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.  

Boring, Rainy, Cold 6 days

 Sunday 25 October 2020

   As the title implies today was rainy.  Laundry, cleaning and just yucky.   Diane made chicken in the oven just to help warm up the camper.  As everyone with a camper knows it is hard to warm them up on days like this.  

Monday 26 October 2020

   Still cold and cloudy.  Diane cooked breakfast 'inside' once again to ugly to cook outside.  She did manage to steam up the front window pretty good so we dug out our small heater/fan and put it up by the windshield, cleared it right up.  We worked on sorting and organizing our newly started coin collection.  After several hour of 'can you read this date' and 'is that a mint mark' we had to give it up.  A quick trip to butcher shop and for excitement we had wings from the VFW.

Tuesday 27 October 2020

   What an exciting day we had today.  First thing this morning it was laundry and grocery store.  Then we kicked it up a notch.  Lunch at Bone Fish, over to Sportsman Warehouse, then JC Penny mostly to walk the mall and lastly not to be out done by the mall was a stop at the wine store.  Back to the Moho ordered me a new hunting coat before warming up the camper cooking sausage and fried potatoes.  Diane is on a roll cooking inside. Next she will want to head south to warmer weather.

Wednesday 28 October 2020

   Today was so boring we can't remember doing anything.  We diligently studied dental plans for the up coming open season, after several hours and a couple of calls to the "HELP" line we just gave up.  Next was a trip to the storage unit.  Diane dropped me off and picked up a chicken cheese steak from Al's.   We ate using the tailgate for our table.  We do know how to live it up.  After a couple of hours trying to reorganize it to make more room we gave up stuffed everything back in and went home.  Diane couldn't take cooking inside again so I bundled up and made burgers on the grill.

Thursday 29 October 2020

   Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse it did.  Today was a all day cold windy rainy miserable day.  Rudy didn't go out until after lunch and then he took one step peed and came back in. 

More food then
one person needs!!

We played computer games, eventually switched to Mexican Train and that was fun.  The rain and wind continued all day.  We meet Shane and Morgan at El Rodeo restaurant for diner.  The food was great but for some unknown reason I ordered the Grande diner and Shane ordered the Special diner.  When they brought the food out we all laughed.  The plates were absolutely huge.  Mexican food doesn't reheat very well so I gave it my best shop to eat it all,  Shane succeeded but I failed.  The food was great and we sat and talk for quite a while.  It is always good to see them and we enjoyed the time together.  Back to the Moho Diane had a glass of wine I had a hand full of tums and laid on the sofa moaning. When I get older I'll learn not to eat so much.

   

  Friday 30 October 2020

   Woke up several times last night to the sound of hard rain on the Moho, when will this end.  The answer is today we hope.  Rudy HAD to go this morning he did not hesitate when I opened the door.  There was still a heavy mist, windy and cold but when gotta go you gotta go.  Temperature was 43 degrees and with the wind, Diane had to cook inside again this morning.  She is off to spend some much needed sister time with Lynne. I started packing up the camper and cleaning up from a week of rain and muck.  Tonight is diner with Lynne and Rick always a good time.  Tomorrow we start a new adventure of looking a new(different) Moho.  We will be headed to Clarksville Va. to look at a  2011 Newmar Dutch Star.  It is 5 feet shorter than this one and we will be giving up a lot of storage space and our half bath.  More info on next blog post.

Heading to Dillsburg

 19 October thru 22 October 2020

A cloudy day in Tioga County!

   Well, these days went by fast despite the fact it started to rain/drizzle Monday morning and continued until Wednesday evening. Eye appointments for the both of us and Diane had a dentist appointment. Thursday we headed down to Dillsburg for some family time. Diane headed to the dentist at 8:30 and I headed to the garage for inspection and service at 8:45. First a quick (or so I thought) stop at tractor supply for propane. The guy comes out, pumps the propane, I move the Moho and go inside to pay. Well if it isn't 'little miss happy as can be' gal at the register. I'm third in line and she is just a chit chatting away with one and all, this my friend is when a mask came in handy hid my facial expressions. Back on the road pulled and into the garage at 10:45 just 15 minutes late but the man was waiting on me. Rudy and I got out and the Moho went into the shop, I thought this was good. Diane pulled in around 11:30 and we went out to get some lunch. We hurried back from lunch at 1:30 thinking the Moho would be done. Apparently the mechanics also get a lunch break. We walked around the parking lot like a hundred times, sat in the truck, walked, sat etc. About 3pm I went to check things out, the mechanics are now on break. At 4 Diane left for Dillsburg to check in and get our site and believe it or not Rudy and I were rolling down the road by 4:30. We pulled in and parked by 6:30, set up and burgers on the grill by 7:30. What a lonnngggg day.

23 October 2020

   First day in Dillsburg and as normal it started with breakfast cooked on the grill, then off to the storage unit to pack more stuff away and guess what it just wouldn't all fit.  Diane ordered two storage containers and one was damaged so they shipped us two more(2+2=4) now we have 4 containers to put into a already full storage unit.  Back to the Moho lots of laundry after 4 days of no water.  We cleaned and straightened up a light lunch and off to Lynne and Rick's for dinner and mail.  We had a great time crab cakes and fixin's for dinner.  Rudy and Cody enjoyed each other with a couple of big runs around the yard Rudy doesn't get a lot of off leash time.   Diane kept me out late is was well after 9 until we made it home.

24 October 2020

What a Surprise  

    More work around the camper.  Diane did laundry and went to the grocery store.  I spent hours trying to get the satellite to come in.  We did finally get it working.  Before we new it is was time to head over to Beverly's 70th birthday party.  It was nice Dan had a big tent set up with sides and everything including a heater.  Bev was really surprised and excited.  The food was good the company great and once again Diane had me out way past dark.

Good-bye Ives Run, 'til the next time

 October 12 thru Oct 18 2020

Rudy enjoying
the sunshine!!

Well our time at Ives Run is over.  Boy that went by fast.  Nothing real exciting going on.  I've been hunting and Diane has been taking fall foliage pictures and cooking her little heart out.  Hunting has been less than exciting I've only seen a few deer but did get a book read.  I didn't hunt every day and we had a couple breakfasts cooked outside and even a morning fire a couple of days.  We visited with Jen and Greg a couple of days.  Their stay here was extended a few days because Molly(their dog) was not doing well. The weather has been great for the most part.  Nice sunny fall days with temps in the 60's.  We had one day of rain but it wasn't heavy and didn't last long.  We did have one morning temps dipped down to 29 degrees.  Several of our neighbors had frozen water lines but we did not.

    Saturday night Jen and Greg came down for our farewell dinner.  Just sausages on the grill with broccoli salad and Greg made homemade mac and cheese(yum).  We sat by the fire and chatted until the wee hours of the morning (8:30pm) .  Jen had to take Molly up once  it got dark, the poor dog just doesn't do well outside after dark. That was about it we went up for hugs and handshakes Sunday morning just before they pulled out.  We finished packing up our stuff and hit road at 2:50pm (check out is 3pm).  We did the 6 mile trip down to Cole's without stopping.  

   We got set up at Cole's by 4:30.  We will be here until Thursday when we head to Dillsburg for a week or so.  Need to get the Moho inspected and serviced on the way down.  The leaves are gone now just a few hillsides with any color at all left most are bear.  And we all know what is next, cold and snow.  Time to head south.

Even on the ground 
they are beautiful!!

Our first week at Ives Run

 Friday October 2 2020

   An uneventful drive to Tioga county stopped for propane and pulled into Cole's at 4:30.  When we left Dillsburg Diane went to Karn's for the pink shrimp and chicken quarters that were on sale.  They had neither.  She caught up to Rudy and I along the river so we stopped and hooked up the truck.

Saturday October 3 2020

   Just a day of relaxation before moving to Ives Run tomorrow.  

Beautiful Sunset!!

Sunday October 4 thru Sunday October 11 2020

   Our first week at Ives Run is over.  We haven't done much but have been busy the whole time.  The leaves are at peak and the weather has been great.  I have been hunting a few times seeing some doe but no buck.  We took a ride over to see Kate before she heads back down to Florida.  Another ride to check out Ben's cabin and of course with each trip was lunch some where.  A ride into Wellsboro for drugs, hair cut, wine, groceries and of course lunch.  Each trip was an event in it's self.  The foliage was beautiful and most times we took the long way home.  A couple of nights we just had hot dogs over the fire and one morning I started a fire for Diane(she been wanting a morning fire) and we ate outside.

     Jen and Greg are working here but we have had some nice visits.  Greg cooked us steaks on the grill, potatoes and green beans.  We all sat around the camp fire enjoyed a few bottles of wine before we headed down.  Rudy enjoys the visit as well he gets some much needed off leash time.  

The one restaurant we stopped at was the old Bear Track and is now Shiffity's.  We had wings, not bad. but as we left we noticed their sign and thought it needed mentioning. 

  Hopefully next post we will have some deer pictures or at least some good stories.    

As I was finishing up my walk

Brad picked me up,

a rain storm was chasing me back to camp,

but a nice rainbow!!