Home and Running

We are home and running. Between unloading the rig, cleaning it out and preparing to leave on Tuesday for a rally, visiting with neighbors and church activities we find ourselves incredibly busy. Thanks to very good neighbors our gravel was not green, our car was not DOA and all in the house were fine. What a wonderful place to live.

Pensacola, Florida

We drove through rain all day, Thursday, and arrived in Pace (outside Pensacola) the same time the tornadoes passed through. Tonight (Friday) we go to the football game to watch our oldest grandson, Joshua. He was quite a shock to see as he is now taller than his grandmother. Makes me feel much older all of a sudden. We will travel on Monday and Tuesday for Livingston.

Shanadoah National Park and Skyline Drive

After two nights in parking lots we arrived on Skyline Drive in Virginia Friday afternoon. We were able to get one of the last campsites in Shenandoah National Park. No hook ups but lovely site. Saturday morning we headed for Big Meadow. We took the family here 30 years ago and said we would come back sometime. We didn’t say who the “we” included or when we would make it back. There have been changes in the last 30 years. We enjoyed walking in the big meadow, watching deer graze and a ranger talk on snakes.

After checking the length of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the speed limit and the amount of traffic we opted to exit onto the interstate system. We are due in Pensacola by Friday to watch the oldest grandson play in the marching band and also to celebrate a daughter’s birthday. We would not make it in time on the parkway. Several nights will be spent in various Wall-mart parking lots. We are now eating lunch in Tennessee at a Panera’s. Next update will be from Florida.

Mt. Washington in the fall

Since we had another free pass and it was a pretty day we took another van tour up to Mt Washington. The trees below the tree line were beautiful. Up on the mountain it was quite cold and windy and in the clouds. I did get a few photos between cloud movements. It is suppose to have 14 inches of snow on Tuesday. We still have a free gondola ride across from Mt Washington and will cash it in if there is snow to see. Below are a few more photos of fall time. Hope you enjoy them.

We were so surprised to see monarchs still in the area. That show how unseasonably warm it has been here. Hope they make their migration in time. We plan to make our migration in time.

More Waterfalls

Today was a beautiful day. We drove to Loon Mountain and rode their gondola to the top of the mountain to enjoy the view of the early fall leaves. They are at about 25%.

On the way "home" we discovered another water fall. Ginger can never get enough photos of waterfalls and took 74 of them today.

The waterfall is next to an old Indian trail. It was a pleasant hike, mostly next to the rapidly running river cascading over the rocks. For awhile we sat on a bench just listening to the music of the cascading water.

Tomorrow night (Thursday) we host a campfire circle party for the work campers and the senior staff at the park. We work Saturday through Monday. On Sunday night the church we've been attending is giving us a good-bye party. On Monday night we have a dinner at a near-by restaurant for the work campers and senior staff of the park. Tuesday we pack up things and head out on Wednesday.

We are very glad we came. The season was long but the perks were fantastic. We saw and did so many things we would have not spent the money to see and/or do. We've made many new friends and also had two new "daughters" from Slovakia. They were so sad to leave us but so ready to be back home.

Our next update will be dependant on connections on the road. Stay healthy and tuned in to Jesus.