END OF A WONDERFUL SUMMER

Friday we closed the upper loop. Allan climb on the roofs of the upper and lower bathhouses to place the covers on the skylights which keep the snow from crushing them. We gave the bathrooms a final cleaning and removed the supplies. Christina, Felicia and I moved all the picnic tables into the lean-tos or propped them up on trees to prevent snow from damaging them. All firewood was removed and added 2x6 supports to brace the roofs of the lean-tos.

We had a end of the year celebration with pizza in the office. Matt, Christina's husband, joined us. He is in law school and it was good to hear how that was progressing.


Saturday Allan did some caulking at the office and worked on the truck and RV in preparation for leaving on Monday. We celebrated again and went out to eat at the "Back Behind Restaurant". This was our third time to eat here and were not disappointed. Allan had baby back ribs and I had crab cakes. Yummy!

Today we went to church in Rutland and they recognized us as RV MAPS Volunteers that have worshipped with them this summer and worked on church projects with their members. Frank and Pat gave us some maple syrup as a going away present. How thoughtful. We made a stop at Walmart and I ran into T J Max to look for a purse, but came out with a new outfit. We bought two pies on the way home as we had invited the Burkes from church over for a visit before we left. When we arrived home we found we had no lights or heat and company was coming. Oh, no! After investigating the problem, Allan found the batteries had run down and the furnace would not come on without enough power for the fan. He started the generator and reset the control for the furnace. The furnace came back on but we plan to run the generator all night (we only have one camp site taken and they are in a cabin). We are not too worried about getting kicked out of the park if there is a complaint, but our little Honda is pretty quite. It was such a nice visit with the Burkes. They brought four of their children with them who are so well behaved and a delight. One had made a maple leaf window decoration and they gave us some maple syrup. Thanks guys.

By the radar it looks like God has spared us from more snow and ice even in the areas we will be traveling the next few days. God is good.