The visit with Socket and family was great. We got to sleep in their bed and they suffered the inflatable on the floor! That sure was thoughty of them, don't cha think! (See! I told you.)
We arrived Friday afternoon had a fun visit with Pickle who was happy to see us and gave us lots of hugs!
Saturday was rest up, get reacquainted (we haven't seen them since May '07), and grocery shopping day. Socket checked out the "Check Engine" light that came on in our van on the way down. He has the technology and knowledge to do these things so we're in good hands. Nothing serious, but we have to put up with the light being on all of the time. I reciprocated by rescueing stuff from the hard drive on his old (defunct) PC and getting them on his Mac. He also cooked some steaks on the grill for dinner.
Sunday was fun day. We went to t'baccy town to the Marbles Kids' Museum!
Monday was Socket's birthday so WonderMom and Mistletoe fixed him a bodacious cake. Socket whipped up some homemade peach ice cream. We had the neighbors over for cake and ice cream and a little birthday singing after dinner.
Tuesday morning, after dropping Pickle off at day care, we headed home, with an overnight stay in Chillicothe, OH, same as on the way down. Wednesday we arrived back at the ranch about 1 PM, and spent the rest of the day resting up. The drive was fine as was the weather, both ways - except for the rain in the 30 miles closest to home - both ways.
We did get a little of the fallout from Gustav while we were in NC, an occasional rain, no wind. Looks like Hannah is heading up the coast with Raleigh as a target. Thankfully it looks like it is running out of steam, so the threat is minimal. We apparently had a brisk tailwind
heading up through VA and WV because the Snowbird got 27+ mpg!
She delighted in showing us her bicycling skills and was so pleased with herself. She is a hoot!
We had dinner at a recently re-opened (after being hit by an airplane!) seafood buffet Friday night. The food was... filling! They (NC folks and southerners in general) have a different idea of what tastes good than we northerners do, so we don't usually appreciate their cuisine!
Socket drove so he could show off his new (to them) Camry - nice, and because I can't find my way around down there. Not a straight road in the state! Their system of roads was laid out by cows and wild game! And I'm suspicious about the source of the road names, also!
Saturday was rest up, get reacquainted (we haven't seen them since May '07), and grocery shopping day. Socket checked out the "Check Engine" light that came on in our van on the way down. He has the technology and knowledge to do these things so we're in good hands. Nothing serious, but we have to put up with the light being on all of the time. I reciprocated by rescueing stuff from the hard drive on his old (defunct) PC and getting them on his Mac. He also cooked some steaks on the grill for dinner.
After dinner we went to visit some of their neighbors, an older retired couple who treat Pickle like their own grandchild. She visits them on her own quite a bit and even eats lunch with them sometimes. It's good that she has someone like that around for her since we can't be there all the time (or very much).
Sunday was fun day. We went to t'baccy town to the Marbles Kids' Museum!
They have a magic machine that shrinks you down to the size of chess pieces so you follow the action close up! Here are Pickle and Gramma (aka WonderMom) at a tiny table by the chess board! (kidding!)
Socket and Pickle ham it up for the cameras at the fire station.
And they had a fantastic Thomas Tank Engine layout.
Pickle was the center of attention in the sockey rink.
And was pleased as punch with her sweet self!
After the Marbles Museum, the "grownups" got to go to their fun places... The Apple Store and Barnes & Noble book store.
Monday was Socket's birthday so WonderMom and Mistletoe fixed him a bodacious cake. Socket whipped up some homemade peach ice cream. We had the neighbors over for cake and ice cream and a little birthday singing after dinner.
Tuesday morning, after dropping Pickle off at day care, we headed home, with an overnight stay in Chillicothe, OH, same as on the way down. Wednesday we arrived back at the ranch about 1 PM, and spent the rest of the day resting up. The drive was fine as was the weather, both ways - except for the rain in the 30 miles closest to home - both ways.
We did get a little of the fallout from Gustav while we were in NC, an occasional rain, no wind. Looks like Hannah is heading up the coast with Raleigh as a target. Thankfully it looks like it is running out of steam, so the threat is minimal. We apparently had a brisk tailwind
heading up through VA and WV because the Snowbird got 27+ mpg!
So we're home again and ready to get on with fall.
2 comments:
Glad you had a good time, we miss you when you're gone!
Great mileage on the van! We thought we were doing well with 24ish on our Labor Day trip, you always have been a one upper.
Wow, Pickle is huge, I can't believe how big she is. We haven't seen her since she rode in the wagon with the water balloons I think.
It sounds like you had a fun trip, the cake looked good. Peach ice cream...that's a gooooood idea.
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