Morning It's Saturday and I made it !!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:01 am
Morning all...it's Saturday and I made it... Yes, I'm at the Turkey Swamp Park in Freehold, NJ...My signal is not that strong ..comes and goes...but I'm in the wilderness..LOL .. Yesterday was a trip ..that was one of those..Ya kiddin' nope I'm not... couldn't leave my home yesterday as it seemed the township decided to take up the friggin road..yep you got it..no road to come out too.... Robert (Richard's other brother ) he got home around 1pm and we had to wait till the crew got threw...yeah..sitting in the drive way in the motor home watching how a road gets taken apart...very interesting if ya have nothing better to do..!!! NOT... so that started my panic mode..critters jumping and Robert pacing..LOL yeah you would have loved to been aboard this good ship lollipop.. (I'm never gonna make it through them pearly gates I can tell ya that..)
Ride was not bad once we finally got on the road..took the Pa turnpike to Jersey turnpike then on to 195 which is the road everyone takes to the Jersey Shore from where we enter it...and being it's a Friday...well would you believe everyone decided to leave to the shore when we did...OH YEAH...bumper to bumper...so we crawled..and of course me ..the biolingquist that I am...spoke in my native tongue...uh hum...St Peter..you didn't know I knew those words did ya...sure......and then Mr Minute Man..he was just a jumping with joy..with his Southern twang...he had stories of things I am sure no one has heard before...well it was my turn to listen to the golden throddle...yeah..I'm likin this trip even more...are we there yet....LOL...
Ah we finally get to our Exit...couldn't believe I saw Exit 22 and only about 40 cars ahead of me...not bad...was cool inside genny was running everyone was happy.. directions was simple ..but kept hearing that tone..."Re Calculating" ..ok ..ok.. so I found a better way...no bid deal..get over it !
We pulled in...and the front of the place is easily marked had to go to the office to give ID..to make sure it was really me...then of course no way to go around so I had to pull a U turn..mmmmm ok...so I'm longer than the average..I"m good at this..so the parking lot was kind of full...and from what they told us the Park was too...LOL..ok...up, back up sideways, up and out...aaaaaaah alas...now down this kind of narrow filled with trees ready to just kiss the sides of ya rig..oh and a few branches that want to wipe the dust off too...aaaaaaaah but it's neat looking...a little bumpy but hey..what's a few bumps between you and me...LOL....oh and here comes a car that wants to attempt to come by the same time you are...mmmm Mexican stand off..who's gonna back up...NOT ME>..: ) nice man...notice his mouthing something...wonder what...but at the stage I'm in...who gives a flying..you know what LOL>...getting my picture...LOL
Ok..so we make a few hair turns...not bad...finally a few forks in the road...reading the signs..not bad..easily marked...aaaah here we come to the B section....ah huh... B 8....aaaaaah good spot...mmmmmm squeeze in and ta daaaa we're here... now to get hooked up...oooooooooh ok.... Electric no biggy.... Water...mmmmmm where are ya..ooooh I see we share it...and with ...you know who....yes...Sunseeker you know ( Jill, Tommy and Timmy (Tommy's twin) LOL ok..Robert...pulls out the hose..and says..."Nope this ain't gonna make it..." but dear.. we have several hoses....ok..pulls out the second one... Now mind you ..I only have short hoses..no big one.. just a 10ft and a 25 ft..and of course a tiny one for the connection..LOL...after I had gotten level too...which wasn't too bad and had the slide out out...had to unlevel and pull slide out back in and move up further into the spot...to get the hose to meet the faucet and me... but at that point I couldn't open the door as there was this thing called a tree...yeah you know what I mean with branches...lookin at me..so between the mumble...and the grumble... and Robert holding this conversation with Richard..LOL he says to me " Ok, now what to you want me to do...where's the other hose..." hmmmmm I can't say what I said...or I could...let me think how to put it.... " There is no other hose lessen you want me to pull it out of my asp ...oh yeah..it was one of those days...can I blame it on PMS rememberance...hahaha...so I say..." Check this out Mr Minute Man...we have a tank that hold 100 gallons...I'll just pull up further ..you fill the tank and I'll back up.....in between the critters barking inside because they are excited we have reached our final destination...(I think) I can't hear nor can he..and we both keep saying " Shut UP"...LOL
Exhausted the poor man is...worked part of the day came home to hear me yack..yeah you got that right.. and now running back and forth as I sit in the cool rig... he deserves a purple heart for sure...LOL... and putting up with me most likely a badge of honor... so we did...pulled up closer and filled the tank... now back up again and repeat the whole process of setting up... not too bad.. ..and then setting up the Xpen with the critters...we sat out side for a bit and then along came
Sunseeker (Jill ) she was all smiles to see us... and by the time we got done telling her she was giggling...yep..I'm sure she thought..what a hell of a bunch of crazy nutz... she is right we are... LOL
Tommy was off with his family..as they haven't seen him in awhile..and we fully understood..hey..ya gotta take care of family that's a priority... and who knows that more than me...I have mine all the time...I have to take a leave of absence when I go some place
We had dinner last night with Jill and she got the routine of how to meet my Zeke...have to meet the little ones first Joe and Reba...and then out comes Abby... (Jello) and then Zeke will greet ya...if you don't meet in that order you just don't meet at all.... LOL She was I'm sure over whelmed by the group.. and you know how kids are ..show and tell..yep..no different...
Tommy picked up an extra water hose for us.. which I thought was so nice of him... as he came in while we were eating dinner... and then Jill went over to their camp set up which is right in front of us... and Robert went over at sat by the campfire.... I stayed behind.. my legs were really swollen..and I had to keep them up...plus with me I get wiped out very easily.. so I stayed back and just layed on the couch...of course couldn't get a signal...oh well...so now ..this morning the critters slept in late..and so did we....which was nice....and finally I'm here...well sort of...
Gonna feed the critters breakfast and then let the day begin....aaaaaah...now can't say what's happening on the forum cause my signal is not strong...so... today I'll get to meet Tommy and we'll talk about all of you..I promise...and of course
take pictures..but I can't post them till I get home...so you'll just have to think about us...
I sure hope you all are enjoying your weekend and that everyone is ok...and you all know you are in my thoughts and prayers and coffee is on....and so are we....
May your Adventures be Great ones and your Journey a Safe one too
God Bless
Sorry no Graphics..can't get strong enough signal.... but I'll make up for it when I get home...
Ride was not bad once we finally got on the road..took the Pa turnpike to Jersey turnpike then on to 195 which is the road everyone takes to the Jersey Shore from where we enter it...and being it's a Friday...well would you believe everyone decided to leave to the shore when we did...OH YEAH...bumper to bumper...so we crawled..and of course me ..the biolingquist that I am...spoke in my native tongue...uh hum...St Peter..you didn't know I knew those words did ya...sure......and then Mr Minute Man..he was just a jumping with joy..with his Southern twang...he had stories of things I am sure no one has heard before...well it was my turn to listen to the golden throddle...yeah..I'm likin this trip even more...are we there yet....LOL...
Ah we finally get to our Exit...couldn't believe I saw Exit 22 and only about 40 cars ahead of me...not bad...was cool inside genny was running everyone was happy.. directions was simple ..but kept hearing that tone..."Re Calculating" ..ok ..ok.. so I found a better way...no bid deal..get over it !
We pulled in...and the front of the place is easily marked had to go to the office to give ID..to make sure it was really me...then of course no way to go around so I had to pull a U turn..mmmmm ok...so I'm longer than the average..I"m good at this..so the parking lot was kind of full...and from what they told us the Park was too...LOL..ok...up, back up sideways, up and out...aaaaaaah alas...now down this kind of narrow filled with trees ready to just kiss the sides of ya rig..oh and a few branches that want to wipe the dust off too...aaaaaaaah but it's neat looking...a little bumpy but hey..what's a few bumps between you and me...LOL....oh and here comes a car that wants to attempt to come by the same time you are...mmmm Mexican stand off..who's gonna back up...NOT ME>..: ) nice man...notice his mouthing something...wonder what...but at the stage I'm in...who gives a flying..you know what LOL>...getting my picture...LOL
Ok..so we make a few hair turns...not bad...finally a few forks in the road...reading the signs..not bad..easily marked...aaaah here we come to the B section....ah huh... B 8....aaaaaah good spot...mmmmmm squeeze in and ta daaaa we're here... now to get hooked up...oooooooooh ok.... Electric no biggy.... Water...mmmmmm where are ya..ooooh I see we share it...and with ...you know who....yes...Sunseeker you know ( Jill, Tommy and Timmy (Tommy's twin) LOL ok..Robert...pulls out the hose..and says..."Nope this ain't gonna make it..." but dear.. we have several hoses....ok..pulls out the second one... Now mind you ..I only have short hoses..no big one.. just a 10ft and a 25 ft..and of course a tiny one for the connection..LOL...after I had gotten level too...which wasn't too bad and had the slide out out...had to unlevel and pull slide out back in and move up further into the spot...to get the hose to meet the faucet and me... but at that point I couldn't open the door as there was this thing called a tree...yeah you know what I mean with branches...lookin at me..so between the mumble...and the grumble... and Robert holding this conversation with Richard..LOL he says to me " Ok, now what to you want me to do...where's the other hose..." hmmmmm I can't say what I said...or I could...let me think how to put it.... " There is no other hose lessen you want me to pull it out of my asp ...oh yeah..it was one of those days...can I blame it on PMS rememberance...hahaha...so I say..." Check this out Mr Minute Man...we have a tank that hold 100 gallons...I'll just pull up further ..you fill the tank and I'll back up.....in between the critters barking inside because they are excited we have reached our final destination...(I think) I can't hear nor can he..and we both keep saying " Shut UP"...LOL
Exhausted the poor man is...worked part of the day came home to hear me yack..yeah you got that right.. and now running back and forth as I sit in the cool rig... he deserves a purple heart for sure...LOL... and putting up with me most likely a badge of honor... so we did...pulled up closer and filled the tank... now back up again and repeat the whole process of setting up... not too bad.. ..and then setting up the Xpen with the critters...we sat out side for a bit and then along came
Sunseeker (Jill ) she was all smiles to see us... and by the time we got done telling her she was giggling...yep..I'm sure she thought..what a hell of a bunch of crazy nutz... she is right we are... LOL
Tommy was off with his family..as they haven't seen him in awhile..and we fully understood..hey..ya gotta take care of family that's a priority... and who knows that more than me...I have mine all the time...I have to take a leave of absence when I go some place
We had dinner last night with Jill and she got the routine of how to meet my Zeke...have to meet the little ones first Joe and Reba...and then out comes Abby... (Jello) and then Zeke will greet ya...if you don't meet in that order you just don't meet at all.... LOL She was I'm sure over whelmed by the group.. and you know how kids are ..show and tell..yep..no different...
Tommy picked up an extra water hose for us.. which I thought was so nice of him... as he came in while we were eating dinner... and then Jill went over to their camp set up which is right in front of us... and Robert went over at sat by the campfire.... I stayed behind.. my legs were really swollen..and I had to keep them up...plus with me I get wiped out very easily.. so I stayed back and just layed on the couch...of course couldn't get a signal...oh well...so now ..this morning the critters slept in late..and so did we....which was nice....and finally I'm here...well sort of...
Gonna feed the critters breakfast and then let the day begin....aaaaaah...now can't say what's happening on the forum cause my signal is not strong...so... today I'll get to meet Tommy and we'll talk about all of you..I promise...and of course
take pictures..but I can't post them till I get home...so you'll just have to think about us...
I sure hope you all are enjoying your weekend and that everyone is ok...and you all know you are in my thoughts and prayers and coffee is on....and so are we....
May your Adventures be Great ones and your Journey a Safe one too
God Bless
Sorry no Graphics..can't get strong enough signal.... but I'll make up for it when I get home...