Mother Nature

Yo,

We are sitting in a coffee shop in Portsmouth NH - using their WiFi.  Mother nature is up to her normal New England procedure in that it is raining today - sometimes heavy and there is rain forecast until Thursday!  YES - to rain 4 - 5 days in a row in NE is normal and part of why I have a strong dislike NE!!!!!!

I have quite a few photos to load up but it takes too much time and uses too much of our monthly time allotted to the i-phone hot spot setup - 4 gigabytes.  so they will have to wait until I get to a place that we have free wifi.

Just checking in and saying hello except for being wet and chilly- 52- degrees - we are have a great time.

Later my friends,

JR    :>)

Salisbury Beach State Park.

Yo my friends,

Well, we are at Salisbury Beach State Park.  It is a very nice park - lots of open space and cement pads for the RV's  It is a BIG park with 484 camping spaces!!!!!  I would say maybe 100 are occupied at present - they say in July and August it is full and is like a little city!!

This is more of our KIND of park as we like the open sites and there are NO 30 foot trees hanging over our roof!!!  :>)  

We have WiFi as we are using Melissa's i-phone as a Verizon Hot Spot through our WiFi Ranger Mobile Boost.  Our signal strengthis 5 and clicking right along!!!

The State park is $24 per night which is a very good rate - it includes water and electricity.  They do not have sewer connectins but do have a couple of dump locations.  So 1/2 thru our week we will dump our tanks and then dump again on the way out when leaving next Thursday.

Now for some photos!

DREAMCATCHERS IN HER RESTING SPACE FOR THE NEXT WEEK!

OUR BACK YARD IS VERY BIG THIS WEEK!!!!

The beach roses are in full bloom - I love these roses.

We got here about 1pm and spent most of the day on the beach which is a very short drive from our RV - about 4 minutes!!!

More pictures to follow.

JR   :>) 

OFF TO THE OCEAN!!!!

Yo my friends,

Well, this morning we are off to get the oil/filter changed in the RV and then off to the Atlantic Ocean at Salisbury Beach.  We should be there shortly after noon time or so and once we get set up I'll shoot a few photos and send them out to you guys.  Looking forward to spending another week in the PARKED/STATIONARY position - relaxing and I hope to do a painting or two during this week.  Lots of relaxing and lots of reading.

I need to go up onto Amazon and download some more books - I had three new ones and this week I've read two of them and am now 1/2 way thru the third one.

Sunday we have the family reunion cookout at my sister's house in Dover NH - long range forecast is for showers so I really hope they are WRONG!!!!! 

See Y'all later today with photos of our new location.  This time our back yard will really be huge - the ATLANTIC OCEAN!!!!!!!!

JR   :>) 

Storm on the Horizon

Yo, Blog Buddies

Well, last night my weather alert radio started to buzz and broadcast a weather alert.  A strong thunder storm with winds up to 60 mph, hail and lots of rain was headed our way.  Worcester county which is the county we are in was on the warning list as well as other counties in MA. - CT. - NH

We lucked out in that we did not get the high winds - or hail - but we did get a lot of heavy rains for a couple of hours.  The good side to that, the RV and our car were covered in green pollen from all the pine trees - and now they are nice a clean!!!

I will admit I was a bit concerned about 60 MPH winds - especially with the 30 foot tall pines above our RV.  However all worked out.

Melissa has gone to N. Andover MA. this morning to meet with the class room of middle grade students who read Melissa's novel and emailed Melissa with a bunch of questions.  The questions will get answered and I'm sure more questions will be asked.  A special treat will be the reading of the first chapter of the Sequel!!!!!!  I think the kids will be thrilled!

Next week she does another visit to a middle grade class in NH.  Very exciting!!!!!

So today while she is gone I decided to do a few preparations for our departure tomorrow morning.  I started by completely cleaning the interior of the RV.  Vac, dust, mop. I also did another spraying for ants - the first spraying a day or two after we arrived, seemed to do the trick as we have not seen any ants since! 

I'll put some filtered water into our fresh water tank - so we can wash our hands or flush the toilet while travelling to the next RV campground.  I only carry about 5 gallons of fresh water - just for the purposes mentioned above as a full tank (40 gallons) would represent a lot of extra useless weight to carry as well as cut down on the gas mileage!  Water weighs 8.3 lbs per gallon so 40 gallons would be 332 extra pounds!

Tomorrow morning we need to stop at the Ford dealer on the way out as we have a 9am appt. to get the oil and oil filter changed and a check of all the other fluids as well as any necessary lubrication.  This is the first oil change we've done, as we just reached 5,000 miles - a tad over in fact.

After this, it is onto Salisbury Beach State Park - pretty much "almost" on the beach - we'll be there for a week.  Salisbury Beach is in Salisbury MA. and is only about 1 hour or so from where we are - so a nice short drive and then a nice stay for a week - now this is the RV-ing we like!!!!!!

On this leg of the journey we will visit my sister and her family in Dover NH, as well as my brother, some nieces - their kids, cousins etc will be there as well.  Most of these folks I have not seen for 10 - 12 years or longer - so sort of a family reunion with a cookout this coming Sunday.

Life is good!

Well folks - I've got a few more DIS & DATS to do - which will save time tomorrow morning.

Have a great day and be happy and stay healthy.

JR    :>)

Boston Minuteman Campground

Well on Thursday morning we leave the Boston Minuteman Campground.  It has been a very enjoyable stay here - the park is very well located just outside of Boston.

A very well maintained park with a nice pool, and a section for basketball and volleyball - clean rest rooms and showers.

The laundry is nice and all in all we totally enjoyed our week here.

Most every campsite has the ability to have a fire and the smell of the smoke adds a nice touch to the "camping" aspect of the campground.

From what we could see the campground was fully occupied over the Memorial Day weekend.

It is a very woodsy setting which is not our most favorite - we like more of an open setting - but that is just our preference.

The staff and owners are very friendly and helpful - on a scale of 1 - 10 we would give it a 9 and would certainly stay here again.

JR   :>) 

ICE CREAM

Yo my blog buddies,

Our sister-in-law and her family came over yesterday to see our RV.  They seemed to like it a lot and thought it was quite comfortable!  After a nice visit, we all went out for ice cream - Melissa and I each got a hot fudge sundae with pistachio ice cream Hmmmmmm GOOD - our favorite!!!

Our two nieces Olivia and Elizabeth

Olivia is the one standing - two great kids!

Terry - the husband of my sister-in-law has three old Mustangs - one of which can be driven ( in the photos ) and the other two need some work done to them.

Today they are predicting showers and thunder showers off and on and into tomorrow.  This is really the first wet weather we have had since arriving this past Thursday so all in all no complaints from us!

Sooooo we shall fiddle fart around most of the morning and then go get a few things we need and stop by the relatives and spend some time with them.

It can get a bit dark inside an RV during rainy times and since we are so familiar with this area there really is not too much we can go do - although Boston is quite close, we grew up around Boston and have pretty much seen all to be seen.  The sole purpose of this visit was to see family and visit with them. 

In the meantime Melissa is getting ready for a reading of selected sections of her novel as well as a question and answer period.  She will be reading to a classroom of middle grade students who have read her book and have tons of questions for her.  This takes place tomorrow in N. Andover MA. which is not far from here.

Sooooo all in all a nice quiet day - I think I will lay on the couch and read - I just started a novel on my kindle and am getting quite interested in the outcome!

We put a load of laundry in this morning at the campground laundromat and that will keep us in clean clothes until the middle of next week.  See, RV living is no different than living in a regular home - laundry to do, house cleaning to do - on occasion maintenance to do - of course a lot less of those things but - still needs to be done!

Some folks have asked how we can live in such a small space.  We have always liked cozy - we have about 255 sq. ft. of living space HOWEVER - although our house is small - we have a HUGE backyard!!!!

Later my friends - remember - sit with your back to the wall and when people walk past - smile and say YO - how U do'in today.  Smiles go a long way!

JR    :>)



MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

Yo my friends,

Well - Memorial Day was celebrated yesterday (Sunday) in Princeton MA.  It was a GREAT day lots of sunshine and a wonderful time.  We spent it with my sister-in-law and her family and our 2 wonderful nieces - probably one of the if not the best Memorial Days I've had in many, many years.

A small town - a small community celebration and such a wonderful day.

JR   :>)