We returned yesterday from our time away. Mike had to work the National Rally and rather than have him gone for a week, we went with him, for a week in Virginia. Zach loved his first official camping trip, and Pete had a good time too. We get to relax and see Mike when he comes back to the camper for meals. It was SO hot, we had a rule, everytime dad came by the camper, the boys ran a popcicle out to him (he preferes red ones). The campground had a great pool/water park to use for free and we were there daily. Zach is very comfortable swimming with his life jacket on now - Pete taught him to dog paddle before we left, when we went out to Great Grandma's house to play in the lake. It was a nice, shady park. It was very nice to see green grass. In fact, we arrived between thunder storms - the campground office did not have power when we got there, but they had on paper who was coming in for the rally and we got all set up on our site before the next thunderstorm arrived. We had 2 other storms overnight while we were there. Luckily for Mike and the other service guy, the storms stopped before 8 AM when they had to be out and about in the campground doing repairs for the rally goers.
The way down was slow going. We ran into 107 degree temperatures driving down, and that along with running the A/C on high and pulling the camper overheated our engine. We stopped for the night before we planned, but then got up at 2 AM to begin our drive during the coolest part of the day and drove slow. On the way home, we had 77 degree temps and the drive was much easier.
I missed Steven on this trip, but he's having a great time with Grandma and Grandpa. He had lots of fun at the Youth Rally and he is just loving helping navigate the motorhome on their trip. (The one on one time with Grandma and Grandpa is an added bonus for him)
We stopped in Hershey PA on this trip too. Zach loved the ride that took us on the factory tour to see how Hershy bars are made. Pete and I loved the 5 pound chocolate bar that we bought.
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