Two Months down and One to go in OHIO !

We have kept busy while home and have been able to have good relaxation time also. So relaxed in fact, that we often forget to take our camera with us on outings. Hopefully we will get back in the adventure mode when we hit the road again! We did hear from our early mentors, Bill and Bette, from Canton when they arrived back in the area. So we called them and made plans to visit and catch up on news and play the Pegs & Jokers game which they taught us. On this visit we learned a new game called Sweep. Bottom line, we had a very good dinner and a lovely visit with them. We are hoping to have another visit with them and another couple whom we met at the same time in 2007. This month at Timashamie Campground has included Christmas in July. The kids enjoyed Santa's arrival , even without the snow and reindeer! Not many adults followed through with decorations though. It sounded like too much trouble to me!! But I am looking forward to the Yard Sale in August. Our grandson has spent a lot of time with us as he loves the pool beside our site. He did leave long enough one weekend to go to the First Friends church for practice and pre-qualifying with their model racing cars. He had won a car at a previous race night at Donnell Ford during Super Nationals weekend. He is in his glory doing this and the racing MC, Richard Theiss, appreciated our son's assistance with technicalities. Richard, you might have the family roped into this for the long haul!! Speaking of First Friends Church, we had our Sunday School class out to our motorhome for a picnic and evening of fellowship. One of the couples brought their grand daughter who enjoyed showing off her gymnastic abilities. We all had a great time!! Hope they get to come back again. I have been meeting with friends to scrap book every opportunity that I can. I am making progress though not as fast as I would like. I do now have a five foot table that we made in the motorhome under the window so that I can keep busy there. I think that I can be happy with this and we can live without the dinette. Who needs to eat anyway? Salem also has music nights in Waterworth Memorial Park at the Orashan Memorial Civic Center and we decided to check it out. We got to listen to a couple hours of polka music by the Dick Tady Orchestra . It was very enjoyable and one couple even danced on the lawn while this young gal kept her little lamb dancing all evening! Our grandson left us for a week away at Summer Scout Camp and his father went also as a scout leader. Unfortunately, they had a lot of rain that week . On Thursday which was parents night to visit, we took his mom with us and spent the afternoon and part of the evening with them. It is a beautiful camp with a commissary on a slight rise and a grand dining hall on the hill side. This hall looks out over the lakes where the canoeing and swimming merit badges are worked on. The swimming area was well divided for the beginner, intermediary and swimmers groups. Gary helped stir the dinner pot of beef while the boy scouts praised "Cecil" food . Cecil being their Scout Master! This past Saturday Gary and I went to Mentor, Ohio and picked up my brother to then go to a Family Reunion in Uhrichsville, Ohio. We had a good visit and then took him back to the motorhome with us for a few days. While he was with us he worked on a jigsaw puzzle and we also taught him to play our favorite Pegs & Jokers game . He then went home today to his Assisted Living apartment all fired up to teach them a new game! So as you see we have kept busy enough. And now we will see how much we can get into for August. Gary is to go on a fishing trip tomorrow on Lake Erie for starters!