We had a wondrful time on our little vacation, despite the incredibly hot temperatures. You all know how well I tolerate the heat! There wasn't a day that we were there that it got any lower than 80 degrees. Luckily there was always a beautiful breeze blowing, otherwise we all would have died. The camper has a/c, so of course we had that cranked right up. The kids spent alot of time in the pool too.
Like I said, the trip was great. But it wsn't without complications. On our way down to PA, around Binghamton, we blew the engine in the truck. We were riding long, and Mike realized there was something wrong and pulled over on the side of the road. \The passing tractor trailers shook the camper and truck to the point where I got nervous, so I took the three kids (my 2 and Jake's friend, Luke) and went down the hill next to us, across a small ravine, and up onto a hill....far away from the traffic. There we sat for 3 hours waiting for Triple A to find someone with a wrecker big enough to tow both the truck AND the camper. Everyone in our convoy of campers stopped for us, and eventually, 2 of the campers went on to PA without us. My Uncle Shawn and his family waited with us. We ended up leaving Michael there with the truck and camper and heading on to PA too. My brother-in-law, David, got to PA, unloaded and set up their 5th wheel, then headed back to Binghamton to get Michael and our camper. We left the pickup at a truck stop near Binghamton and took our camper to PA. We decided that we weren't going to let the whole ordeal ruin our weekend, and we didn't. We pressed on and had a great time. Tomorrow, David and our friend, Stewart, are each taking their trucks (Stewart is towing his big flatbed trailer) to go get our truck and camper. Can you say CLUSTER?? We are going to need a new engine for the truck, but seem to think it's not going to be that big of a deal considering the number of people that can help us out in one way or another. So we are down to one vehicle for now
Lukas ended up with Poison Ivy during our little escapade on the side of the road. The poor kid is covered with it. Luckily it hasn't itched at all though. Jake has a small spot of it on his leg. I may end up having to take him to the dr's tomorrow just to verify that that is what it is, which means that he'll be missing school tomorrow. I'm sure that will just break his heart!
It was hotter than the hubs of hell when we got home. Mike got the central a/c situated, but the house is so damn big that it takes a good 24 hours to get it down to the right temp. It's bearable now, so I guess that I shouldn't bitch.
Guess we're going to bed here in a few minutes. It'll be so nice to sleep in my own bed!
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Holy Shit, what a huge pain the ass! I'm glad you still had a good time despite the truck problem. How awesome that David & Stewart are going to go and rescue your camper and truck. Poor Lukas, i wonder if it is poison ivy, normally taht would be itchy as all get out, not to mention that the second you itch it you then spread it all over. Poor kiddo. Talk soon, i'm going to be out and about today cause they are coming to do the windows, i'll give you a call later maybe :-)
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