This vacation 
stuff is hard work, you know. So on Saturday we decide to take a vacation from vacation. The weather is sunny, crisp and cool. We spend most of the day at the campground which is lovely in itself, doing chores and taking several walks. I really start noticing all the dogs. People don't just have a dog, they have two and three dogs! There are little "ankle biters" as one woman with two Goldens called them but there were also a pair of Malamutes who shared space with a Pomeranian. Three dogs in a camper! Even a big one? Too much! In the late aftrnoon two women on horseback ride by. Who knows where they came from! We only venture out to get vittles for supper from a local farm market. We bought a piece of a local cow, two local Yukon Gold looking taters, and some un-local Bibb lettuce. We had a real feast. It was all so fresh and so tasty. That night we sleep well under all our blankets and even a touch of heat. We are lovin' it!
Sunday is moving day. Doesn't seem like that much work to break camp now that we don't have to do it every day. Gene has selected our "more up" camper, one he saw at a RV place near Anniston when Liz and Cory were home last month. It is a 28 ft. Springdale and while out walking he comes upon one and chats with the owner. He has found some on the internet for good prices, just last year's models. Only hang up is that it is a 5th wheel so we aslo need a truck to pull it with.....details, details.
Our new campground is not far away and we are there in two hours, including stopping for breakfast at Deb's Diner where I had a blueberry pancake the size of a medium pizza! They warned you to bring your appetite! And it came with four pieces of bacon. Heart attack city! Well the new address is nice but is not Shore Hills so Gene is pouty...that is the problem
with getting the best one first. No others quite measure up. But this place is small and quiet and well situated for exploring the coast of Penobscot Bay.
We drove over and walked around the Rockland Harbor, realizing we had been there before when we saw the old limeston kilns. Lots of beautiful boats bobbing in the sparkling water. It is 83 and so, to Gene, a heat wave. We drove on south a bit and came upon a Wal Mart where we stocked up on some provisions. Then to a Farm Market for more fresh food. Our last stop was a gourmet food store. If you need any Hazelnut, Almond or Walnut oil, I know where you can get it....at a price. How about a bag of tri color rotini for $9.75 (and not a very big bag either). Hysterical note....they carried the Graffiti Zoo chocolates made in Conyers.
And all around these harbors are most extraordinary homes. With wonderful gardens. The flowers are extravagant everywhere. The farm markets sell bunches at reasonable prices. Tomorrow we will head north up the coast and the next day south. Then we will move again, where, we do not know.
stuff is hard work, you know. So on Saturday we decide to take a vacation from vacation. The weather is sunny, crisp and cool. We spend most of the day at the campground which is lovely in itself, doing chores and taking several walks. I really start noticing all the dogs. People don't just have a dog, they have two and three dogs! There are little "ankle biters" as one woman with two Goldens called them but there were also a pair of Malamutes who shared space with a Pomeranian. Three dogs in a camper! Even a big one? Too much! In the late aftrnoon two women on horseback ride by. Who knows where they came from! We only venture out to get vittles for supper from a local farm market. We bought a piece of a local cow, two local Yukon Gold looking taters, and some un-local Bibb lettuce. We had a real feast. It was all so fresh and so tasty. That night we sleep well under all our blankets and even a touch of heat. We are lovin' it!Sunday is moving day. Doesn't seem like that much work to break camp now that we don't have to do it every day. Gene has selected our "more up" camper, one he saw at a RV place near Anniston when Liz and Cory were home last month. It is a 28 ft. Springdale and while out walking he comes upon one and chats with the owner. He has found some on the internet for good prices, just last year's models. Only hang up is that it is a 5th wheel so we aslo need a truck to pull it with.....details, details.
Our new campground is not far away and we are there in two hours, including stopping for breakfast at Deb's Diner where I had a blueberry pancake the size of a medium pizza! They warned you to bring your appetite! And it came with four pieces of bacon. Heart attack city! Well the new address is nice but is not Shore Hills so Gene is pouty...that is the problem
with getting the best one first. No others quite measure up. But this place is small and quiet and well situated for exploring the coast of Penobscot Bay.We drove over and walked around the Rockland Harbor, realizing we had been there before when we saw the old limeston kilns. Lots of beautiful boats bobbing in the sparkling water. It is 83 and so, to Gene, a heat wave. We drove on south a bit and came upon a Wal Mart where we stocked up on some provisions. Then to a Farm Market for more fresh food. Our last stop was a gourmet food store. If you need any Hazelnut, Almond or Walnut oil, I know where you can get it....at a price. How about a bag of tri color rotini for $9.75 (and not a very big bag either). Hysterical note....they carried the Graffiti Zoo chocolates made in Conyers.
And all around these harbors are most extraordinary homes. With wonderful gardens. The flowers are extravagant everywhere. The farm markets sell bunches at reasonable prices. Tomorrow we will head north up the coast and the next day south. Then we will move again, where, we do not know.
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