Sunday, July 28

Camping trip, Day two:

Woke up at 5 a.m. this morning, and then couldn't go back to sleep. Hated that, since I would need to drive later.

It was a beautiful, cool morning. Several geese, lined up one behind the other, paddled through the mist to their feeding ground farther down the lake. Snowy white cranes winged to areas near the bank, where they stood on long legs and watched the shallow water for fish.

After a fruit and bread breakfast, I joined Sis outdoors to take pictures of the geese and cranes. Mother joined us.

While we relaxed, Hubbie prepared the camper to be hooked up to the truck. When he had readied it, I helped him guide the truck to the camper hitch. A few more preparations, and we were ready to leave around 9 a.m.

The trip was uneventful, except when we stopped for a break, Sis mentioned that the left-hand brake light on the camper was not working. Drat. We got the right-hand one fixed before we left on Friday, and now the right-hand one was on the blink. Oh well, it would have to wait until we got back home...just hoped a traffic cop wouldn't see it.

Arrived back at the shopping center parking lot in the town where Sis lives at around 11:30. Nephew soon arrived to pick her up. Since it was so close to lunch time, we went ahead and had a sandwich and chips lunch.

From here to home, I drove the van. I was afraid I'd be sleepy, but I wasn't. We arrived back in our town around 2 p.m., and lost no time unloading the camper. I accompanied Mother to her house before I helped with the job.

Spent the rest of the afternoon stowing things, doing laundry, etc. Then we showered and got into comfortable clothes for relaxing in front of TV. We were plenty ready for bed when the time came. It's always fun to go on trips, but it's also good to get back to the comfort of home.