Monthly Archives: October 2012
I’m So Proud . . .
Our granddaughter Piper sent this photo over this evening. And that’s a .357 Magnum she’s shooting.
Also shot a .38 and a .45.
Of course it runs in the family. Here’s Jan with her Tommy gun in Las Vegas in 2010.
We are definitely going shooting when we get back to Houston.
Nick said “A beautiful girl with a handgun. Be still my heart”.
This morning was off to a great start with some of Miss Terry’s delicious cinnamon rolls, even though outside it was dreary and overcast. But hopefully the rain would hold off since we’d scheduled some sightseeing over in the Lancaster area.
We all headed about 11 with our first stop for some banking in Lancaster, and then it was on to Bird-In-Hand. Our first stop was at the J & R Country Market where we came home with a new family member, at least a new member of our moose family.
We hope he’ll feel right at home with all his new friends.
Terry and Jan also checked the loom and quilt store next door before we headed further into town and ended up at the The Old Village Store.
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Partly an old time hardware store, a quilt store, and a produce market. A neat place to wander around in.
After Jan and I grabbed a snack next door, we caught up with Nick and Terry at the Bird-In-Hand Farmers Market across the street.
Housing about 30 separate vendors, selling everything from smoked meats and cheeses, to quilts and handmade baskets, to homemade fudge and caramel corn, many of the stands were Amish owned and operated. Jan and I bought some pumpkin spiced coffee beans from one such couple.
Leaving the market, we drove out into the country through Intercourse, heading for Blue Ball (no comment), and passing quite a few Amish buggies.
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One of the signs of an Amish household is a full clothesline.
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We also came across an apple orchard consisting of these dwarf trees.
At least the apples are full-sized. I guess their small size makes for easier picking.
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A little later we ended up in East Earl at the Shady Maple Smorgasbord.
Nick and Terry had been here several times before, but this was our first time. And it was very good. According to their website they have over 200 feet of buffet tables and I believe it.
Tonight was prime rib night, one of my favorites. And every thing else was good too.
So after stuffing ourselves, we waddled out to the car and headed home, but with a stop-over at the Lowe’s in Palmyra so Nick could pick up some boards to help get them level after all the rain we’ve been having.
Tomorrow will probably be another stay-at-home day.
Nice.
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Thought for the Day:
Recently, when a celebrity was asked how he got caught up in a prostitution scandal when he had women chasing him, he said
"You aren’t paying for the sex. You’re paying for them to leave."
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Rain and Pie . . .
Apparently we’re not fulltime RV’ers, we’re "vehicularly-housed individuals." Check out this article about RV’ers living on the streets of San Francisco.
It started raining early this morning and continued pretty much all day. One good thing is that I think I’ve figured out where my leak around the slide is coming from. I leveled a little differently this time and my slide ended up on the high side causing the rain to flow in around the seals. So I re-leveled and it appears to have taken care of the problem.
I hope.
About noon I went down to the ranger station to pick up a Priority Mail package that had come in for me. It had come in yesterday, but when I tried to pick it up then, the ranger office was closed.
It turned out to be from Daryl Lawrence of Lawrence RV Accessories providing his usual great support. I had emailed him on Friday to tell him I needed a new 12v charger for my TireTraker Tire Pressure Monitoring System. The old one had started blowing the fuse on any 12v socket it was plugged into, so I needed another one. And Daryl really came through.
Besides the TireTraker TPMS, Daryl also sells the Progressive EMS (Electrical Management System) which is a must-have for every RV’er. My Progressive has saved my rear-end several times, once as recently as last week when we got to this park and found a defective circuit breaker in our pedestal.
If you don’t have one, get one.
After a lunch of cheese toast, we topped it off with a slice of the delicious pumpkin pie we brought home from Funck’s Family Restaurant last night. Then it was back to cleaning and sorting through stuff, and bagging it up to throw out.
Nick called about 2:30 to say he was feeling a little under the weather and that we were on our own for dinner. So about 5 we headed out to Hershey’s East End Restaurant. The online reviews were really good, and so was the restaurant. Nice décor, and really great food.
Jan had Fettuccini Alfredo with Shrimp and I had the Spaghetti and Meatballs, both very good, and the servings were big enough to have great leftovers to take home.
When we got home Nick came over to say he was feeling a little better, and would probably feel like sightseeing tomorrow.
Sounds great!
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Thought for the Day:
Sometimes I think the purpose of my life is just to serve as a bad example for others.
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