The sound you get when you park under an oak tree in the fall.
Some of the "Plunks" are real good; and some are somewhat wimpy.
One of them even made the cats jump.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The end of the Season or is it?
While we were in line at Rhythm and Roots, we spent some time out of the RV talking to others waiting in line, walking around their RVs. The couple in front of us drove up from New York. She asked if this would the last time we used the RV for the season. This was on August 31. WOW – I hadn’t even considered not using it again. After all, last year we did not get the RV until the end of October and all of our camping was done in the winter!! I didn’t know that the Air Conditioner really worked until mid-May!! And that’s about the same time that I realized that you don’t always have to take 3 extra blankets for comfortable sleeping!! So, after the puzzled and dazed look, I simply said that we would be using it. We had, at that time, plans for a trip over Thanksgiving weekend. She seemed surprised. Well, I have to say that we now have plans for a trip over New Years as well. There will probably be snow on the ground for both trips. They are only about 90 minutes away. So, as long as the snow holds off while we drive, we will be able to enjoy those extra blankets, the fire in the fire ring and the heated, indoor pool. Sounds fun to me.
Since R & R, we have been out at least one weekend. We traveled to a family wedding in Massachusetts. The weather was great – a little cold and rainy one morning; but, spectacular weather for the wedding itself. We enjoyed seeing family members that we hadn’t seen for awhile and visiting with them and catching up. It was perhaps a strange camping trip, but, as most RVers know, we do whatever we must to be in the RV!!
This weekend looks like it will be a fine late summer, early fall weekend. We are going to a local state park – just because we can!! Next weekend may find us ocean side at another state park. By the next trip after that, I will have to find all those extra blankets and get ready for some more cold weather camping.
So, to my RV friend from the line – yes we are using the RV and will do so at least until January!! We may take a break during February – that always seems to be the coldest, wettest, snowiest month around here. But, it is also the shortest one. And then we are headed to Florida in March. Hopefully, we will be watching the Red Sox, the 2007 World Series Champions in Ft. Myers Florida. We will be watching them; it is up to them to be the champs. Good Luck Sox. It could be a long, eventful October!!
Since R & R, we have been out at least one weekend. We traveled to a family wedding in Massachusetts. The weather was great – a little cold and rainy one morning; but, spectacular weather for the wedding itself. We enjoyed seeing family members that we hadn’t seen for awhile and visiting with them and catching up. It was perhaps a strange camping trip, but, as most RVers know, we do whatever we must to be in the RV!!
This weekend looks like it will be a fine late summer, early fall weekend. We are going to a local state park – just because we can!! Next weekend may find us ocean side at another state park. By the next trip after that, I will have to find all those extra blankets and get ready for some more cold weather camping.
So, to my RV friend from the line – yes we are using the RV and will do so at least until January!! We may take a break during February – that always seems to be the coldest, wettest, snowiest month around here. But, it is also the shortest one. And then we are headed to Florida in March. Hopefully, we will be watching the Red Sox, the 2007 World Series Champions in Ft. Myers Florida. We will be watching them; it is up to them to be the champs. Good Luck Sox. It could be a long, eventful October!!
Labor Day Weekend - Rhythm and Roots
We went to Rhythm and Roots over Labor Day weekend. R & R is a three day Cajun music festival that is well attended by music lovers and dancers from around the country, and features many of the best Cajun and Zydeco bands (as well as other roots music). We had to travel about 10 miles to get there!! We have been to the festival before, but we have never had the opportunity to camp there. This year we did.
We arrived early on Friday morning. At least that was our perception. They said they would turn anyone away if they arrived before 9:00 AM. So, we felt safe in arriving around 8:30 – we could drive around the parking lot for 30 minutes!! To our surprise we were in the middle of what we thought was line 2. All and all, not too bad, there were about 50 or so ahead of us. (While the music did not start for another 8 hours, the need to be in line was that the space allocated to your camping pleasure was “found” on a first-come-first-serve basis. I guess all 51 of us felt the need to get there first.) Were we surprised when they started moving the lines – we were really in line 7 or 8 – there were 5 or 6 other lines in the other parking lot that we could not see! It easily took us 3 hours to find our “camping area” and get settle in. They were very efficient at handling all of us and we did get there as soon as we could. But, next year we may have to arrive at 6:00 AM. I wonder if they allow overnight camping in the lines??!!
The festival was wonderful. We listened to some old favorite bands: Magnolia, Red Stick Ramblers, and Steve Riley. We even got to listen to an old friend. Greg Piccolo played with Johnny Nicholas. They were very good. We often listen to (and dance to) Greg’s music. We were glad to see him at the festival. We listened to music and danced (when we could move all the parts of the body) from noon to midnight Friday (actually this day started at 5:00 PM) to Sunday.
The music was wonderful, the weather was spectacular and we had a great time. That is until it was time to leave. While we were a bit sad that the fun was over, it was more than that. We tried to start the RV and it would have none of that. We tried what we could for several hours. We even drove home to get some helpful tools. But, nothing worked. So, we had no choice but to leave it there and have it towed the next day. In one last attempt to be sure that it would not start, we tried it again – after 4 hours or trying things. And it started right up. It was driven to the RV dealership and the next day they replaced the starter. A bit of a bummer, but at least we did get it out of the festival area on time and all in now well.
Laisser les Bon Temp roulez – toujours!
We arrived early on Friday morning. At least that was our perception. They said they would turn anyone away if they arrived before 9:00 AM. So, we felt safe in arriving around 8:30 – we could drive around the parking lot for 30 minutes!! To our surprise we were in the middle of what we thought was line 2. All and all, not too bad, there were about 50 or so ahead of us. (While the music did not start for another 8 hours, the need to be in line was that the space allocated to your camping pleasure was “found” on a first-come-first-serve basis. I guess all 51 of us felt the need to get there first.) Were we surprised when they started moving the lines – we were really in line 7 or 8 – there were 5 or 6 other lines in the other parking lot that we could not see! It easily took us 3 hours to find our “camping area” and get settle in. They were very efficient at handling all of us and we did get there as soon as we could. But, next year we may have to arrive at 6:00 AM. I wonder if they allow overnight camping in the lines??!!
The festival was wonderful. We listened to some old favorite bands: Magnolia, Red Stick Ramblers, and Steve Riley. We even got to listen to an old friend. Greg Piccolo played with Johnny Nicholas. They were very good. We often listen to (and dance to) Greg’s music. We were glad to see him at the festival. We listened to music and danced (when we could move all the parts of the body) from noon to midnight Friday (actually this day started at 5:00 PM) to Sunday.
The music was wonderful, the weather was spectacular and we had a great time. That is until it was time to leave. While we were a bit sad that the fun was over, it was more than that. We tried to start the RV and it would have none of that. We tried what we could for several hours. We even drove home to get some helpful tools. But, nothing worked. So, we had no choice but to leave it there and have it towed the next day. In one last attempt to be sure that it would not start, we tried it again – after 4 hours or trying things. And it started right up. It was driven to the RV dealership and the next day they replaced the starter. A bit of a bummer, but at least we did get it out of the festival area on time and all in now well.
Laisser les Bon Temp roulez – toujours!
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