Hello Everyone,
We just enjoyed a great couple of days at Rob’s and spent time with the grandchildren and his family. All in all, a great way to end our trip! The kids are getting so big! They were fascinated with the camper and learned all about our home away from home...
The farm has a new addition; two new goats called Huck and Finn and they are adorable! The little ones showed them to us and we fed them some raisins which they thoroughly enjoyed. Now they have ducks, guinea fowl, chickens, turkeys, goats, rabbits, cats and dogs. These kids have their very own petting zoo at their house!
We got there Friday and after setting up camp we came to the house to have a quick visit. Then everyone went to bed to rest up for a very busy next day. After a long day we decided to have a bite to eat at the restaurant by the lake which we could walk to from the campground. They were having a special for that night, spaghetti! It sure is different in the country because the bill for the two of us came to $14.81, and that’s with a glass of wine!!
We picked up the kids at 10 am and brought them down to the lake where we spent time making sandcastles and moats and practiced fishing. The water was clear and wonderful and we all enjoyed cooling off in it. Maia is getting so good at swimming!! Next, we took the kids to the camper which was a short walk down a hill to the campground. They got to explore the camper and we all made plans to have them use the bunk beds on a future trip. They were very excited by the idea... We took them back home where we played and enjoyed making pizza together for dinner. Afterwards the kids and Ron and I went to Rob’s shop where he was working on a customer’s bowling ball. Rob has developed quite the sideline business and is getting quite a few customers. The equipment in his Pro Shop is impressive and he gave Ron and I a demonstration of how it is used. The kids were helping Daddy with his work by spraying the water on the bowling balls as they were being refinished.
After getting home and passing out (playing with grandkids will do that to you) we made plans for a quick visit in the morning. Rob brought all 3 kids over midmorning where they showed off their knowledge of the camper to their father :) After a quick walk to the beach and the gazebo it was time to close up the camper and get ready to roll. The little ones were fascinated by the way the camper closed up for driving....
All too soon, it was time to say our goodbyes... Thankfully, we will be seeing them again in a few months for the holidays.
We are now about an hour away and we’ll be home in Albany where we’ll be very busy unloading and cleaning up the camper. It’ll be sitting in the driveway for a bit until it’s next adventure in 2 weeks to Cape Cod!
We got home 4 1/2 hours ago and have been going since we pulled up to the house... We’re exhausted but VERY HAPPY to be back home! The house is in great shape thankfully, and no incidents! It seems so big after being in the camper for 2 months! The only issue when we arrived was that my car battery was dead in the garage, so we had to wait to move the camper into the driveway until the battery was recharged and we could move my car out.... It was pouring rain for the last few hours which was inconvenient for unloading but I really didn’t mind. Actually, I felt really grateful that for our whole trip, we had fabulous weather which is amazing considering that we were gone for 2 months! I can’t believe that we didn’t get caught in any of those severe storms that kept skirting around us while we were pulling the camper or out hiking...
This trip was the most amazing experience of my life and I am extremely grateful for having had the opportunity to go on it with Ron. As I’ve started to review some of the photos I can’t believe what we were able to see in such a relatively short space of time; memories that will last a lifetime....
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