8/31/14 - Second post - I left my sister's house around 10:40am from Waterloo, New York to Manheim, Pennsylvania.  I knew I had about a 6 1/2 hour drive. My  nephew and I unhooked things from the RV and hooked up the car all in the rain.  The first half was mostly in the rain.  I stopped at a Pennsylvania Welcome Center for lunch and out the back there was beautiful scenery but it was sprinkling a little so could not stay out very long.  I have attached a picture:

Taken just across the border from New York

After the rain stopped I was driving in the mountains and then it got windy so I had to slow down.  After while I had sunshine and no wind.  I was suppose to call my nephew-in-law when I got to Harrisburg, PA but found myself on the other side of Harrisburg so stopped at a Wendy's and called Antony and got directions to his house.  He decided that I should stop off at a gas station and wait for him since we needed to take the car off at a church parking lot since I would have to back into his driveway.  That all happened and I am safely parked in his driveway surrounded by a lot of woods.  It is really pretty here.  

I went from a cool and rainy New York where I had a little heater running in the mornings to 85 degrees and very humid so tonight am running a fan.  It is really cooling me down so I will be quite comfortable.

8/31/14 - On 8/29 my sister had to get up very early and when she returned we quickly made sauerkraut and spare ribs in the crock pot for dinner.  I then convinced her to take a nap and I did some cleaning in the RV.  We also delivered some canned peaches to son-in-law for her daughter.  She then had errands to run that would make her return very late so I finished dinner for six of us.  When she returned we had cleaned up the kitchen so she ate some dinner and then we played games.  On 8/30, eight of us went to a huge flea market.  It was very interesting and had everything imaginable. Sadly, I ended up buying a lot of food.  I got fudge, whoopie pies and a shoo fly pie so of course on my way down to another niece's house I would have some snacks.

The RV sitting at my sister's house in Waterloo, New York:

8/28/14 - Yesterday I spent the day with a nephew and his family on a dairy farm.  It was very interesting.  I even experience a milk parlor and feeding calves.  Have attached a picture of a 4 day old calf:

My sister has he cutest little dog named Teddy and he is so friendly:

His name is Teddy!

Today my sister and I took it easier and visited a church school and did some grocery shopping.  this evening we met up with two nephews and my sister and her husband and had dinner at Chili's.  We had a very nice time.

8/26/14 - On 8/23/14, I went with my sister to a huge amish auction and they had everything imaginable.  I have attached a picture of horses that were up for auction:

Big black work horses for sale

On Monday 8/25 - I helped my sister work 24 dozen ears of corn to put in the freezer.  Today, I helped my sister and her daughter work 58 dozen ears of corn for the freezer for my niece's family and I have attached a picture of my sister and a granddaughter:

8/23/14 - On 8/22/14 I had planned to leave Croghan, New York at 2:30pm but due to a down pour of rain I was not able to hook up the car until about 3:00pm.  After a break in the rain, I started out for Waterloo, New York.  Soon after I left, it started to rain off and on most of the way down. I did stop off at a truck stop for a break and arrived safely in Waterloo at 6:45pm.  I will now stay with my sister and her husband until Sunday August 31st.

I have attached a picture of the RV sitting at my sister's house in Croghan, New York.

8/21/14 - On 8/18, Charity (niece), Virginia (niece-in-law), Rosie (great niece) when to an American Maple Museum in Croghan, New York.  It was really interesting on how they obtain maple syrup from the trees and get to into the bottles to sell.  There was a lot of history and lots of artifacts.  We stopped and had ice cream at a local shop.  On 8/19, Ruthie, (sister), Virginia and Rosie and I went to a country store where Charity works part time.  Was able to go into the back of the store and observe how large productions of cookies, pies and turnovers are produced.  It was also quite interesting.  On 8/20, Charity and I went to a Mennonite Heritage Farm Museum which has preserved an old farmhouse, grainery, tool shop and milk barn.  That was really interesting since the farmstead started in the mid 1800's.

It has been quite rainy and cool here and they already have some leaves changing color as attached to this blog:

8/15/14 - I finally got my pictures to work so will try to post some of them:

                                             If you look really close, the front wheels are way
                                              off the ground.  I was really up on a hill but it
                                              worked out great.
                                

                                             
                                            Four great nephews doing some bow and arrow
                                            practice.  Also notice tilt of RV!!

Croghan, New York

8/13/14 - Left Hoosick Falls, New York at 10:30am for Croghan, New York.  I started out in light rain for half of the drive.  I took a 1/2 an hour break including fueling.  I then got nice sunshine but ended up with more wind so that slowed me down.  The GPS took me through many of the back roads instead of the main highway so that took some time as well.  I was suppose to get to a Walmart and then call my sister but instead I ended up in her little town of Croghan and then called and asked her for directions to her house.  I got to her house about 3:15pm.  We unhooked the car and decided where to park the RV and I got I didn't even need to level the RV.  Had dinner with my sister and her family and now am getting ready to call it an evening.  I still am unable to transfer the pictures but will keep trying.

8/12/14 - On 8/10/14, went to church and they had a luncheon because of many visitors.  Late afternoon, my nephew-in-law went to Croghan, New York so my niece invited a friend and her three kids over for a cook out.  We built a wood fire and roasted hot dogs.  It was a very nice evening.  When she left we played games until very late but had a great time.

8/11/14 - We did laundry, went to Norman's window shop and he kindly agreed to repair a drawer that fell apart in the RV.  We ran some errands and called it an earlier evening since it had been very late the night before.  I called my sister and decided to stay one more day because the family planned to visit a bird rescue place and another nephew and his family were meeting us there and then coming back here for dinner.

8/12/14 - The drawer got repair, we made dinner, went to the bird rescue place and met my nephew Jeremy and his family.  It was quite interesting but rather run down so I was a little disappointed.  Came back to the house, had dinner and then decided to built another fire and have s'mores which was great.  Suppose to rain tonight and tomorrow but am hoping to leave for my sister's house around 10:00am.  I have about 4 1/2 hours to her house.

Sorry, I can't get my pictures to cooperate so will have to be later.

Hoosick Falls, New York

8/9/14 - Yesterday 8/8, I left Norton, Massachusetts around 2:00pm and headed for Hoosick Falls, New York. The Massachusetts turnpike was kinda busy off and on so took me a little longer.   I met up with my nephew in Canaan, New York since he had a registration for me to put on my windshield.  I then did a quick e-mail and took off for Hoosick Falls  Route 22 was really, really rough and everything rattled and shifted.  I was only able to drive 30 to 35mph and it told me I had 23 miles of this stuff.  Whenever possible, I would pull over so cars could pass me.  17 miles later, I finally had nice road.  I then followed the GPS which then took me pass my niece's house and so learned that there was no place to pull over or turn around. I finally found a small road to the right and had a pick up truck following me. I would slow down to see if I could find a place to turn around but there was nothing and this little road was very hilly and very curvy.  I finally got to the end of it and saw a place to turn around when I learned my nephew-in-law was behind me.  He then told me of a better way to get to his house and I follow him.   They will in a very hilly area so when I post the picture of the RV, one will be able to see it.  I have to use my two step ladder to even get into the RV because the front is so high!!  But things are working and I am settled in for a couple of days.

Today, I babysat 6 children ranging from ages of 4 to 12 because there was a big wedding in the area.  I got introduced to alot of farm animals and we played a lot of games but everything went really well.

8/7/14 - Marilynn and I drove to Wellesley (a suburb of Boston) to meet Devan and her son Miles.  Devan and I worked together at San Diego Internal Medicine and she and her husband moved to Cambridge since he is at Harvard getting his Masters in Business.  We had a great lunch and wonderful time with both of them.

                                                      Devan and Miles with ice cream

                                                     Devan, Miles and myself

8/7/14 - On Monday, 8/4/14, we went to a farm stand and got two dozen ears of corn and then in the afternoon, I helped with cutting the corn and later bagging it and getting ready for the freezer.  We grilled chicken outside for dinner.  On Tuesday, (8/5) we went and got a lot of information from AAA including a new atlas and maps.  Later that afternoon, I got my hair cut to get rid of the long strands.  We had hamburgers for dinner.  On 8/6, we went to Cape Cod and visited a wonderful Heritage Museum that included an exhibit of old cars, lots and lots of different plants, flowers and trees.  The grounds were beautiful.  They had an traveling exhibit of an artist that carves huge insects out of trees.  It was really interesting.  They also had a traveling exhibit of wicked plants which if not processed correctly were actually very toxic.  It was very interesting.  We experienced a downpour so had to wait things out of a minute and then got a golf cart ride back to the main entrance.  Later, we went to a smokehouse restaurant for dinner and it was very good.

                                               A wood carved insect and Marilynn and I

8/7/14 - Attached is a picture from the campground at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

                                                       Settled in at the campground

                                                              My dear friend, Marilynn

Norton, Massachusetts

8/7/14 - Before I write I will send the picture of where the RV has been parked for the past week and half.           

                               Sorry, not sure what is happening but I absolutely can't rotate this picture.

8/3/14 - Marilynn and I left at 10:45am from Old Orchard Beach, Maine and headed for Norton, Massachusetts.  We had a good trip back and once again, I am parked in their driveway until 8/8/14.  I will post a picture tomorrow regarding the Norton location.

8/2/14 - Today was a very relaxing day for both of us.  We took a shuttle which was 50 cents each way from the RV park to the beach.  We put down some blankets, put on sweatshirts and watch people and the waves.  We decided to go for a walk along the beach and Marilynn put her feet in the water and I put my index finger in the water!  Back to the blankets and had some crackers and pretzels.  We later decided to walk the pier because it had a lots of shops.  We also walked the main street with a lot of shops.  We share an order of onion rings and later found a homemade ice cream shop so had to have some of that.  We went back to the RV park via shuttle.  We decided we needed some things from Rite Aid so got our items and then we took a little ride to the other side of town.  We found some wood that was cheaper than in the RV park so got two bundles and back to the park.  We started a fire, had a glass of wine.  It was very relaxing.  Watch the sun go down, watched other people in the park and then we decided to put our chairs and table away since we will be leaving in the morning.  We have gotten a few things together so it should not take a real long time to get the RV ready for travel.

8/1/14 - Third Post.  Today, we did a tour of a marsh land that is a refuge for birds and fish in Scarbrough, Maine. It was very interesting.  We stopped at a candy shop that had a full size moose made out of chocolate with two little bears.  They tell us that the moose weighs over 1700 pounds!!  Of course, I had to buy some chocolate.  We then drove to Portland, Maine and found the Casco Bay and it was a beautiful day to just sit and enjoy the scenery.  We came back to the campground, made a fire in the fire pit, had a glass of wine, met new neighbors that came for the weekend and then I had left overs for dinner.

                                                                   Casco Bay

8/1/14 - Second Post.  The picture attached is St. Anne's Church.  It is a beautiful little church.

                                            George Bush attends this church

I am also attaching pictures of the park that Marilynn and I have been staying.

                                                Old Orchard Beach RV Park (Maine)

8/1/14 - I had planned to blog last night but we got home a little late and I was tired from a full day of touring.  Marilynn and I went to Kennebunkport for the day.  Marilynn has been so good about driving so I can see the sights which is wonderful.  We did a tour of the Perkins House (owned by a sea merchant), then walked around the town a little, got a hot dog and then we started walking to the place we were suppose to pick up a lobster tour boat.  We walked and walked and walked and the closer we got the more it appear that it was going to rain.  We then got to the place and it started to rain really hard.  We found shelter under a gazebo and called to see if they were really sailing.  They informed us that the radar indicated the rain would pass over in 1/2 hour and we would be sailing.  We did leave then but another system started to appear so they cut the tour short and reduced the price of the tickets.  We still got to see alot of lobster traps and got lots of information on lobsters.  I have attached a picture.

                                           The tour boat at the end of the pier

Our lesson on the life of the lobster

                                             The George Bush Compound.  Could not get
                                              closer