THE LAST DAY

I have procrastinated enough about posting on our blog.  I can't tell you why I will do almost anything else, even vacuum, before I will sit down and write on this damn blog.  I've wracked my brain to try and figure it out.  Is it the technology that I have to utilize in order to post with photos etc. or is it my perfectionism that makes writing anything creative a massive undertaking?  I think the answer is "YES" and "YES".  So in order to alleviate the problem I promised myself that I would get back to regular, timely posting before I turned 60!  Now, I have a lot to say about turning sixty but that can wait.  After all, I will be 60 for a whole year, right?    What, the year is up already???  No, no, it doesn't go by that fast!

Well, this is my last day to be 59 years old. Hell, this is my last day to be fifty-anything! So in my perverse way of thinking, I am rewarding myself for my birthday by doing the one thing that weighs on my mind all the time, the one thing that is so distasteful to me that I would rather exercise than sit down and write. (And all of you that know me know how much I hate to exercise) In this way, tomorrow when I wake up I will have the satisfaction of knowing that I actually posted to our blog and the heat is off for a while.

To illustrate my point regarding my technological  challenges, the pic above appeared magically where I had intended to insert a recent photo of  us.  Instead, while I was "browsing" my pictures to find a suitable one I came across this one and just wanted to have a better look at it. (ya know, almost sixty year old eyes can't see "thumbnails")  Little did I know that when I clicked to enlarge it I also inserted it in this post.  Even canceling did no good so rather than obsess any further I decided to go on and continue with the rest of the images I really wanted in here.  Oh, by the way, the caption on the above should read, "Bob on Dahlonega Square, Dahlonega, Ga, circa. 2008!" 

Bob on July 4th, 2011!

Trace and Patty on our motorcycle trip that started going to Indian Rock but wound up going to several gas stations and bike shops to keep my harley and Bob's running.  Lots of gremlins hit our bikes on this particular day along with some downpouring rain and a lot of swearing on our part.  All of our buddies were just fine with it, calm, cool and collected.  "That's what riding with a group is all about" they said but still embarassing to Bob and I!

Trace and Steve, Shawn and Patty

Boat trip on the Fulton Chain of Lakes, Old Forge, New York

Steve and Trace, Michelle and Ted and Bob in the background

HELLO, HELLO, HELLO

It's hard to know where to begin!  My last post was over five months ago and little did I know it would be my last for a while.  The problem was our internet connection in the Adirondacks being almost nonexistent!  My aircard was very unreliable and dial-up speed was the best it could do there.  But I must tell you, we had the BEST summer ever!  We fell in love with the Adirondacks all over again.  Bob and I had forgotten just how majestic the forests and lakes are up there.  There is quite alot to see and do and we only scratched the surface.

The other component of this lifestyle is the workamping.  Until Kayuta Lake Campground we had been involved with the US Army Corps of Engineers only.  This was our first private campground and so we were a bit apprehensive as to how we would like it.  Well, any misgivings we might have had completely disappearred as the summer advanced.  Mike and Karin welcomed us in a big way as did the "seasonals", a friendly camping community which we are now a part of! 

Bob was a part of the "crack" maintenance staff and I joined the office/general store/snack bar/coffeehouse group!  I really had wanted to work outside for the benefit of exercize plus the sheer joy of being able to work outside!! But when it rained every day from April 28 through June 20th, I got over it real quick.  Once the rain quit, the temps were dee-lite-ful.  Most of the days the highs were below 85 degrees and the lows in the 50-60 degree range.  Great sleeping without the A/C.

One of the aspects of Kayuta Lake Campground that we love is the "seasonal community".   There are 165 sites and 89 of them are campers who lease a specific site from May through October 15.  (Thus, the name "seasonal")  You can form friendships with people this way, a part of the fulltimer's life that is missing when you are on the road.

Well, I could go on and on about Kayuta Lake Campground, how beautiful it is, how much fun it is to camp there and to even work there but I am beginning to sound like a commercial!  Suffice it to say that I will be writing a lot more about KLC (with pictures) in the coming weeks.  I have a lot to catch you up on and I will fill you in on it all!

BTW, you can see our beautiful park's website  kayutalakecampground.com

Wondering where we are now??????  If you were paying attention last winter, you might know.  It was in the blog. (but how pompous am I to think that anyone might care enough to remember??? Except for my Mom!  Or to think that people are reading this at all???  Except for Mom)

Former train depot, Forestport, NY

"H10" Our site at KLC !

Bald Mountain, Old Forge, NY