No reason for an early rise this morning so we just took our time getting up.  A bit of surprise to find the temperature in the low 60’s which put a chill in the air.  Don’t get me wrong it felt really good.  Add to that the fact that the humidity seems to have broken.  All in all a nice start to the day.

Our morning was an easy one.  Breakfast was my favorite which is cheese potatoes plus something new, some really nice pieces of cantaloupe.  Add to it to a glass of orange juice and a couple of cups of coffee.  Taken together absolutely delicious and tummy filling.  Barbara had her usual  breakfast staple, yup, you guessed it, oatmeal with chocolate chips!

The rest of the morning I spent reading a magazine I just received.  I like to go through them immediately.  I then make a note of an article, product, campground or whatever that interests me and then I toss the magazine.  Can’t afford to clutter Graybeard up with past issues of magazines read.  After that I turned to a mystery novel that I started the other day.  Even though I was able to get through a couple of chapters I still have a way to go.

Barbara, on the other hand, spent the morning taking care of odds and ends in the kitchen.  Clean up from last night.  Putting dishes away.  And in general just straightening things up all around.

By now it was time to move out.  We were going over to my sisters for the rest of the day.  She has opened up her house, and even better her shower to us so that we don’t have to worry about filling up the gray tank in Graybeard.  Ah, a nice hot shower and no need to worry about filling up the gray tank.  Fantastic!

All cleaned up and spiffy, the four of us headed out to do some sightseeing.  Our stop today?  The Little Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania which was on Barbara’s bucket list of things to see.The 47-mile-long, 1,000-foot-deep Gorge winds its way through a vast wilderness landscape of breathtaking beauty. The Canyon is surrounded by 165,000 acres of Pennsylvania State forestland, leaving an unspoiled view

as far as the eye can see. Two State Parks offer stunning views of the Canyon and hiking trails from which one can descend into the Canyon or discover secluded overlooks along the Canyon rim. The area is so gorgeous and pristine that the 12-mile section near Wellsboro was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1968.

Leonard Harrison State Park and Colton Point State Park perch on opposite sides of the canyon. Both parks offer hiking trails and camping facilities. We chose to go to the lookout at Colton Point State Park.  The 368-acre Colton Point State Park resonates with the rustic charm of the Civilian Conservation Corps era of the 1930s. The rugged overlooks offer great views of the canyon. The Colton Point Park side also offers hiking trails. The Turkey Path into the Canyon from Colton Point is 1.5 miles down and passes a 70-foot waterfall.   Here we are at the overlook.

Mission accomplished we headed back to my sister’s house before heading out again for supper.  They have a favorite tavern they often go to called the Duncan Tavern.  The tavern is in the former coal mining town of Antrim, PA.  Here’s a little history.

 

Supper was delicious and this is definitely a place I would return to in the future.  Lucky me, I was able to bring some of supper home for lunch tomorrow, just too much to eat at one time.

That was our day.  Perfect in all ways especially since we once again were able to spend time with my sister and her husband.  Cindy joked later in the evening when we were sitting and sharing “We’ve probably seen more of each other in the last month or so than we have in 10 years!”  Trust me, neither of us is complaining.  It’s great.

Thanks again for joining us for the day.  Hopefully, your day was just as great.  As I leave you for the night, I leave you with this to ponder:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before

 

Up and at it this morning since we had shopping to do.  We needed to get into Wellsboro to pick up odds and ends and some supplies for tonight’s supper.  Of course, since there was also a McDonalds close to where we were going we knew where we were headed for breakfast.  What can I say I like the Steak, Egg and Cheese Bagel.

Everyone in the car – we’re not allowed to leave Marti alone in Graybeard – and we were on the road.  Soon enough we were at McDonalds and everyone, and I mean everyone, got something they liked for breakfast.  Tummies full, it was now time to go shopping.

We headed off to Dollar General and the Weis Supermarket.  Two stops, maybe an hour total and our shopping was done and it was time to head for home.  Of course, we no more than arrived home and I heard from the kitchen I don’t believe I forgot that.  This time Barbara flew solo for the items she had forgotten earlier.

Barbara spent the day in the kitchen preparing for tonight’s supper.  It was our turn to feed the troops.  While she did her thing I began to make plans for 2019.  I now have a preliminary list of states that we’ll probably be going to.  We both have to sit down now and hash things out and decide where in each state we really want to go.  If all goes according to plan, we’ll more than likely spend 2019 in the mid part of the country.

Soon enough my sister Cindy and her husband Charlie arrived for supper.  I can’t say it enough, this is truly  one of the highlights of this trip and that is getting to spend time with them.  They are truly two of God’s beautiful people.  I cherish the time we get to spend together.

So we all gathered at the picnic table for a supper of chicken cutlets, home made macaroni salad, topped off with a special cake that Barbara made for dessert.  The weather was perfect and the bugs stayed away.  Marti even decided to behave, sort of.  Life is grand.

Then my sister got to work – yea Cindy!  She had brought her steam cleaning machine for the rugs from home and went through Graybeard from front to back.  What a difference it made.  You can really see it this morning.  So our home is all spiffy and clean and looks like a million dollars.

So we had another fantastic day in every way, shape and form.  Great food, time with family, and perfect weather.  Thanks for joining us again.  Hopefully you had just as great a day.  Before I go as always I want to leave you with something to think about:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before

Oh, Wow! I awoke this morning still stuffed from last night’s supper.  It was an early morning for me, for no other reason than I just could not sleep.  In addition, it rained so hard I, honestly, thought that it was hail at first.  Put it all together I wasn’t going to get back to sleep.  So I did what comes naturally I started tinkering with Graybeard.

First order of business was to try to reset the automatic leveling jacks.  I made sure Graybeard was dead level then I reset the computer for the jacks.  Next, I brought the jacks back up and then tried to auto level once again.  Still no go.   However, I can manually level Graybeard so I’m still a happy camper.

Moving on I decided to try to make my peace with the patio awning.  I believe we’ve finally come to an agreement.  I remember to do what needs to be done in the proper order and the awning agreed to work without an issue.  So it did when I rolled it out this morning.  And, when I rolled it back up this evening.

Time now for breakfast.  Eggs on toast, juice, corn beef hash and a couple of cups of coffee.  Barbara had scrambled eggs.  A great breakfast that filled the tummy and satisfied the appetite.

I promised a better picture of our new home and set up so here it is full front.

Turtle, spinner, and flower are out so we are now officially home for the next 9 days.

The day itself was full of odds and ends.  Tire covers on, stake the awning down for the day, clean the inside vent screens, straighten up a bit on the inside, go over some paper work and so it went.  Nothing major just a lot of busy work.  But no complaints from me.

Supper time and it was back to my sister Cindy’s for supper.  We had an old-fashioned barbecue with hot dogs and hamburgers/cheeseburgers and home made macaroni salad – it is one of my favorites and it was delicious.  Then to top it all off, oh yea, home made lemon meringue pie!  Oh was it ever good.  When my sister offered to let me take a piece of pie home you just know I jumped at that opportunity.  Tomorrow night it is our turn to feed the troops and Barbara is already making plans for a super supper over at our home.

That was the sum total of our day.  Tomorrow we are going into Wellsboro to do some shopping.  Many years ago a friend and myself where up here on our motorcycles.  It’s a great area for riding on two wheels and we absolutely enjoyed the countryside and the roads with their twists and turns and ups and downs.  Now, I’ve traded my two wheels for six wheels and I’m perfectly happy about it.

So that’s it.  Thanks for joining us for the day.  We hope you had a great day as well.  We feel so blessed to be living this nomadic lifestyle and enjoying this great country of ours.  Top it off with time with family and life doesn’t get much better than that.  So I’m going to leave you now as always with something to think about:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before

 

 

We awoke this morning with a purpose and a mission to accomplish.  Not only where we moving to a new home, we also had an appointment at State Line Camping Center for a necessary repair to Graybeard.  So we were up and at it at an early hour, at least for us.  Breakfast would be somewhere at a diner somewhere after we dropped Graybeard off.

On the road by 9 am, we headed south.  It wasn’t a bad ride at all and within the hour we were at our first stop, State Line Camping Center.

Time to have the transfer switch replaced.  It started making a really loud humming noise about a week ago,  Not good.  I can’t say enough good things about these guys.

 

They had a full schedule of repairs but when I explained last week that this was our home, that we were passing through, they cleared their schedule in order to get us in.  The first problem they ran into was that the model of the transfer switch that was currently installed was no longer available.  But they were able to get the replacement for it.  However, in order to install it they had to run new wires from the generator to the switch.  So it was not a simple one out and one in.  As for the old one they explained that we had caught it just in time.  Left alone it would have eventually gone out who knows where – probably in the middle of nowhere with no place to have it replaced.  Thank you good Lord.

OK, a few hours later repairs were finished, we topped off our propane tank and were back on the road headed to our new home.  The nice thing was it was less than 45 minutes from the camping center.  So in due time we arrived at our new home.  What

threw me at first is the distance that the campground is from the main road.  I was wondering where in the world are we going.  But the campground, of course, is there!  And here is our new home, not the best picture but tomorrow I’ll take another one.

We have a concrete pad, reasonable level, utilities are conveniently located – no sewer though.  There is also great separation between sites and grass all around and a few trees here and there.  It is really a neat site for the next 8 days.  Here is the view out the front.  It’s really sweet when the sun is shining but even with the clouds it is fantastic.

Of course, the day could not go by without a little drama.  They say everyone has their nemesis in their lives and mine is the patio awning.  That darn thing just loves to taunt me and it does it’s best to get under my skin.  Oh, I got it out without an issue but then with the threat of strong winds coming through I decided since we were going out it would be best to put it away.  Wrong!  I always seem to forget one step and end up getting it jammed.  No different this time.  I got it jammed half in and half out and the rain was beginning to fall.  Then – bam – it sprung free and rolled up just like that.  Bottom line I was able to correct my mistake, fix what I broke and it once again works like a charm.  I believe I need to print out a checklist for rolling it out and rolling it up.

We then left Graybeard and headed to my sister Cindy’s for supper.  She and Charlie live only 20 minutes from the campground.  We’re so thankful she had us over for supper it made things so much easier for us.  What a meal she had for us:  pot roast, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, and some really nice wine.   After supper we spent time just gabbing and planning the week out, who was cooking when and what and so on and so forth.  Oh, and we also got to take some really long, hot showers.  It was the perfect end to the day.

That was our day.  A little of this and a little of that.  Overall it was another great day from beginning to end.  Yea, the wallet is a bit lighter today, me and the patio awning made up, and the day ended with a great visit with my sister and her husband.  What more could one ask for?  And as always we did it together, traveling along, hand in had, singing our song.  Thanks for joining us and until tomorrow another thought for all of us to ponder:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before