TODAY was a tough day to get through. So many silly little things throwing me off track. But here I am, safe at home in a cool house, happy with the last little bowl of homemade soup, basically finished with today’s obligations. It was a long day – didn’t get home until 6pm. They pulled my KIA because a customer was coming in to test drive it this afternoon. So now I’m back in a sedan, and it’s a bigger vehicle. There isn’t an inch to spare in the garage!
I did tours at Hanna’s Town this morning, and while I was waiting I sat on a bench by the tavern garden. I looked down and a little snake was slithering under the bench right by my feet. I just stared at it, then jumped up to see where it went. Never did find out. About that time a family came for a tour so the rest of my morning was busy. Worked both jobs, got stuck in traffic coming home, stopped to help Mike P, and had to put an entire tank of gas in the Nissan. $$$. But I’m home now and set for tomorrow’s adventures and that’s that.
SO — let’s get us home! Wednesday evening after we checked into our motel in Budd Lake we drove up to the top of the hill and had supper at Panera Bread. I added a chocolate chip bagel to my supper order so that’s what I had for breakfast; Kathy finished the scones. We set out about 8:30am to head out toward I-80 West. ‘Cordelia’ (Kathy’s GPS system) kept re-routing us to I-80 East, and we went in circles for about 15 minutes until we figured it out; she was trying to have us avoid an accident. We ignored the re-route and by the time we got to the spot, the tangle was untangled and we had an open route.
The trip home was basically uneventful, except that it poured down rain for the first several hours, and was cloudy and windy. We did finally drive out of it and the skies cleared up with about 2 hours of the trip left. We had some beautiful vistas coming down the mountains. We make a quick stop at the Dillweed in Dilltown, close to Ebensburg, just for a break. The Dillweed Bed and Breakfast and Trail Shop is our destination for a sleepover for the Skunk Hollow girls at the end of July. That’s the next fun thing to look forward to with the cousins.
I dropped Kathy off and went straight to Pinnacle to explain about the ‘bump’ in the road to the car. They were not at all concerned and said they’d handle it … whenever! So I guess if it gets sold – that will be the whenever! It took me all evening to unload the car, put everything away, get organized, and do laundry. I was glad to have it all in order so I could run errands, get some groceries, go to work, and cut the grass on Friday. Also gave Chrissy a ride to her mom’s in West Newton. Now — time to get back to real life. We had such a great trip and had so much fun and saw some wonderful, impressive sights. It will live in our memories for a long time to come. How blessed we are!
June 30 – Tell about seeing something you thought was very beautiful. “Ruth’s father took us to the ‘mountains’ 40 or 50 miles north of Plumville. It was in the fall when the trees were turning color. There was a field cleared in the middle of the forest & that was so pretty.” Sounds like Mom had some great travel memories, too!
Calendar inspiration is to slow down and practice patience!
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TOMORROW July 1st is:
- National Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day
- National Gingersnap Day
- National Postal Worker Day
- National U.S. Postage Stamp Day
July already! Well, tomorrow really can be celebrated. I love to be creative with ice cream, and I have gingersnaps in my desk drawer at work. I need to get a book of stamps at the post office! So – we’re set. And tomorrow I am going with Chrissy to West Virginia to help Matt finish weeding that condo landscaping. Have a great day! God bless…
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