Sunday, June 21, 2009

First Day of Travel!















































I am going to post the words first & pics as I can.....

Here goes......


Day 1 highlights - Driving from Mount Sidney, VA to Harmony State Park, Indiana

Day 1 Grandma

1.  Most thankful for:  How well our group has gotten along  & everyone has bought into the trip & doing their part to make it happy & comfortable & pleasurable for everyone else

2.  Anxiety relief over finding gas – not at $4 & how tight it was going to feel – all of that was alleviated yesterday.

3.  Favorite sight:  Grayson sighting the oil wells. 

4.  Favorite moment:  Riding with Toni & talking while she rode beside me 

5.  Favorite activity:  walking around the very empty campground after a very long day in the RV

6.  Other:  Pleased with our progress & our trip planning.

How engaged David is with the activities we brought to keep the boys busy.  Watching what a great dad he is (again)

Toni

1. Favorite Sight:  Gabe & Grayson having a ball at an  awesome park

2.  Favorite moment:  Hearing EVERYONE sing in the RV to Johnny Cash

3.  Favorite activity:  Watching the kids color in their states as we crossed state lines & doing a “line dance” for each state line!

Other:  Grayson sleeping for three hours 

DAY 1 - 

About ½ way to the campground, we stopped at a park.  Oh Lord are we thankful for the GPS.  We entered the name of the park & it took us right to the park.  I found this park on the Internet.  & it said it was an award winning park.  It had great climbing wall, a zip line that Gabe & Grayson both went on.  There was an Alice In Wonderland theme.  There was a hole that you climbed through that lead into a tunnel.  There were great swings we all used & hills & slides.  We only saw part of the park. Well, it was amazing!  I will attach some pictures from the park.  The boys had a great time!  It was a much needed & well deserved break.  We fixed sandwiches & got back in our seats & Lucy – the GPS - got us back on the road.  


The first campground was quiet with only 1 other camper in our whole loop.  We got the boys out and on their bikes.  It was an amazing first day.  We saw lots of beautiful mountains, greenery & rivers.  We all had been through all of it until we got into Indiana.  Gabe, Grayson and David all added this state.  Grayson we all know is a great “spotter.”  In Indiana near our campground, there were a lot of oil wells drilling in the pastures & huge irrigation systems  on wheels along the road.  Grayson would say there's another one, and we would look and look & finally see one WAY off in the corner of a field.  Gabe kept us entertained with singing & lots of questions.  


That night, it poured.  There was a huge thunderstorm.





1 comment:

  1. What an experince for you all..especially Gabe and Grayson! Hppy trails to you all.
    Linda

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