LATE APRIL – HEADING HOME

We left Marion NC and headed north into Virginia fairly soon. We needed diesel fuel and it was considerably cheaper in Virginia than in North Carolina. We had a long day of travel and found a nice Army Corps of Engineers Park to spend the night. Monday was a short drive over to Chesapeake. Of course, traffic gets heavier when you approach an urban area like Chesapeake. We found the campground and set up easily in a pull-thru site. We are fortunate that there is a campground very near the development where Craig and Denise live.
After setting up, we headed over to see Craig and the kids. We had a very nice visit with them. Around 7:30 PM Denise got home from work and we had a lovely dinner with them. We left for the evening pretty soon after that, we were tired and we could see that Denise was really tired after a 12 hour shift. We spent the day on Tuesday visiting with Craig and then the kids. I needed to get some pictures of the kids with Fat Emily. A few years ago we did a similar project with Flat Matthew. This is a kindergarten project that Bryan’s kids need to do. Their shadow, or flat person is sent to a family member and asked to take pictures and write a journal before sending it back to school. So, I had printed a picture of Emily’s face and dressed her in a Barbie dress so that she was ready to have her picture taken with her cousins.

                                             
On Wednesday Denise had the day off. So the four of us went out for lunch. That was a treat for all of us. Later in the day we all went out to dinner at Friendly’s. The kids ate really well and a fun time was had by all. Before we headed home for the night we played a game of Five Crowns. Craig beat us all, hands down.
                               
It was a two day trip from Chesapeake VA to home in the RV. Traffic on the beltway around Washington DC was not a pleasant experience, but we made it through with no problems. We stopped at the PA border to spend the night before finishing our journey on Friday. It has been over five months since we left home and it is good to be home again.
There is much to do at first, getting the telephone, internet, mail, Direct TV and such all back up and working. We spent our first night home still in the RV as it takes time to get the water system up and running again and the tubes for the water bed filled. Keith and Shannon came over Friday evening and we were glad to see them again and catch up on news.
Flat Emily made her trip over to her Warren Center cousins and visited.

 

                                               Look how tall the boys are!!

The next weekend we headed out again, this time by truck. Matthew was making his first communion on Saturday. So we drove down on Friday and spent most of the weekend in King of Prussia. The kids are really growing very fast!

Emily was excited to see Flat Emily again and we got to take some pictures of Flat Emily with her other cousins.

Then Janine dug out Flat Matthew and we were able to take a picture of the two of them together! Neat way to end that story.

So, Sunday morning we headed home again. We don’t have any more travel plans set until we travel to Hancock NH in early June to VCR a Chapter 3 rally. We’ll post some pictures and information after that trip.