Camping Trip, Day 1

Thursday, July 23

We left town about 9 a.m., headed to the small hill town hosting the grape festival. The trip was uneventful, we stopped only once, at noon, to have a sandwich lunch. We were back on the road about a half hour later, and close to 2 p.m., we arrived at the campground. This is a lovely area of the state, where, on this brilliant blue-sky day, fluffy, white cotton candy clouds, hovered over distant blue mountains.

Hubbie was a little put out when, at the registration desk, he discovered that our phone-in reservations had been recorded for June 23-26, instead of July 23-26! So the space we requested was occupied this weekend. Fortunately, the space right beside it was open, so we set up camp there. We were just glad the whole park wasn't full, after we'd traveled five hours to get there.

Once we'd set up camp, Hubbie and I went to a local fruit stand in the hopes of finding local peaches, and Reliance grapes. We were disappointed to find the stand closed. So we visited a couple of wineries, instead.

Back at camp, Mother and I sat in the yard, where she worked puzzles, and I read my novel. It was a very pleasant afternoon to relax on the bank of the lake. Later, we had leftover goulash for supper, and then played five games of Skipbo, with Hubbie and I each winning two, and Mother winning one.

By then, we were ready to hit the sack.