get-away! We had lots of fun and adventurous adventures.
We slept at a Comfort Inn last night in Greencastel, PA. That is some of
us slept - actually all of us - except Jeff. Someone's car alarm went off
at 2am. Jeff thought it was ours (we don't have one) and went to check it
out. Mr. Hoowiggins (the 80+ year old fella who was at the registration
desk each time we went through - midnight, 2am, and 7:30am) and a couple of
other annoyed people were there as well - all joyful I'm sure.
It is 8am, and we are on the road - again. Jeffy is singing in the back
seat. He has my ability to carry a tune :). Cara is reading Charlotte's
Web out loud to us, and Anna is doing her best to annoy Cara, and
Jeffy...us...and maybe the other drivers around us. We are sort of like
(use your imagination) the Incredibles - Anna is much like Violet, Jeffy
like Jack-Jack and Cara reminds me most of the enthusiastic babysitter.
High points of the trip:
Getting to see the Gee's new place. Playing B'ball. The Swing. Running
with Beth and Sandy. Celebrating Cara's b'day a few more times. Sitting
around the fire at Jim's. Playing hot spot. Seeing the cousins. Hanging
out with Beth and Matt watching as Sandy relentlessly tried to smell Georgi
(and G showed her how much she approves of this behavior).
Seeing Gram and Pappers. Building a city on the beach (then watching as
the tide tore it down). Swimming in the pool. Swimming from the "3 steps"
to the "2 steps". Running on the beach. Having a crabby waitress at Joe's
Crab Shack. Window shopping at the River Street Sweets shop (Jeffy left a
few noseprints)...and caving in to have pralines and choc covered
oreos. Visiting the Aquarium (we brought Jeffy here - he liked the
octopus, nemo fish, jellyfish, and the sharks) and MagiQuest (girls went
there and enjoyed it). Eating at River City Cafe. Making some new friends
(Cole and Tooty-Toot-Toot - a stuffed turtle). Grandma's famous mac and
cheese. Visiting MB State Park and doing a little geo-caching
there. Visiting and picnicking at Huntington Beach SP with Gram and
Pap. We always enjoy going through Atalaya - and were pleased to see that
there is a zealous new effort to protect the house and promote the work of
the Huntingtons. We also did a little geo-caching there - though we never
found the cache -- we did find a cluster of rat snakes on a tree branch at
the correct coordinates. Cara hightailed it out of the woods :). Saw a
symphony of fiddler crabs lifting their big claw up and down...very cool.
Low points:
only one - sitting in a turn-around on 501 in SC while the tow truck and
Dad were coming to rescue us. In case you didn't hear...we had a flat tire
on 501 about an hour N of Myrtle - and since the Sienna has run flats we
had to get a tow and new tire. Worse things can happen, for sure...we all
survived AOK.
Thanks for the memories! We are looking forward to the next family
adventure...anyone up for Disney 8/03/08? ;-)
