A weekend away..

In our future full-timing life,

we figure we won't have the funds

to enjoy a nice bed & breakfast.

(Well that's a bit drastic..we won't be that poor!)

So..

being as our countdown is ticking away,

we decided to take a long weekend.

Today we drove the 3 hours northwest

to Wellesboro, PA.

We are staying at a bed & breakfast

that we stayed at last year,

Falling Stars Farm

When we got into town,

it was just about lunchtime,

so we stopped and had a nice lunch 

at the Gaslight..

We then checked into

our room...

and relaxed a bit on the deck

that surrounds the B&B..

There is a nice train ride

to take, and tonight it

happened to be ice cream night..

so off we went to board 

the train..

It runs along Hammond-Tioga Lake

The pictures are terrible..

hard to take shots from a

slow moving train!

On the way to our train,

we stopped at Ives Run

and said hi to Jill & Steve

of  'Two Tools & a Dream'..

they are workcamping there

for the summer. 

We are getting together with

them tomorrow night.

It was a nice start to our 3 day weekend..

we came back and enjoyed the sunset..

Looking forward to tomorrow!

Some good news!

Today was another nice day.

We cleaned up Harvey on the inside,

did our grocery shopping,

got the laundry done,

then spent some nice time

outside in the fresh air.

We grilled our favorite meal, 

shish kabob.

We didn't eat them all, 

there were a lot leftover, 

for lunches this week.

George & I also decided it

was time to get away 

for the weekend..

so, next weekend,

we are going to 

Wellesboro, PA

to stay at the 

Falling Stars Farm.

We stayed there last year

at this time. It's a nice

bed & breakfast up 

on a mountain.

While we are there, we

are going to meet up with

Jill & Steve of

Two Tools & a Dream

They are workamping at

Tioga-Hammond lake campground,

which is just outside Wellesboro.

I love reading Jill's blog,

and we can't wait to meet them!

Oh yeah, for the good news!

We got our letter from the 

Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority.

The next step is the appraisal to determine

the pre-flood value of the property,

and then the process of the buyout begins!

Though our countdown shows that

we are targeting September 1 to leave,

it may be within a month or so after that date.

Either way, that light at the end of 

the tunnel is blinding!

Another beautiful day!

Summer seems to have come early,

and is going fast!

Yesterday afternoon there was

a quick thunderstorm with straight-line winds

that went through our area.

The little airport across the river

from us had some issues:

Two planes were flipped upside down!

We had a couple trees snapped in two, 

but thankfully they were down

by the river, so no damage to Harvey.

There are a lot of small limbs

scattered around the yard.

Today I went for a pedicure,
and when I got back,
George was working on installing
his new
  tonneau cover.

It will keep things covered

when we are not hitched up, 

but will roll up when we are.

When he had it all installed,

we took a drive over to

Kirby Park, where

the annual Riverfest was going on.

We took a walk around the park,

and then down to where the festival

was happening.

There were kayaks going down

the river..in fact we saw them from

our backyard..

..and we saw them at the park..

They also had dragon boats..

all of this was to celebrate the

Susquehanna river.

The same one that flooded our house :-)

We grabbed an italian ice at Rita's

on the way home but the camera was

in the car, so no pictures.

It was a very nice day,

more to come tomorrow!

Happy Father's Day!

Busy, busy weekend!

Seems like some weekends are quiet..

while others rush by as we

are busy doing things.

Friday night was my every-6th-week

haircut & color.
While down there,

I meet up with my girlfriend, Karen

for dinner.

We tried a new place, Alfredo's,

and it was pretty good.

Yesterday was spent doing

our grocery shopping,

a bit of putzing around the RV

and yard. The weather was

perfect for doing anything.

George's computer has been

giving him issues, so I had a

friend of mine, Josh, come 

by and 'tune up' George's laptop.

George watching Josh do his magic!

Since Josh was here so long, 

of course it was too late to make dinner..

so...

I took George out for a Father's Day dinner.

We both tried a new micro-brew,

Susquehanna Brewing Company..

we also had a bit of Italian food.

Today, Sunday, was the best!

We loaded up the Sea Eagle,

and took her to 

Frances Slocum State Park.

First time we've had the boat out

this season!

George started getting things out..

We took turns pumping her up..

..then we set off!

The weather was perfect,

not too hot, a slight breeze,

and not too many people on the lake.

Afterwards, of course we

just had to have ice cream!

 Oh yeah...we were in the paper as well today!

We got interviewed by the local paper,

as it has been 40 years since the LAST flood..

Hurricane Agnes.

They got our thoughts on the flood

of September 2011..

Times Leader article

pretty cool..the reporter was quite

interested in our RV story :-)

Hope everyone had a great Father's Day!

Good numbers, Pizza & Ice Cream

What does that mean, 

you must ask..

We have been eating 

 healthier since April 1.

I got new blood work done

last week, and the results came in.

All my numbers went down!

My cholesterol dropped 10 points,

my good cholesterol went up

substantially, while the bad one

dropped as well.

I'm quite pleased!

I'm still hovering around 15# lost, 

but still want to lose at least another 20#.

It comes off slow!

Today was a nice 'ME' day.

George took his daughter,

and two granddaughters out

to lunch.

Then took them out for ice cream

at Hillside Dairy, where there are

different farm animals to see..

I got to stay home by myself!

I cleaned, sat outside in the sun a bit..

and thoroughly enjoyed having

some quiet time.

When George got home,

we told each other about our days..

then went out for pizza.

I haven't had pizza for

3 months..and boy

it was worth it.

Afterwards, since it was soooo close,

we went the same Dairy to have

an ice cream, and look at the animals..

There were sheep,

alpaca,

and baby calves

Cute little place!

Tomorrow is church,

grocery shopping,

and who knows what all.

Hopefully it will be a nice

day and we can get out and about!

Quiet weekend

Waiting, waiting..

Seems like every weekend 

is spent looking for ways

to pass the time.

We wish we could pull

out of here and 

GO SOMEWHERE!

If it wasn't such a PITA 

to do that, 

we would!

So Saturday was spent

our normal way..

doing laundry,

grocery shopping,

and seeing the sights

in our little 'hood.

The babies are getting bigger..

and the feral cats that 

made it through the flood

are having kittens..

this one is especially cute!

His eyes don't look good though :-(

They don't look hungry either,

they must be eating lots of mice!

Today we went to our church,

then came home and ate lunch.

We're still sticking to our guns, 

and eating healthy. 

I've lost a total of 15 pounds so far.

We went to see a movie..

'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'

which was a great one.

George said he liked it,

even though I thought he

might doze off during it :-)

Once getting back home, 

I made another pan of quiche..

..this time I made it with

spinach instead of broccoli,

and baked it in the convection oven.

Looks like it came out good!

I'll freeze it in squares,

and have it for breakfast.

Tonight is leftover Lentil Soup,

and back to the work week.

We can't believe it's June already!