May 31/Jun 1 2012

Thursday May 31^st 2012

·      Drove to Little Red Schoolhouse Amish info centre. Bought a book about Amish

·       On to Shady Maple Grocery store. Size of a Walmart… all groceries. Cheap T-bone steaks .. got some… you get what you pay for!!!!!

·      Picked up wood from Amish family… so lovely .. they were genuinely glad to talk with us … Mom, Dad and sons (and beagle puppies)…. $15 for a huge wheelbarrow full of dry oak.  They were enthralled with our accent. Sent us on our way with a beautiful farewell “Be blessed!”

·      Absorbed sights and sounds of Amish country

·      Back to site.  Relaxed.. Derek strummed, I read cross stitch book outside.

·      4pm … lit the fire and Jack and Didi came over about 5:30.  We joined Passport America (Used them as referral) They stayed til 7:30 pm

·      BBQ’d steak …not great but corn and company was fantastic. …. Awwww!!

·      Burned lots of wood … cos we could !!!!!!!

·      Skyped with both B and G…. lovely staying in touch.

$15 A BIG BARROW LOAD

Friday June 1^st

·      Decided not to go to Dragon Fly market with Jack and Didi as weather was getting ominous. Said goodbye when they left at 8am. Packed and sadly left Spring Gulch… we will be back.

·      Hot spell over … cold enough to use electric fireplace this morning.

·      Left at 9:45 heading for Corning and a ‘cheap’ Passport America campsite.

·      Drove up Rte 15… passing familiar sites and signs along the way… still impressed with this beautiful state. Huge Pennsylvania forested valleys .. magnificent.

·      Drove through Liverpool on the Susquehanna River (not the Mersey)

·      Seemed to keep ahead of the weather as we drove.. a little rain but not the storms that Pennsylvania was expecting.

·      Arrived at Camp Bell in Campbell…. One look and we decided to move on…. We have been spoiled already. Decided to try out Hickory Hill in Bath as there is a Camping World store nearby.  We were glad!! Lovely site. And half of this weekend’s income going to cancer survivors fund..

·      Set up in a mild drizzle. Drove around campground then popped the champagne we bought a couple of days ago… Yum. Cooked supper. Early night.

·      Storming in the evening… hoping for a better day tomorrow as campground hosts a cancer support special fund raising event.