Friday July 8th 2016

The weather reverted to May norms today. It was in the low 70s with very little sunshine. So it was good weather for getting things done around the house.

Today, I got more stuff moved into the trash pile in the basement and made another trip to Goodwill. The pots and pans are now gone from the house. I’m going to try and get the trash pile removed on Monday.

I was reminded it was Friday by the traffic this afternoon. It took a little longer to get back to the campground. There were no serious traffic stoppages, just heavy traffic.

Back at the campground there were more reminders that the weekend is here. The campground is full tonight. Most of the sites are taken by weekend campers, but the usual compliment of travelers is here. In addition to the Alaska and California RVs, there are 2 RVs from Oregon, one from Iowa and one from New Mexico. I don’t recall seeing New Mexico here in the northeast before.

The distance traveled award goes to a couple of families from France. They are in two motorhomes rented out of Quebec. They pulled in this evening and went right to the pool to cool off. At least one of the women spoke English well. I suspect they all could do a lot better with English than I could with French.

Starting the evening with a campfire.

Embers of the dying fire.

One of the things I did at the house this week was collect more scrap lumber. I had a campfire this evening and will have a few more to burn the wood. The fire felt good in the cool evening air. The smoke also served to ward off the bugs that are a royal pain.