A "Working Day" of Preparing to Go Home!!

I had a bad night's sleep not because of pain, but my mind just wanted to race from one thing to another - crazy!  Ken was up first, but I finally got out of bed at 8:45.  We had a light breakfast and then the clean-up began.

Ken spent all morning outside loading things that we had put outdoors during our 2 week stay!  I went through many different things inside and started packing up food and clothing that we load in the CRV making it easier to unload when we get home. Then I began the cleaning, scrubbing, and scouring process throughout Wilbur!  

By 1:15 we were ready for lunch and we decided to got to the Environmental Center and take the 2 mile Scenic Gorge hike.  Ken loves to take photos at the pond in front of the Center, which he has done every time we come to this area.  He took photos there about a week ago and it was amazing how the color of the leaves had intensified since then.  We have definitely seen a great change in the vibrant color of the leaves since we arrived in the Delaware Water Gap!

Here are photos Ken took of a neighboring pond at the Environmental Center that Ken took about 1 week ago -  Quite a difference!

It took us about 1 1/4 hours to complete the hike, stopping every so often to take photos and just enjoy the beautiful and peaceful area.  No big waterfalls today, but there was a tiny one!

This was a rather rugged trail (more natural) but not as strenuous
as many of the others we had hiked!

Lots of ferns on this north side of the mountain.  This looks
like it has new growth!

Okay, it isn't a large falls, but none the less, it was
beautiful!

We got back to Wilbur around 4:30 and thought we would watch football and play Hand and Foot, but no!  We kept finding more things to do in preparation for tomorrow's departure - vacuuming, dishes, loading more things in the CRV, making salads for dinner, etc.  Ken also checked all the house batteries and added water, but not before we had a big spark!  He will never do it again without turning off all the electric to Wilbur!

After dinner, we looked through the photos Ken had taken today and then he washed the floors while I worked on the blog.  We also watched some football.

Just a side note from today!  While I was cleaning the toilet, the brush part of the toilet brush separated from the handle and went right down the "chute"!  Now what?????  We could see it, but how could we get it??  We put our 2 heads together and Ken brought in a long branch and we duct taped a twisted paper clip onto it.  After many tries, bingo, we were able to retrieve it!  Hallelujah!  That could have been a major problem!

We did play a few rounds of Hand and Foot before calling it a day around 10:00.  We were both very tired and couldn't imagine that the 2 weeks here had flown by so quickly.  We certainly had a wonderful time!