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Having recently retired we are fulfilling our long time dream. We began our camping life with a tent in 1969 adjusting as each of our three sons arrived over the years and gradually progressed to a 32' Class A in 2007. Even after our sons became too busy with their own interests, we continued dreaming over the years. The Louisville, KY 2003 Great North American RV Rally and the book "Movin' On" convinced us that a motorhome after retirement was really for us! In 2007 we sold our home and disposed of most of our belongings and awaited the wife's retirement on February 1, 2008. We were out in our first motorhome ten times in our first summer in 2007, with our grandson joining us eight of those ten times. Since he must stay behind with his mom and dad to continue school, we told him he can join us on vacations (by car or plane) anywhere we are as we travel the US. Imagine the history lessons he could acquire! However, Mom and Dad don't look at it that way, especially the flying. Fortunately we don't miss work one bit!! We just miss the friends there. We have many hobbies to keep us busy when we decide to sit still for a day. Hope to see you on the road.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Meeting Salem friends miles from Home

We were surprised Saturday with a phone call from RVing friends from Salem who were in the area on one of their many stops on their way to Maine and Canada. We made plans to meet Bob and Donna on Monday to see more sights in the Finger Lake area. We started with Treman State Park near Ithica NY by stopping at The Old Mill and looking at the falls behind it. We went on to what Bob called Lucifer Falls which had several tiers in falls. I was fascinated by what appeared to be square cuts in the stone and could not believe that it was all natural until Gary took a photo of a crack which was very long and STRAIGHT and went very deep. Gary was also fascinated by the
outcroppings over head. There was a lot of piles of rock which fell off naturally in many shapes and sizes. I'm sure a lot of this happened over the winter with the freezing and thaws.
We then stopped at Toughannock Falls again so that Bob and Donna could see those falls before setting off for the Wineries. There are many vineyards in this lake region. Of the Wineries we stopped at, The Thirsty Owl was by far the most entertaining. We were entertained with poetry as we sampled their wares. It was a lot of fun.
We stopped for a lunch served outside along the way and shared, or I should say, we learned a lot from our veteran RVing friends. Lunch was delicious and we look forward to meeting up with them again along the road in our travels. Thanks again Bob and Donna for a fun time. Travel safely.
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