Bill and Eileen's Travels: Thursday, September 14, 2017

Today is 9/14 and we are at Bear Run Campground near Butler. This afternoon we are going over to my cousin Kathy's house then we are going to have dinner with my Aunt Ann Kathy's mom. I'll post some pictures of our visit later.

We left home on Friday 9/8 and traveled to Fredericksburg KOA in Virginia. This is a nice campground just south of Fredericksburg but it's a little off the beaten path. The next morning we moved on to a KOA in New Columbia Pa.. This campground is just south of I80 and also a little out of the way. It is another nice campground and quiet. We met Carol and Skip and they were with my cousin Mike and his wife Diane. We hadn't seen Mike and Diane in several years and it was great to see them. They really haven't changed much.

Our visit here was to visit family and catch up. We were able to see my family but unfortunately not any of Eileen's. That would have been nice. We went to dinner with Tom and Sandi and Carol and Skip on Saturday night, visited the cemetery on Sunday afternoon, and spent a great evening at Tom and Sandi's house. They had a nice picnic set up for us and a good time was had by all. Carol brought some old albums, mom's daily log book and a bunch of old records that we hadn't had the chance to look at in the past. It was great fun going through all this. Jim and Fran, Sadie and Emerson joined us on Sunday. Fran's cousin had been married on Saturday so they were basically tied up until Sunday.
Bottom line is that it was great to see everyone. Doesn't happen often these days.

Monday we shopped and then had lunch with Tom and Sherry Keller. Sherry was with Eileen the first night I asked her out and Tom and Sherry lent me money to bye Eileen's engagement ring.
Wow great friends for over 50 years. Monday night we when to Montoursville to see the Bikers run. Every 9/11 thousands of bikers do a ride to honor the dead of 9/11/2001. It's a patriotic ride and makes you think about how our world has changed the last 16 years.

Tuesday morning we headed to Wolfs Campground in Knox/Wentlings Corners Pa. The campground is old and not in the best shape but it's about two miles from my hunting property. That afternoon we met with Steve, Dan, and Leroy Ace. They own the property behind mine and we recently had agreed to allow them to cross my property to gain access to there property. We saw the new gate that they
had build for me and walked the property with them. It was great to meet them and I'm confident this will be a good arrangement. Wednesday morning I got up early and walked the property. This place has been my escape place for many years and it's always great to spend some time here. Things are looking good for this year's hunt.

Today we took the short trip to Portersville to Bear Creek. Looking forward to seeing Kathy and Bob and Aunt Ann.

Hopefully I have enough internet signal to post some pic's. Looking forward to heading West. Tomorrow we head for Lebanon Ohio then to Casey Il. to see the giant wind chime.

Hope you enjoy this year's trip. Nice to have you with us.