HIKING

The weather was so fall like on Saturday we decided to go on a hike. We went to Susquehannock State Park. We had hiked there about 20 years ago on the Rhododendron Trail. It is 2.4 miles long and marked as moderately challenging. 20 years ago that was true, not so much today. We climbed around a fallen tree and down to the stream. Not to bad.

 Then we started the climb up over rocks. 

and up some more.

Looking back down the trail.  It said it would take an average of an hour and 15 minutes to complete this trail.  We finally found the trail that led us back to the parking lot in a little over 2 hours.  We had water with us, but were ready to go get a steak sandwich at Rosie's. Don't think we will hike that trail again. 

Two days later I was hardly able to walk. My right hip and upper leg hurt. I went to a chiropractor and didn't do much walking. 
 

VISIT WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN

On Saturday we went to the Red Lion Street Fair. Eric Bush, our son-in-law, plays guitar in the band, Full Effect. 

 Full Effect
They played at 2:30 to 4.
 

He brought the grandchildren with him. It was a hot day and there was no shade, so we took them to get snow cones and then play on this inflatable. Hunter 

Averie

and Ashtyn. We took Ashtyn back to Circle M with us and she stayed with us for two days. On Sunday she went to church with us and then we enjoyed the day swimming. On Monday she was Larry's navigator when we moved to Gettysburg Farm in Dover. She will turn 9 in September, so we celebrated her birthday a little early.  Larry then took her back to her home in Spring Grove and picked up Averie. 

Averie really loved the pool and spent hours swimming. 

She made a friends to swim and play with in the water.

After swimming we visited all the animals. She stayed with us overnight and we celebrated her birthday. She turns 7 in October.

Wednesday afternoon Mystique brought Hunter over for his turn to stay with us. Averie and he are very close, so she stayed also. Hunter will be 6 in November.

After the pool we went up to the playground where they played in the sand and I took this cute picture.

When we went back to the RV. Larry told us we were without power. Maintenance had come over and checked the box, it was fine so they thought it was our plug.  Larry drove to the Camping World in Hanover and got a new plug and spliced it on. Still didn't work. We were running the generator for air conditioner and lights for it was after 8 and getting dark . A worker came by and said we could not stay there and run the generator. So unfortunately we packed up the grandchildren and their parents came and got them. We ran the generator till 10 and then opened windows. In the morning at 7 when the lawn mowers woke us up we started the generator again so we could put in the slides and jacks. We called around to find someone that could find and fix the electrical problem. Larry believed it probable was the transfer switch. We found North East Generator Service. They are from Annville, PA and would come to our RV, so we changed our reservations to Hershey Thousand Trails for the next two days. 

 When they saw the transfer switch which is located under our bed, all they could say is you are really lucky you didn't have a fire. So being without electric was a lot better then having had a fire, especially while the grandchildren were with us. They were able to temporarily fix it so we could safely have electricity.  They will come to Circle M on Monday and put in a new transfer box. We also will have a surge protector put on. We highly recommend Brad if you need electrical help when camping in this area.  genrepairdudes@gmail.com 717-648-5480. 
 

NEW BIKE RACK

    We had this bike rack for our bikes but front tire on my bike was always very close to the ground and Larry felt it was causing the car to whip when he was driving the RV.

We went to Lancaster Bike shop and invested in a better bike rake.
 

It folds up nicely 

And the bike tires fit in the holder. It is much sturdier and keeps the bikes from swaying. 

PATTY

 We camped for the weekend at Gettysburg Farms Thousand Trails and got to visit with Mystique and Eric. On Monday we came to Circle M in Millersville. We had made an appointment for Patty to be fixed at the Saint Francias Animal Hospital. He is a vet we have used and trusted. She has to wear this Elizabethian collar for 10 days to two weeks. It has taken a bit but she has adjusted to it. The hard part is trying to keep her from running and jumping. 

TO PENNSYLVANIA BY WAY OF TENNESSE

Sandhill crane family came  to say goodbye on July 21 as we were leaving to go north.

 The babies have really grown.

We made it to Tennessee by July 25. The brake buddy in the car locked up in Alabama. Larry was able to pull over, but we left some rubber on the road. Larry thought he fixed the brake buddy and we continued our trip. The next thing our brake buddy monitor in the RV said the car had low power and it was turning off. We stopped at the next exit and found the car battery was dead and we were locked out of the car. After calling the Chevy dealership and learning how to unlock the car, we realized the car was not getting power from the RV as it was suppose to. Our next stop was at Camping World were they said they fixed it, the little green light that indicated we were getting power from the RV was on and we were ready to go. We arrived at the next campground with a dead battery. The little green light stayed on even when the car wasn't hooked up to the RV.  The people at the campground jumped the car for us and I drove behind the RV to Shelbyville Tennessee.  And of course the RV steps are not working now. 

The reason we were in Shelbyville was to check out this location to hold the 2025 NOMADS annual meeting. It is the Walking Horse capital.

They have three large areas to park in. This is were parked while we were here, but is not the area the NOMADS will be using.

Tammy and Rodney Ripley also came, for in 2025 he will be the chair. Their car lost its transmission in Virginia, so we all had an adventurous and expensive trip here.

On Wednesday Travis took us on a tour of the grounds and buildings we will be using. 

Going into the Blue Ribbon Circle Club. 

This is the building where we will hold most of the events. 

The room is very large and has a kitchen.

Right outside under the stadium  is an area we could use for a workshop.

The other building we will have to use is very large also. 

This is the area where we will be parking. 

Poles are marked and they have 30 or 50 electric, water and sewer. 

Wednesday evening we went to Bell Buckle and ate at eh Cafe. Everyone told us to go here. We waited a half hour for a table. 

There are a lot of cute antique shops, but they were all closed.

Travis  told  us of an RV dealer we could take the car to so I wouldn't have to fix the brake buddy problem. Otherwise I was driving the car and we didn't want that,  It was up the road on our way, so we made an appointment for Thursday morning. When we arrived they didn't seem to know about it, the person who knew about electrical work hadn't shown up to work and we just didn't get a good feeling about it. We did let the look at it and after 4 hours and nothing happening Larry took the car and we left. We had decided to abort the rest of the trip and head back to Florida, with me driving the car. A little ways down the road Larry saw a sign for another RV dealership that he had heard about, so we pulled in. They knew just what to do and got it wired correctly and we were ready to hook up and come to PA. Where are the second set of car keys?  We left them at the other RV dealership so I drove the car back there and Larry and I finally caught up with each other on I40 and hooked back up. 

Larry was worried we had ruined the tires on the car when we locked it up, so while we were in Shelbyville we had all new Michelin tires put on. While I was driving I felt the car shake if I went over 50 miles an hour. It was worse then before we had the tires put on. We had it looked at when we got to Lancaster and found they hadn't been balanced correctly. What a trip.