Mr. Bill

Well it had to happen sooner or later. Mr. Bill and his evil twin brother, Mr. Bill were at it again. They found my super special shirt from Rich and Sue and started a game of Tug-of-war. Yup, they ripped the shirt. Even during the winter these guys get into trouble. I was going to leave them in the Airstream for the winter but Sandi said they would get too cold.

It's going to be a long winter for sure.

Happy Thanksgiving

Greetings from Jonestown, PA.
This year our travels have taken us a bit South of the normal Plymouth, MA.

Sandi found this campground simply because it was open. There were a few rigs in and one gentleman, Bill who lives in his rig full time.

We have full hook-up but no cable which is a real bummer for Thanksgiving. We were hoping to catch the "Punkin Chunkin" on the Science Chanel.

We pretty much had the place to ourselves except for the five or more kittens. As seen, they would follow us around.

They were all cute.
Thanksgiving morning just the two of us. Nice and warm in our Airstream.
Starting my traditional pork stuffing. Thanksgiving would never be right without it. Passed down from my Grandmother. I hope someday Sara continues the tradition.
The one thing we have yet to do is to get some fancy table ware for Thanksgiving.

Sandi and I meet up with the Cape Cod Unit of WBCCI at the Charlie Brown Campground in upstate Connecticut for the weekend and had a wonderful time with some old friends we don't get to see too often. The theme of the rally was family roots and heritage, hence all the great flags we were flying!

Of course one of the many great aspects of a rally is the food at happy hour and the gathering of friends old and new. In this case we knew most everyone and it was great to see them all.

Our friend Bob (on the right) did all the dinner food cooking and wouldn't allow anyone else to help. He out did himself as always and there was plenty of great food for all.

A view from the top of the ridge line we were hiking. This is the Delaware Water Gap Valley.

One of the named falls towards the top of the water shed. Wedding Veil Falls.

We had stopped at Bushkill Falls two years ago and it was so crowded that we we didn't stay. This time around it was perfect. Very few folks there and we were able to enjoy the natural beauty of the falls. They have so many wonderful walkways around the falls, not only do they preserve the natural surroundings but fit in so well.

Yes, as proof of the fact that Sandi does travel with her husband, me. It's not too often someone catches a shot of me.

A shot taken from one of the walkways across the gorge just past the last of the falls.

The Main Fall, which is the last of a wonderful series of falls. We had taken the red trail which traveled the entire route up one side of the ridge and then down on the other side. A total of 2.5 miles which was quite steap at times.

After viewing my photos for the day I found that I had probably taken as many photos of sights surrounding the falls as the falls themselves. I find so often that people miss so much by not looking around when they are some place new. I also realize that I need a new macro lens! Hint, hint!

Up towards the head waters, the water is fast and confined into a narrow passage between the rock formations. It is amazing how much water is really traveling down stream.

A wonderful shot of the headwaters going down the ridge. This photo not only shows the volume of water heading down but also the walkways.

Fast water- Sandi brought up a very good observation; looks like Guiness Beer flowing!

Bushkill Falls

I found this sign to be of extreme interest after I thought about it over a glass of wine. We actually had to go back so I could snag a photo of it. Who would buy a used tire, and most important how do they come to have "Slightly" used tires? Are they like lawyers who race to the scene of a crash and claim the "slightly" used tires?

Yes we purchased a new GPS, or as Sandi would say; I purchased a new GPS. Seeing that we are on the road almost every weekend traveling to some place new this was a unit to have. It has so many very cool features including live traffic updates, very cool icons and a very good search feature including trip information and a fuel watch.


Speaking of fuel, the new truck is breaking in very well. We arrived at the campground in the Water Gap Thursday night and headed off to the other side of PA early (5:30 AM) Friday morning. On the trip across the state we averaged a wicked 16+ MPH without the Airstream. Very good for a 3/4 ton pick-up with a DuraMax! From what we have heard from friends who also have trucks like ours the mileage will only get better as we get closer to 25K miles.


One of the the many great aspects of traveling is the people and rigs you run into. I fell in love with this custom coach. It turns out to be a 42 foot custom tour coach on a Prevost foundation custom built for Whoopi Goldberg. The crew was on a layover and would pick her up on Tuesday and head back to Hollywood, CA. The rig is 10 years old and so pristine.

And here is our wonderful Airstream all tucked into our site with the big rig in the background. While Whoopi's rig has well over one million miles on it we figure we have about 35K. Probably a lot more considering we haven't really been keeping track and we have gone through two Tahoes which both had around 60K each when we traded them in. Truck four, the new one has 7K and 98% of that has been towing since March.

Gardens

After loosing most of our pepper garden to wild life last year we took Belle's old kennel and used it to enclose our garden this year. Well worth the effort! We have peppers now ready to harvest with much more to come. Cayane, Cherry Hots, Hungarian, Habenaro, Sweet Banana, Bell and few we are not sure of till we taste them.


Even though I am not a tomato person Sandi loves them, especially fresh. With all the rain we have had this year we have plants well over six feet tall but all the fruit is still greeen. Green fried tomatoes anyone?

The herb garden was not so good this year and again I think the rain had a lot to do with it. Everyone knows how much I love Penze's but there is still nothing better than growing your own.

Oregano hanging to dry, one of this years better crops.

And yes, fresh peppers for tonights dinner.

More fun at Grey Fox

There is much more than just the Main Stage at Grey Fox Bluegrass , the younsters

Grey Fox Saturday Morning

As people start claiming their spots for the weekend the hillside slowly fill with every type of folding chair you coulf think of.

The Main Stage where all the major acts perform in addition to them playing at the Dance Tent, the Masters Tent and a few places in between.

Sue and I had both brought our guitars for the week to play together and met up at some of the offerings the have for aspiring string players. Rich took center stage and learned a few cords.

And then the rains came, and boy did they come.

Rain, rain.


Mud, mud.

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival

It appears the economy has even struck the youngsters on the Bluegrass circuit. On the first full day we observed a young mandolin player set up on the Mid-way playing for festival food money!

Oour site is all set up with Rich & Sue tucked neatly in. Plenty of room for lounging and cooking and some very serious guitar playing in the evenings.

The view down our 'road' to the dance tent Thursday morning.

What a difference a day makes, same view Thursday morning.

Oak Hill New York

This year we decided to arrive at the Grey Fox Bluegrass on Tuesday evening. This was the first time we had done this and we were surprised to find ourselves smack in the middle of a giant cow field all by ourselfves. I guess you could say we had the pick of any site we wanted.

Home Sweet Home for the next five days. Rich and Sue will be joining us tomorrow along with 4,000 additional campers. All the camping tickets sold out three weeks ago.
We are looking forward to a mix of weather, music everywhere and meeting up with friends and making a few more in the process.