Judy's Fault III

We continued our busy last week by having Miss Taylor Ann stay overnight last Saturday. Her mom and dad took the day and drove up to more northern Maine for a day of riding their 4-wheeler on some Maine trails. I remember those days when nothing was more fun than riding my motorcycle(s) for hours on end. Those were the days when all my body joints worked well and the connecting muscles still had some oomph. I think I'm better off driving the Winne in its nice soft captains chair these days.

We had a fun day with Miss Taylor marveling at all she has learned and the boundless energy of an almost two year old. She played inside, she played outside, she had fun in her swimming pool, she went for walks with Grandma, and helped Papa blow bubbles. Yep she had fun with Grandma and Papa but she really lit up when mom, dad, Kayla, and Bailey showed up on Sunday to take her home.

After a day of rest here on Monday we took off for a drive up US 1 - Maine's coastal highway yesterday. The day started off a bit rainy as we traveled north but cleared up about halfway to our destination in Belfast, ME. In spite of the weather we sure did notice that tourist season is in full swing here in Maine. The shoppers were busy along the streets on Camden, the RVers were everywhere, and Route 1 was full of outah state license plates. I've certainly seen it worse, and it probably would have been on a full sunny day - but lots of "summer people" are here enjoying our picturesque scenery.

Our trip to Belfast was mainly to visit our RVing buddies Darrell and Judy Patterson who were resting up from their big family reunion held last week at the ancestral Patterson home in Belfast. Darrell and Judy have their 5th wheel home parked in the dooryard at the home of his brother Mike and wife Shauna-- which is also the home where Darrell and Mike were raised. We arrived just about lunchtime and joined the Pattersons for some yummy crabmeat rolls. After enjoying our lunch and some visiting WE decided to find the local DQ for an ice cream dessert. Now I say "WE decided," but my long time readers know that it's usually "Judy's Fault" when these DQ runs happen. I'll leave it up to all y'all to figure out whose idea it was this time!

We'll get further opportunities to visit with D&J this next week as they plan on spending a week here in Topsham starting this Thursday as they continue their summer trip through the northern states before heading back to their home spot in Alabama.

I'm pretty sure there will be more opportunities for ice cream ... but we'll have to wait and see if Judy is in the mood.