RV travels with Rich and Judy

Binghamton, NY; June 20 to July 8, 2014

We arrived round noon at Bob's home and unloaded our clothes and the food that had been in the freezer and refrigerator in the RV. Once we got that stowed away and Greer returned from work, we left for the little town of Greene where we met up with Rich's younger son, Richie, and his family. We wandered around and admired the cars and all the work that had gone into restoring them. Richie and Austin, his youngest, were working the show (and Austin was babysitting a sweet bulldog at one point).

Once we left there, we stopped for dinner at an Italian restaurant and that just began our two-week long eat-athon. We both gained ten pounds while there.

Over the two weeks it seems as though all we did was visit and eat (not that I'm complaining, mind you). We had dinner with Jason and Tommi, visited Martha and several of her clan in Pennsylvania, Cathy and Zeke, Bill and Jean, and part of their clan also in PA. Thanks to Jason and Tommi we had our first frozen custard (but not our last!). We were delighted to be invited to Sunday dinner with Greer's mom and some of her family. She goes a mile-a-minute – cooked everything herself including a wonderful rhubarb pie and after dinner we all pitched in and made strawberry jam. I can tell you, she worked me under the table!

One night we had dinner with our daughter-in-law, Tressa, another evening we visited with Richie and his family at their house, Rich helped Bob install ceiling fans and a water heater and I satisfied my garden urge by planting some annuals Bob had bought but not planted.

Just before we had to leave, we enjoyed dinner at Corabell's house. Corabell proudly celebrated her 100^th birthday and is sharper than we are. She does beautiful crocheting with thread, not yarn, a year or two ago, she wrote a book, and at her birthday party, one of her great-granddaughters played a song she wrote. Please, Lord, let me be as sharp as she is when I reach that milestone! What a fascinating lady.

Just two weeks after we dropped the RV off, we got word that it was ready to be picked up. Both sidewalls had been replaced as had the floor. Apparently, the frame had lost camber and that caused all our problems. Floyd was once again very helpful and a pleasure to work with. Of course, in a perfect world, none of these problems would have happened, but since Forest River made good on their product we are satisfied with the outcome. Now we just have to decide on where to go once we pick up the RV and get it reloaded!