuesday 10 November 2020

   Same as yesterday except I missed a really big buck just got to excited.

Wednesday 11 November 2020

   Rain this morning so after breakfast we headed to Wellsboro ran a few errands had lunch at Tony's pizza place.  Around 3 the rain quit so I went out for the evening hunt.  Nothing

Thursday 12 November 2020

   The sunny nice weather has come to an end and we are back to normal 45 degrees cloudy with a lite breeze. I keep thinking about why I missed that deer on Tuesday so I picked up the bow to reenact the shot and notice the scope is all fogged up and it appears to be on the inside.  Upon further examination I notice a scuff on the limb of the bow so apparently the bow limb hit the tree with enough force to break the scope, changed the trajectory of the arrow and made it miss.  It was not my fault after all.  I was froze by 8:30 but lasted until 9:30 any way.  Back out for the evening hunt while Diane we to Barbers sporting store and picked up wings from the VFW. Yum.

Friday 13 November 2020

   Big change today out at 6:00 in at 8 am, no I didn't get a deer I had to meet the septic guy at Ben's cabin at 9am.  It didn't give me much time but I made it and the outhouse is empty.  Stopped a the gun shop for a bow scope (didn't have any) stopped again for gas and finally made it back for lunch.  Out for the evening hunt (nothing) roast beef and turnips for dinner.  And that is it for this hunting trip.

  Saturday 14 November 2020

    Heading to Dillsburg today.  Just like all our travel days we started backing right after breakfast and I'll figure out why but we are always much later than we planned.  Today a perfect example it was 10:30 before we were ready or so we thought.  I was bringing in the big slide when it just stopped (OMG) tried several times before it came all the way in. Next Diane ran the check over to the office and noticed the entrance steps kept going in and out.  I was still in the parking lot stopped and they finally stopped or so I thought. I went to the gas station 10 miles away the steps going in and out the whole time.  Filled up with fuel hooked up the truck and pulled out it was 11:45 almost noon before we were rolling.  And the steps worked just fine the rest of the trip.  Made it to Dillsburg in record time parked and hooked up by 4:15

Hunting in Tioga County

 Tuesday 3 November 2020

   Today was the much anticipated homemade beef pot pie at the Shirk house.  Diane has been cooking beef bones for 30 hours.  She gather up all the other ingredients and headed to Lynn's about 2:30 to put everything together.  I came back home cleaned up around the camper and recovering from the trip to Virginia. I hit my head hard on the edge of the slide out to the point I almost fell down.  So if I act a little funny you will know why.  I headed over at 5:30, Diane and Lynne declared it done around 6:30.  Oh boy was that good.   We all had seconds.  We talked for a while Rick is counting down the days until he gets a new hip and were on our way home by 8pm.

  Wednesday 4 November 2020

    Getting prepared for the trip to  Cole's(Tioga county) tomorrow.  Diane went to the grocery store, bank, Karen's and to Lynne's to pick up stuff we forgot last night.  We  broke down and got another storage unit to put stuff in.  So this afternoon we took our first load out of the Moho.  Wow it didn't take much to fill it up.  We thought it would be big enough that we wouldn't have to stack it from floor to ceiling but I was wrong.  We will have to redo it after hunting season is over.  

Thursday 5 November 2020

  A lovely day for a drive.  Once again we tried to leave early but it was 11:00 until we left and the first stop was the storage unit (Giant for the Moho), it was 11:30 when we left Giant.  But we were fueled up,  just one stop on the way and we parked in Middlebury Center at 3pm. After hooking up the electric I headed over to Ben's to get my tree stand.  I was back here before dark and Diane had almost everything else ready to go.  We finished cell booster antenna, tv satellite dish, and were ready for burgers on the grill by 6:30 that included time for some wine. 

Friday 6 November 2020

   Up at 4am for hunting.  I rolled out the door by 5:30 and in my stand by 6 o'clock.  Three hours later I came in for breakfast without seeing a deer.  Sausage and eggs for breakfast(Diane cooked inside).  Diane cleaned up and ran down to Peg Omar's for bologna and cheese while Rudy and I napped.  The weather here has been wonderful on the verge of record setting high.  Temp's in the 70's and lows in the 30's and herein lies the problem.  I go out in the morning long johns, heavy coat, hat and gloves and I'm froze by 8am and wet sweated by the time I get to the truck. I headed back out at 2:30 didn't see a thing until 4:30 when two buck walked by.  I was to be back at 5 so we could meet Dave and Julie for diner in Wellsboro.  I came close it was 5:15 a quick shower and we were on our way.  Diner at the Wellsboro House food was good and company was great. Diane had pan seared scallops and I had pan seared shrimp with a vegie medley both were good.  We sat and talked for a while after diner and didn't get back until after 8:30.

A whirlwind trip

 Saturday 31 October 2020

   We were full of excitement and rolled out of the campground at 10 am.  Everything was still wet this morning packing up.  I had to wipe down all the hoses, cables etc.  We tried to hurry but it still took forever.  It was a nice sunny day and we went down I95 through Washington.  It wasn't to bad just two or three back ups.  We must of stopped 5 or 6 times wrong exit for fuel, right exit for fuel, lunch, a couple of rest area breaks, and poof we were there(Walmart in South Hill) by 4pm.  The weather forecast changed and now they were calling for rain on Sunday so we unhooked and drove the last 30 miles to see the rig.  The folks were really nice and the coached looked  fairly well.  We knew the sofas had been removed but as we walked  around our feelings started to change.  The carpets really needed a good cleaning but not a big deal.  The rest of the inside looked good until we came to the refrigerator.  They have replaced it with a smaller whirlpool unit and never fixed the cabinet opening. We went for a drive, put the sides out, jacks down, ran the heater etc.  The guy starts to tell how they took care of the tires, batteries, and furnace and other things for the five plus years they had  it.  To me that means it will need tires for sure and probably all six batteries very soon.  We said our good byes and headed back to the Moho.  It was after 7, we haven't eaten anything but cheese and crackers on the way down so we had warmed up sausages and called it a night.

We tried, just couldn't
make it happen!!

Sunday 1 November 2020

   Woke up around 6:30 cooked some coffee and the rain started.  Rudy got up and I guess he had to go because he went right out in the rain.  We hooked the truck up in the rain. None the less a bowl of cereal and we were on the road at 7:30.  The only good part of overnighting at Walmart we were ready to go early no jacks, only one slide out, and no utilities to unhook.  It rained on and off (mostly on) the whole way home.  We stopped for fuel in the driving rain fueled up and then I had to zip tie the windshield wipers on.  We talked about the coach we looked at and kind of decided if  we bought it we wanted to have is professionally refurbished but we did like the Newmar style.  We arrived back in Dillsburg at 2:30 hooked everything up.  We got busy get prices for what we could(mostly guesses) and came up with want we thought was a good price.  I call Will (the owner) and although he didn't call me obscene names the price we had was way to low for him.  Tired and wore out we had dogs and beans with wine for diner and the excitement is all over.

    Just a note on about this trip.  It was our first night in Walmart,  it was ok for what we needed to do.  I don't think we need to try it again.  Give us water, electric, sewer  and we are happy campers.

Monday 2 November 2020

   Windy and I mean windy.  Tough night for sleep, the motorhome rocked and rattled all night.  Diane went to the store while I kept thinking about the Moho and should I up my offer 5 grand.  Diane came back with the groceries and I was nauseated from thinking.  I had to finish hooking up water, sewer, and satellite I was just to tired to do it last night.  I worked on setting the the satellite for hours upon hours with no luck.  The thing has been acting up so it maybe time to replace it. The good news for today Diane made meatloaf for diner. Yum.  Tomorrow  we are heading to Lynne and Rick's place for diner.