Countryside Campground, Mogadore, Ohio
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. ~ Psalm 42:1-2
Today did not begin as planned. You’ve already heard about Blaine’s twisted right knee, well this morning shortly after wakening, he experienced excruciating stabbing pains in his left knee. He’s dealt with this momentary pain in the past and with no residual effects, but today’s was infinitely worse. And now, both knees are hurting him. And he had to drive 6 ½ hours. Our biggest concern was that he’d experience this gut-wrenching pain while we were on the road, so we prayed, and God answered that prayer! Thank You, Jesus!
But he’s still unable to walk far.
We started out in fog, and driving was easy as far as traffic goes, but all three states (Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York) have horribly paved expressways! At times, we bounced around like balls in an arcade game, making it difficult for me to work on the blog as planned. And at one point, we hit a large rectangle cone because they had it set too far into our lane and Blaine had no place else to go. We sustained a couple of scratches, but that’s all. Oh! And I almost forgot about the three road-workers blocking the expressway with their bodies in New York! Fortunately, they moved before we got to them because Blaine wasn’t sure he could stop in time!
Lunchtime coincided with our stop at the Chautauqua, NY rest area. We ate lunch here two years ago, almost to the exact date on our way to . . . . . do you remember?
Nova Scotia! Our first trip in our new rambling lifestyle.
Along the way, we learned that our newest grandson, Cooper has had his due date moved up to July 31st. My birthday!
And in case you haven’t guessed by today’s title, we’re in New York – – for the next couple of weeks. (Still don’t get it? Think Frank Sinatra . . . )
Robert H. Treman State Park, Ithaca, New York
We traveled 359 miles in 6 ¾ hours, making us only ½ hour past our original ETA – and that’s with three rest breaks and lunch! Pretty good I’d say!
Once we arrived, set-up was a breeze. We’re a little ‘high in the sky’ in order to be level, and there’s no satellite (which means only recorded shows for the next five days) and precious little internet power (which means I may not be able to get posts published because there’s not enough juice to get the pictures in place), but it’s quiet here.
There are many more on the other side of the bath house
and most of them are about half this size.
Currently, there’s not another rig even remotely close to our size in the entire park. I know this because after a very short walk, Blaine went back home to ice and elevate his knees, but I kept going. Just around the camping areas.
I also came across a recently flattened garter snake in the road (could’ve been by us), but I didn’t take a picture, although I confess, I was tempted. 😊
I checked out the bath house, which is right next door to us. Since we don’t have sewer hook-up these next five days, I prefer to use the campground showers most nights. That way I don’t have to conserve my hot water and have plenty to wash and condition my hair.
However, this is not one of those places. Let’s just say, “Yuck!” and be done with it. . . .
