Our Last Full Day at Harbor View CG!

Today was such a phenomenal day in so many ways!  We got up alittle later (tired from all the driving yesterday) and decided to take a walk around the park.  Ahead of us we noticed a guy walking his 3 dogs who appeared to be staring at us.  As we got closer we realized it was Gary, one of the folks we learned to know at the RV Dreams Rally in Hershey several weeks ago.  What a surprise!  Neither one of us had any idea that we would be at the same park.  His wife Leesa poked her head out of their motorhome to say hi.  We chatted for awhile and then we told them we planned to have a campfire this evening and make hot dogs.  Invited them to join us.  We knew we would have alot to talk about.  Then we walked alittle further and met up with Steve and Chris, folks we have met here at the CG this week who live only about 1 hour from away.  They knew we planned to have a campfire this evening and said if we didn't care they would walk up and join us.  So our evening plans were set.


Ken and I took our 2 mile walk near the CG and talked with a gentleman who was getting ready to haul his boat back to Florida.  He and his wife had some great stories to share with us about some of their boating adventures like boating on the intercoastal waterway from New York to Florida in an 18' boat that they slept on.  Imagine!  Then he shared about his numerous boating trips in Alaska and how closely he shared the waters with 3 killer whales.  It was fascinating.  Amazing what stories you hear when you are out for a walk on a relaxing day!

We drove to get a few groceries and decided to go into Colonial Beach for another look at the area.  When we were there last week, it appeared to be a depressed area with a beach that was in rather bad shape.  Today it looked like a new beach.  Obviously Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee had done so much damage to their beach area.  They now had cleaned off the beach, leveled the sand, and it looked beautiful.  We walked along several of the streets and found a wonderful little market shop that had fresh baked goods, homemade granola, sorbet, soups, salads, etc.  We purchased a wonderful scone - apricot, raisin, walnut, and white chocolate.  Today really changed our feelings about Colonial Beach.  They have lots of activities in the summers, concerts frequently, and many folks drive around in their golf carts on the roads.  Some of the houses remind me of the cottages in our area in Pa called Mt. Gretna.

Then at 6 Gary and Leesa came to our campsite to have supper with us.  We built a large campfire and had hot dogs, potatoes, beans, and of course some wine and beer.  Just when we finished eating, Steve and Chris joined us.  They brought some pumpkin pie and whipped cream.  I introduced everyone to "snake making" using crescent rolls and how to make cinnamon rolls in the cast iron pie maker.  Gary and Leesa have been full timing for about 3 months so we enjoyed listening to their on the road experiences and we all shared some of the trips we have taken and CG's that we should try.  It was such a fantastic evening.  This world is so small and it is amazing how many wonderful people you meet along the way.  We have enjoyed getting to know Steve and Chris and so thankful that we were able to meet up with Gary and Leesa again.  They are hoping to workcamp in the hills of South Dakota next summer and fall.  Who knows, maybe we will meet up with them in that area and they can show us around.  That would be great!!!  We ended our evening around 10:15 with hugs and hopes of seeing each other on the road again in the near future.  Life is good!

Can't believe we have spent 2 weeks in this CG.  The time has past so quickly even with all the truck issues.  But, life is what you make it, and even if we would have known all of this ahead of time, we would have still made the trip.  Sometimes you just have to make lemonade out of lemons!  Why not?????