Labor Day Weekend 2013

A lot has been happening since I last posted on the Travels of the Big "A" Bus.   In the last post I indicated we would be camping with 4 couples for a weekend but that didn't happen due to one of the couples having a death in the family so we actually postponed that trip until this weekend.

In the mean time we have been busy with a house showing which we thought was a good prospect but that did not happen so we still have a house and property to sell.   However we have managed to stay quite busy.   Larry has been cutting grass , seems like every other day, between rain downpours.   It has been a really rainy summer in Virginia.  We had another camping trip in August to Luray Va . with the ODC camping group.  Madie went with us and enjoyed just having a a restful weekend. She has been playing and singing at different places all summer and I think she needed a break.

Our son in law Doug, was going to a school for Lt. Col. for the army so I was invited to come to Indy and help Ally with the four grands for a while.   I flew out on Aug. 20th and returned on the 28th.   I cooked, ran the morning school carpool , picked up most of the afternoon runs and did the football practice run with Noah, open house night at school to meet the teachers, emptied 2 refrigerators down to one in the basement, cleaned and organized the freezer, play closet in the basement, got clothes ready for a consignment shop, took stuff to Goodwill.   Now I didn't do all this by myself, Ally was right there helping me.    We had a good time doing it and enjoyed some mother daughter time.  That is one BUSY family.

We are now at Endless Caverns Campground at New Market Virginia with Tolson, Freed, and Burdette for a relaxing weekend. Yesterday we went out to breakfast at the Southern Kitchen and then to the Virginia  Museum of the Civil War. It was very interesting and there is a movie being made about the battle and the cadets from VMI. It is called the Field of Lost Shoes.    Had a wonderful dinner with the group last night, steak, potatoes, beans, pretzel salad and then homemade icecream and pound cake for dessert.

Everyone is taking it easy this morning and then we are going to a parade this afternoon to see the Cadets from VMI that have marched  from Lynchburg to New Market  and will do a reenactment of the battle.  As a matter of fact, Larry is still in bed.

Tomorrow, we head out to Mt. Airy N.C. to visit the Andy Griffith town of Mayberry. Larry says he is taking Barney another bullet since he never had but one. Spending a couple of days there and then on to Greer SC to Bill and Deb Dorris home, leaving the MH there and driving with them to Fripp Island SC to a beach house that Bill has a timeshare in.   He has invitied 5 other high school friends and their husband or wife. we are really looking forward to this trip.  

After that it is back to Virginia for some dentist, doctor appts and then hopefully a trip to Indy for Larry to do some projects for Ally.

Let you know later about the beach trip.