Winter Excursion 11, Day 1

Well here we go again. This is Winter Trip Eleven (11)!😀😂😉😊

We left home this morning around 1030 after closing up the house. We are actually getting pretty good at this...LOL

We did the quick drive (125 Miles)to our first campground. We've used Greek Peak Campground for the last few years. It works great as it gives us time to do final shut-down on the house and still get to a nice campground in the afternoon.

Another plus is we have some camping friends in the area so we get to see them one more time before next spring.

We are here for three nights. Here's a few pics of the campsite and campground. As usual we are the only camper in the park. It closes on Saturday.

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The day started early as we wanted to leave before the forecasted rain started. As usual the weather guessers were wrong. We had no rain this morning and didn't get a drop until after we were home.

On the way home we stopped at the Ford Dealer and checked out our new truck.💙 Even Cath really likes it. The blue heart is for Ford blue. We pick it up next week!

We got home around 1430. All is well. We got the camper all set up and will turn on the house water tomorrow.

After a quick visual of the house it looks like all is well.

We will spend the next few nights in the camper, but it's good to be home!

It's been a good winter tri[p with the exception of the truck issues we had. It will be good to get the new one, but we had no issues with the old one since the engine change. 👌 I just need to get it to the dealer for trade-in.

Next blog post will be 28 Oct 26. Stay tuned!

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We did a little pancake breakfast as I didn't want to set up the flattop for just one meal. It turned out nice and everyone had plenty for  breakfast.

We spent the morning packing up in preparation for leaving for home tomorrow.

We did leave camp in the afternoon for a few supplies and to fill the truck with gas.

In the late afternoon we all went to a local joint that has draft beer and the best Philly Cheesesteaks! We were all stuffed once again. We will be glad to get home and start our fasting!

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Jean and Chris made s super good breakfast of homemade hash and eggs. We were all stuffed when we finished breakfast.

After breakfast we all loaded up and drove to Oregon Hills Winery. We did a few tastings and picked up a couple of bottles.

Back a camp we enjoyed the afternoon weather. Bob and Marie made a nice dinner of sausage with onions, peppers, and all the trimmings. They even had pickled eggs!

I think we were all tired and the party broke up by 2000. Cath and I were in bed by 2100! 

 

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Cath and I were in charge of dinner for the group today. We are having Chicken Gyros and a Greek salad to go with them. Cath spent the day making tzatziki, marinating the chicken, preparing the salad, and just organizing everything. My job was to set up the Blackstone. This task turned into almost an all day affair. I got everything set up by noon and then started to hook up the propane. Problem was I could not find the adapter to hook the gas into the flattop! I know it was here somewhere as we had it hooked up the whole time we were hosting, but I could not find it (I still haven't)! I finally drove the 20 miles to Lowes and picked up a new hose and adapter. Back at camp I had to remove one of our propane bottles to be able to use my new hose. I finally got the flattop going by mid afternoon.

The meal turned out to be a big success! Later in the evening Cath and I spent time by the campfire again until almost dark. It's been a fun day!

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We all went to Rosie's, a local breakfast joint this morning. The food was good as usual.

After breakfast Chis and Jean and Cath and I headed to the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum about 45 minutes from camp.

We spent a few hours there. It was really interesting. It is all about the lumber industry in north central Pennsylvania from the 1700s to present day.

It was well worth the drive and we all had a good time.

Back at camp we decided to all go out to dinner as there was a severe thunderstorm watch in effect.

The storms never happened, but the restaurant/bar we went to had some of the best bar food we've ever had! I had brisket quesadillas and Cath had a brisket BLT.

Back at camp we all sat by the campfire till almost dark. It's been a good day! 

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Once again the weather is staying really nice.

This morning I finished setting everything up outside. We have a really nice site and if we come back here we will want Site #28!

Cath and I did some shopping later this morning and picked up the stuff we will need for our two meals. We are having Sloppy Joe's for 7 this evening.

We played a little trick on Bob & Marie. They left to do some errands and Chris, Jean, and I took all their firewood and put it on Chris and Jean's site which is right next to Bob and Marie. When they got back they didn't even notice! The six of us spent the afternoon at our camp and around 1700 I finally asked Bob if we should build a campfire. He said sure and went to his site to get some wood. We had left one piece and he realized right away what we had done. We all got a good laugh that it took him all afternoon to realize he had only one piece of firewood!