As that great group from Paterson , New Jersey, The Happenings, sang in 1966….
“See you in September, see you… when the summers though….”
Well, that’s what our friends and families to the left of the Mississippi are hearing as we get close to Embarkation Day, when we set sail for parts West.
It’s been a great summer, and as usual, it went by far quicker than anyone realized. There are folks that we still wanted to get together with, but for whatever reason, that opportunity did not present itself.
Our goal is to reach Texas by September 7th, Maddie’s 5th birthday. After that, we are not sure. We’ve made a few doctors’ appointments in September and depending on how long the hot, humid, yucky, Texas summer days hang around, we will be searching for cooler climes for a while.
The usual suspects are all in the line-up of possibilities. Durango and Santa Fe the top destinations. Both can get warm, but at an average elevation of 7000’, the humidity is ultra-low, and the temps moderate quickly. We will be in Durango, Colorado later in the fall as the proprietors of Tomboy Farm are going on vacation to Eastern Europe and desire us to farm-sit for a spell.
With three goats, two cats, and a myriad of chickens to tend to, I can assure you that there will be many a post with critters as the subject. All we can hope for is that we don’t have one about the dreaded Chicken Hemorrhoid!
Our travels East commenced in mid-June and included stops in Tennessee, Maryland, Vermont, Maine, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Our “campsites “ in New jersey were all within a mile radius of the Chatterbox corner. Our summertime hosts were John and Diane in Lafayette, Steph and Ed in Wantage, Ben and Jan at Ideal Farms and Tommy and his crew at Yetter’s Diner. We could not have asked for a better bunch of folks for us and our ‘house on wheels’ to descend on. Each one truly welcomed us and wanted us to stay as long as we wanted or needed to. It makes coming home a lot nicer when everyone is so welcoming!
On one hand, it will be hard to leave our real home and everyone here. But on the other hand, I received a call from Willie, he needs someone to help him sing “On the road again, just can’t wait to get on the road again….” We all know that it won’t be me sharing the mic with him, but I can run his sound system, but anyway, The Further Adventures of Paula and Don, (just like any other renewed series), awaits their highly anticipated second season.
And while the regular cast-members are already signed up, our only problem is that Bonnie, our Fugitive Parsley Plant, is holding out for more Miracle-Gro in her contract negotiations.
As we like to say in the biz…..
“Stay tuned for further developments. Film at eleven.”