Pssst! We’re Being Followed!
I know you’re not going to believe this but we woke up this morning and it was STILL RAINING! The Ohio weatherman is such a liar! We packed up and tried to get on the road early so we could try to get past the rain. Unfortunately, it looks like it’s following us across the country. This front must have separation anxiety, like Percy.
Speaking of Percy, I asked Ali about him this morning. He’s just fine and hasn’t had any more back pain. However, Ali says she spent the night at her friend’s house and, upon returning home the next morning, was almost bowled over by Percy, who was jumping on her and licking her in his excitement to see her. She’s lucky he didn’t pee on her. He does that sometimes when we get home after a trip. He gets so excited he loses control of himself a bit. Happens to the best of us sometimes…
Ali also reported that they are under a frost advisory tonight! Yes, you read that right. It’s not even September yet and it’s going to freeze in Bangor, Maine. Well, usually about this time of the year my pumpkins are just now getting going with flowering and fruiting. It should be a few more weeks yet before we have a freeze. I’m wondering if maybe this is a sign of how our winter is going to be this year? Well, that’s okay. After all this traveling, I think we’ll be ready to hunker down for a few months, escaping to our land in Western Maine a few times before the snows set in.
We just crossed the state line into Pennsylvania. It’s not raining right now, but the sky is very dark and ominous. We should be at the campground within an hour or so. Once we get there, we’ll take the car to the local market and stock up on some essentials. We’re almost out of paper plates and bottled water (we really don’t trust the water quality at some campgrounds). We’ll also scope out the town for a good restaurant for dinner. Probably around that time, the rain will have caught up with us once again. I typed too soon. While I was editing what I wrote above, Richard had to turn on the windshield wipers.