Life Renewed

Yes, I have been somewhat verbose of late.  That's what happens when we aren't planted in the same place for an extended period of time......I actually have something of note to blog about! With the need for an abrupt change in our itinerary over the past week, we found ourselves spending a week in Kutztown, PA, instead of the Campground from Hell that I discussed in my last posting.   We were supposed to head to Lancaster, PA today, but decided that our overpriced and underwhelming back-up last week needed to be a short stay, and the campground in Lancaster would have been a similar nightmare as the Campground from Hell, so Tim found a decent replacement campground in Kutztown.   We’ve been here since 9/17, and it’s been a good substitute.   Reasonably priced and quiet thus far….however, the weekend warriors have been checking in all day, and it’s like a dog kennel.   Everybody has a dog, and they all insist on saying hello or guarding their campsite! ...

As the title might suggest, we harvested a rather large bushel of lemons during our travel day on Thursday.   All started well, and after an uneventful trip from Lake George to Marshalls Creek, PA, we arrived and immediately began to pick those lemons. The campsite we were assigned was a back-in site rather than the pull-through we requested.   It was short – long enough to accommodate the rig, but not open the ramp to get the bike out.   Tim dropped the ramp before attempting to back in and parked the bike on an adjacent site.   After a few attempts, we realized it was futile due to the overwhelming number of trees growing close to the access to the site.   They bowed over the road, which made it an extreme hazard to the roof of the 5er.   First site was a no-go. Tim walked back to the office and informed them that the site was unsuitable due to the size/height of our rig, and they assigned another close by, the only other one that would be av...

Our life on the road finally began in earnest on September 10 th , when we packed up the 5er, hitched up to the truck, strapped in the motorcycle, and pulled out of our summer campground home in Randolph Center, VT.    (sorry Willie, not your version!)   Prior to that, we had a nice afternoon on the 9 th with Tim Jr., Katy, Lucy, and Abe, followed up by dinner out, and then a farewell Creemee.   And then came the ugly crying (that I knew would happen).   Sigh……….I want so very much to just preserve this past summer in time and relive every moment with the kids.   Since that’s not possible, there are dozens of pictures and videos to revisit to bring all that back.   And, we’ll have our video chats to keep in touch weekly.   Those will definitely help fill that void. We also found the perfect travelling mascot to take with us, to take pictures of our various visits to tourist-y spots, and then send to the littles.   It’s a small (...

We are down to our final week here in Vermont - this time next week, we'll be set up in Lake George, NY for four days.  We will finally be mobile, after being planted here for over two months.  And, that is, after all, why we decided to buy a tiny home on wheels - so we could hit the road and travel.  We have been looking forward to this for a long time, and we will at last be able to scratch that "hitch itch" seasoned RVers talk about. So, you're probably wondering what's with the blog title, right?  The thing that has been weighing on my heart heavily, ever since we first learned that we were going to be grandparents, has been the knowledge that we would have to bid our precious grandchildren goodbye when we pack up and go for the Fall journey southward.  Today, we had our first experience at that. Lauren and Penny came up for the weekend to visit, and saying goodbye to that sweet, adorable face was the hardest thing I've had to do throughout this process....