Yes, we are in Intercourse, PA, but I must digress a bit to finish our trip to the Maritimes. Joan and Ron Leitch, whom we didn't socialize with all that much when we lived in Halifax, treated us as if we were royalty. They came by the MH for a drink, and then took us to their cottage where we dined on lobster and salad and dessert. We caught up on their two daughters, one a pharmacist and one a teacher, and their two granddaughters. Ron worked for Zellars (W.T. Grant) when we were neighbors, and then he went on to own two Arbys franchises. Now they summer at their cottage on PEI and winter at their lovely home in Manzanilla, Mexico. I think we just might have to cruise to Puerto Vallarta and visit them!!!
On our way to Intercourse, we spent a night down east on the Maine coast. We just happened on a small RV park and while checking in, there was a sign that asked if one had ordered lobster!!!! The park owner said he would cook them and deliver them to the MH whenever we wanted.............I wanted. He arrived at our door about 40 minutes later with a lobster for each, about 1 1/2# each, and the total bill was $22!!! The best lobster of the entire trip.
The next day we spent the early evening driving in a circle trying to find a particular RV park, only to discover that it was a sea of mud............so we kept going. We crossed the line from NY to Connecticut, stopped at a rest area, rested for a while.................and at six the next morning awoke from a good night's sleep and proceeded on our way.
The Pennsylvania Dutch Country is not only beautiful with its green fields of wheat, tobacco, and corn, but it is absolutely charming with all the Amish farms and the horses and buggies that ply the roadways. We are backed up to a country road that is frequented by the clip-clop of horses hooves as the buggies pass by.
We drove to Keith and Janet's yesterday and ended up spending the night. We had to retrieve the fish, orchid, and alcohol that we left for safekeeping while we went to Canada. Last night we were treated to grilled pork chops that were drenched in a bourbon sauce, and this morning it was biscuits and gravy. One never goes hungry at a Kirkwood house!!!
Tomorrow morning we hit the road and we are headed west. We will make a stop in Indiana to visit my niece and nephew, and then on to Iowa to tour the Winnebago factory and visit a quilt shop in Winterset. Ken then wants to hook up with part of the Oregon trail since some of his Kirkwood ancestors were on one of the first trains to come west.
Until next time; ciao
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Down Memory Lane to the Maritimes
After what seemed like endless miles of driving we arrived in Halifax on Tuesday afternoon. There were only two choices for RV parks, and much as we try to avoid them, the KOA was the best bet. Giff and Betty Anne were determined that we should park in their driveway, but it was just too short/small, and we worried about damaging the blacktop.
We drove through our old neighborhood and stopped to take pictures of the first house we ever owned. In asking to do so, the current owner invited us inside for a look around, which we did. I can honestly say I don’t feel as if we have lost anything. Clayton Park was a very desirable address when we lived there, and I guess it is still a desirable area, but we can’t see that it has held its value. Other than a great floorplan, there is nothing appealing about the property. The current owner is talking about everything from new windows (sorely needed to replace the old aluminum) to a remodeled kitchen (not all that bad except for the cheap cabinets that are the same ones we had when we lived there).
We drove by the grade school that Keith, Brian, and Colleen attended, and it looks like a forty-year-old building. The most notable change about the entire neighborhood is how overgrown it has become as the trees matured plus several properties near our old house now have hedges.
This morning we stopped by the Giffins, and will return this evening for dinner (lobster). Giff is in New Brunswick fishing and will be home in time for dinner, but we had a good visit with Betty Anne and caught up on their five boys and their families. We reminisced about the long-ago weekend the four of us spent together in our little camper and how much fun it was.
We have chatted with Joan and Ron Leitch who were our next-door neighbors here in Halifax. They are at their cottage on P.E.I for the summer, and they now spend their winters in their newly-built home in Mexico. We have waffled about going to P.E.I. to see them, but we have decided to, so we will take a spin across the new Confederation Bridge that is the longest in the world to span ice-covered waters – about eight miles.
The weather is unbelievably beautiful with temps in the low seventies and blue sky and sunshine; not that we didn’t encounter some rains and thunder and lightning the days we were on the road getting here. Ciao
We drove through our old neighborhood and stopped to take pictures of the first house we ever owned. In asking to do so, the current owner invited us inside for a look around, which we did. I can honestly say I don’t feel as if we have lost anything. Clayton Park was a very desirable address when we lived there, and I guess it is still a desirable area, but we can’t see that it has held its value. Other than a great floorplan, there is nothing appealing about the property. The current owner is talking about everything from new windows (sorely needed to replace the old aluminum) to a remodeled kitchen (not all that bad except for the cheap cabinets that are the same ones we had when we lived there).
We drove by the grade school that Keith, Brian, and Colleen attended, and it looks like a forty-year-old building. The most notable change about the entire neighborhood is how overgrown it has become as the trees matured plus several properties near our old house now have hedges.
This morning we stopped by the Giffins, and will return this evening for dinner (lobster). Giff is in New Brunswick fishing and will be home in time for dinner, but we had a good visit with Betty Anne and caught up on their five boys and their families. We reminisced about the long-ago weekend the four of us spent together in our little camper and how much fun it was.
We have chatted with Joan and Ron Leitch who were our next-door neighbors here in Halifax. They are at their cottage on P.E.I for the summer, and they now spend their winters in their newly-built home in Mexico. We have waffled about going to P.E.I. to see them, but we have decided to, so we will take a spin across the new Confederation Bridge that is the longest in the world to span ice-covered waters – about eight miles.
The weather is unbelievably beautiful with temps in the low seventies and blue sky and sunshine; not that we didn’t encounter some rains and thunder and lightning the days we were on the road getting here. Ciao
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