Bye Bye Baby Blue

Another milestone passed. We're driving home from DC in our van, Big Blue, having sold our Hyundai. Eighteen days until the van has been transfered and we hit the road.

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Adding Spice to Life

This morning's adventure: Kathy is labeling the spice jars so she can find them in the drawer. Such is the unbearable excitement of the RV adventure!

Let it snow!

We're expecting an inch or two of snow into this evening. It makes the campground picturesque and the RV cozy.

Our House is a Very Very Fine House...

...with three cats in the yard...

Kits, Cats, Sacks and Wives...

...how many are moving into the RV?  Well, today is the day that the cats moved into the RV with us.  It's been an hour and a half or so.  Flip is exploring and asking for lots of pets.  Lucky, true to his nature, found a safe place to hide by the sofa and hasn't moved an inch since he found it.  Baxter, somewhat surprisingly, went up to bed and took a nap under the covers and hasn't been seen yet.  More on their adventures as they have them.

Strolling in the Catskills

We participated this weekend in an AMC hiking trip to the Catskills, led by Bill and Lennie Steinmetz.  As it does every year, it met all our expectations.  The weather was  moderately cold, and the ground was free of snow, although some of the mountain trails were sufficiently icy that hikers needed to use micro spikes or other traction devices.  Friday was the traditional late happy hour at Lennie's and Bill's log cabin.  On Saturday, we participated in the hike led by Kevin Perry to the tops of Balsam Lake and Graham Mountains.  While the entire trail was icy, there was nice snow at the tops, and on Balsam Lake, at the fire tower, we were so protected from wind by the fir forest, that it felt like we were sunbathing.  The shadow-photo above is of our entire group, courtesy of Lisa.  Here is a link to photos we took on this hike:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/scranton21/sets/72157629191500495/  On Sunday, led by our friend Phil Hunsberger, we hiked up Windham High Peak, and, again, with the sun and lack of wind, we had a very warm lunch at the top.  Here is a link to photos we took on this hike: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scranton21/sets/72157629191523783/   We decided to extend our stay to Monday so we didn't have to drive home right away.  We had some scrumptious dinners, and had our usual breakfast each morning at Sweet Sue's in Phoenicia, where all of us stayed.  Due to trail conditions, this was the easiest Catskills weekend, and we didn't even feel the least stiffness after either day's hike.  It was just a wonderful weekend strolling with friends through the Catskills!

Vagabond Day!

Today is the official start of our vagabond existence. We moved out of the house and into the RV - mainly to make room for the painters. Today we drive (the SUV) up to the Catskills for a hiking weekend with our Appalachian Mountain Club friends. Come Monday, the cats move into the RV with us.

MEOWRRRRR!!!!!!

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