Metamora to the Adirondacks

Well, we made it back in one piece! Our first venture in our 1968 Airstream was a success. We packed it up and hit the road last Sunday the 22nd and drove until we got too tired. We called it a night at about 12:30 somewhere around Buffalo, NY. Then we woke up the next morning and drove until we got to Lake George, NY. The campsite was beautiful. Very clean and lots of ammenities for families. I highly recommend it to anyone with an R.V. They have very clean showers, a small store, 2 arcades, 4 heated pools, a bass pond, a paddle boat pond, and an adult lounge. Also, they have quite hours after 10 p.m. and before 8 a.m.! A huge bonus in my book! I was pleasantly surprised by how nice it was and all it had to offer. They also have trolly's that run every 20 mins around the park and into town. So, we set up our campsite, and spent the next 3 nights there. We did a lot of activities, mostly out of the park. We dined in the town of Lake George which is very lively at night and fun to walk around. We went to some natural stone caves. We went antiquing, but left empty handed. We went to a waterslide park and a very retro young kids amusement park called the Magic Forest. It is set up in the trees overlooking the mountains and is quite magic indeed. But mostly for children under the age of 11 or 12. Our kids loved it and we got some great keepsake photos. Every ride is vintage, all the ones you remember going on as a kid, and it's like the whole park is frozen in time. Worthwhile if you are in the area. After our stay at the R.V. park, we left and headed to Saratoga Springs which is a lovely town in Upstate NY made famous for the horse races. The whole town revolves around horses, and horse racing and anything horse related. They have nice little boutiques and lots of good restaurants, so it's a great place to visit if you are traveling through. We ate lunch there and shopped around and then got back on the road to Michigan. From there we had another few hours until we hit Buffalo and Niagara Falls. So we camped at an R.V. park near the falls for the night, pulling in around midnight. Next morning we were off to the falls on the New York side. I hadn't been since before Roger and I were married and we went to the Canadian side on our way to Vermont. It was fun to go again. I had forgotten how amazing the falls really are. And the American side is equally breathtaking in my opinion. You can get up close and even go down in and under the falls. They have "Cave of the Winds" on that side and you have to wear poncho's and sandals to go in. The kids were thrilled. We stood under the gushing, force of the falls and all got pretty wet. It was very fun and a memory to savor. And in the midst of it all, my daughter, Kelsey, had found a bunch of little, tiny snails on the railing, under the water, and had about 8 of them clinging to her arm. She was in critter heaven. I had to just laugh, because I was just like her when I was her age. We ended up compromising and only taking one home in the car to keep. Needless to say, "Shelly", the snail, now lives in our fish bowl!
So, all in all, it was a family vacation for the memory books! No hitches, just good times and lots of family bonding. And our faithful Maryann (the airstream), was a perfect placet to call home.

Eggs and a Roo

The ladies are laying! We have been getting about 8-10 eggs every few days! We know that Mystery is one of the layers, and not sure who else is at this point. But soon we will be getting twice that when the other hens start laying too. It's so fun to collect the eggs each time we go out and give them to our friends and family. Nothing better than free-range, super fresh eggs! Did you know that organic eggs are lower in cholesterol than regular eggs? And that eggs bought in the grocery store are usually already 3 weeks old when you buy them?
We have not been getting a lot of time for renovations lately. But we did get all the wallpaper scraped and the walls mudded a couple of weeks ago. It looks so much better just without that wallpaper! We also hired some local guys to repair the roof of the barn, and to put gutters on the main house. They are actually going to tear the whole roof off and rebuild it, and rebuild the hay loft area. It will save us tons of time not having to do the roof ourselves and they said it would be done in just a week or so. I guess our resident turkey vulture named Bob, will have to find another place to live, away from the barn...We also had the pasture cut and it looks great. The guy who did it said it probably hadn't been cut in a decade or more. So, things are progressing slowly, and steadily.
Also, our rooster, Oreo, finally found his voice. He crowed the last time the kids were out. He just loves strutting around the property showing off his gorgeous colors and looking after his harem. He is quite the proud Roo!
So, we are off on our summer vacation for the next week. Taking our vintage 1968 Airstream to Lake George, NY. It should be a nice get-away and a fun adventure for us and the kids. It's our first venture with the Airstream and we can't wait to stay in it!

More to come in the next few weeks. Pics of the barn, and house progress after we get back....