Fort Whaley 2017

We arrived at Fort Whaley after a short drive from Cherrystone, we left around 11:15 and arrived around 2:27. We were starving so Mckenzie and I went to the camp store and ordered a pizza while Jp and Paul set up the trailer. we came back and ate pizza. After we all finished eating I took a trip tp Walmart because lets face it our trip wouldn't be complete without at least one trip to Walmart. JP came with me and apparently didn't tell his father because after being gone for about 30 minutes he called me wondering if her was with me. I'm pretty sure we were there for like 8 hours before we finally left and went back to the trailer. When we got back JP and Kenzie went to the pond to catch minnows with their little nets.

We were at a different site this year in the woods because for some reason the campground made our favorite camp site into a cabin site. I was really happy with the site though, it's in the woods and has plenty of space and shade. After JP and Mckenzie went net fishing we all went to the pool and played  with thier new diving rings. We also saw a momma bird sitting on a nest of three eggs out in the open in the mulch. We sat at the table closest to her and every time we would get up to walk around she would puff her feathers and yell at us until we sat back down. After swimming JP, Paul, and Mckenzie went on a trick bike ramp and JP fell off it, he was fine and was now done with the bike ramp however Paul and Mckenzie.  stayed on and had fun. I went back to the camper to make dinner and Paul and the kids went to the camp store.  After we all finished dinner the kids stayed in the back room and watched Lego Batman while Paul watched a movie in the living room and I started blogging. When the movie was over JP and Kenzie came out and I showed them pictures from the blog. Mckenzie liked it so much that she took over and wrote a couple sentences for me.

Tuesday was July 4th and we had every intention of going to the boardwalk and playing games at the arcade and hanging out for a while. The drive to ocean city from the campground is about 20 min and when we got there inlet parking was 30 dollars and some of the private places we sometimes park was 50 so we changed our minds and just went for a drive. We stopped at 67th street and played golf at the indoor course, I won. Then we drove to the Delaware line and stopped at the library because the kids wanted to look at the books...lol.  Unfortunately we didn't take into consideration that it was a federal holiday and they weren't open so we drove back to the campground.

Wednesday we woke up and had breakfast and set off for a day of fun, first stop, the Salisbury Zoo. The kids and me go on a trip alone in April and stay in a hotel in ocean city that has a indoor pool. One day I took them to the Salisbury Zoo Paul was in turkey and they said the next time they went to Ocean City they were going to take dad to the zoo, so we did. Its a very small zoo that is free to all. They have some local animals and some exotic ones as well and on one side of the zoo they have a large playground for the kids. After that we went to the water park for a couple of hours to cool off where the kids enjoyed the lazy river and some slides. We went straight to the boardwalk from there and finally got to do the arcade as promised to the kids. We gave the both 20 dollars in quarters and said when it's gone your done. As predicted JP flew through his and Kenzie took her time she was nice enough to give JP a couple dollars and she won him a couple little toys to. When all the quarters were gone they used their tickets to earn a bunch of little toys and a comb knife lol. A busy day turned to a busy night, we bought some ocean city shirts for the kids and myself and we all had ice cream except for JP, he wanted a coke. Then we did something even I have never done, rode the tram from the inlet to the the end of the boardwalk and back. My parents never would have spent money to ride on the tram when we had 2 legs that worked just fine. Even Paul admitted to only riding on it once when he was a kid and only because his mother was tired of walking. After the ride we finally went back to the trailer and went to bed.

Thursday I had to leave around 1 to go to a wedding so I made the 3 hour drive back to Baltimore and I didn't get back into Ocean City until 2:30 am Friday. During the time that I was gone Paul took the kids back to the arcade and on the OC rocket and out for dinner.

Saturday we woke up around 8am and took our bikes to the boardwalk and rode from the inlet to the end I think it was about 4 miles all together. Your only allowed bikes on the Ocean city boardwalk from like 2 am to 11am during the peak season, Paul wanted to get breakfast so he gave me and both kids heart attacks and took us out on the main rd, and since they didn't have anywhere to park the bikes we went right back to the boardwalk and drove the truck there instead. after that we went back to the trailer for a little while and just hung out. At 4 we headed back to ocean city to go on a pirate ship ride called the DUCKANEER. OMG this boat ride was so fun, they take you out and tell you a story of a pirate trying to search for treasure and they never found it. Then they give everyone a pirate tattoo (adults included) a uni-brow and facial hair of some kind with a face crayon. The a guy in a little dingy comes and squirts everyone with water and they have water cannons attached to the ship so you can defend the ship. If you are trying not to get wet the pirate on board throws a bucket of water on you. It was so fun and the kids and the adults had such a good time. At the end they let the kids grab and big hand full of treasure ie. plastic gold coins, bracelets, and rubber eye balls, and everyone gets an eye patch.

After we got off the ship we got changed in the truck and headed to the beach and stayed for a while. They had some kind of swimming race going on while we were there all the life guards had these surf boards and they all sat about a 100 yards out and waited for the swimmers to enter. The whole thing went by pretty fast and before we knew it they were gone swimming toward the end of the board walk.

Sunday it was back to reality and we had to bring our trip to an end. It's always nice to get away but after 20 days of not being home it's kind of nice to be home for a little while.

Cherrystone 2017

We arrived at Cherrystone after a short 3 hour drive from the OBX we only stopped once for gas and arrived around 3pm.

After we got the camper set up I made burgers and gravy for dinner and we let the kids play on the 3 new bounce pillow till 10pm before calling them back home.

I was so nice out that night we decided to play a quick round of exploding kittens outside. As usual the game ended, along with the night, after JP cried because he didn't win. 

 Tuesday, morning we finished setting up the camper and we let the kids go back to the bounce pillow where they met up with some friends they met the night before. I really don't like them being away from the trailer that long Paul doesn't really car e but I'm the mom thats always concerned with the "what if ". What if they fall or bleed or fall and bleed.... The stayed with their friends most of the day until their friend went to the pool. Mckenzie comes to me and say mom can we go to the pool with our friend I think I actually laughed in her face before I told her not a chance. My kids are now 9 and 7 like I'm going to let some random person watched them in a pool, yeah right not happening. Besides Mrs Ann and Mr Lee were on their way to the campground and we needed to wait for them to give them the car pass. Before they arrived I went to the laundry room and washed a load of towels. I will say the laundry room at Cherrystone is quite spacious however they have no A/C so it's hot as hell in there. They have 2 large washers and 4 larger driers 16 washers and 14 driers. After they arrived we sat around for a little bit while the kids continued to bug us about going to the pool. finally Mr Lee took them to the pool and Paul followed shortly after and Mrs Ann and I took the opportunity to go to the grocery store and get some things. When we came back the men were back at the camper but of course the kids were no where to be found. I cooked the spaghetti that Mrs Ann brought and we all had dinner after we found the kids and wouldn't you imagine as soon as they were done eating back to the bounce pillow they went. I went back to the laundry room and did laundry it was cool and I was the only one there.


Wednesday we hung out at the camper for a little while after I made chip beef gravy for breakfast. Then I took JP to check out how much the chicken necks were and we went the camp store while taking a bike ride around the campground. After we got back me and the kids went for a bike ride and got some chicken necks and some ice cream from the cafe. Paul and the inlaws met up with us and we took the kids to paddle boats and back to the bait shop just because. we sat around just being lazy most of the day and then went crabbing and didn't catch anything lol. A couple people felt sorry for us and gave us like 5 crabs and I steamed them up for JP and I.  After that the kids stayed at the bounce pillow with their new friend Evan who is also from Md him and his family live in Odenton. Paul and Mr Lee played a rousing game of washers Paul making sure to keep a good eye on him because he has a tendency of cheating when you not looking. He pretty much cheats at everything if you don't watch him good enough lol. Paul got some fire wood, finally, and we had some smores and ended the night around midnight. 

The next morning everyone was up pretty early mostly because someone was running in and out of the trailer and the door kept clicking shut. I took JP to a local Dr office because he had swimmers ear and we went to the grocery store to get my mother inlaw an ice cream cake and a card. We all went to a local pharmacy to have lunch.... yes you read that right. It's like right out of the 60s or something. one third dinner one third pharmacy one third  novelty store, but nonetheless the have pretty good food and I got JPs ear drops while we were there anyway so win. After lunch we went in to Cape Charles and looked around, Kenzie and I did some art appreciation and Paul bought the kids boogie boards at the hardware store. We came back and went to the pool, poor JP had to wear an ear plug and I apparently broke his ear when I tried to put it in so he salked for a little bit before putting it in himself. After that we went back to the camper and ate dinner had some cake and sat outside for a while. The inlaws will be leaving in the morning and My brother is coming down for the weekend. 

Friday Mr Lee and Mrs Ann left around 10:30 and Bernie arrived not long after that. As soon as Bernie got there he went straight to the cafe to get lunch. After that we went to the pool for a little while and then we went crabbing just for fun. It was a beautiful day to be on the water and we went home with nothing and didn't even mind. That night we got to talking to our neighbors and we sat out there talking to them on their site till about 12:30 am. The kids went in to their camper and played and watched a movie and we just sat around outside telling stories and getting to know each other. This, I will say is one of my favorite things about camping, meeting new people and hitting it off, even if you never talk to them or see them again, it's nice to hear how other people live their lives and the places they love to camp.

Our neighbors are from New Jersey and this is only their second season with their travel trailer. April and Zeke have 12 and 9 year old girls and a 3 year old boy, Maloria and Corley and Mack. They are really very nice, they had her parents there with them but they had rented a trailer in the park. The parents brought a snowball machine and that what drew us over and like I said we started talking and didn't realize by the time we looked at the clock it was past midnight.

Saturday we went to the pool and Mckenzie met up with the 9 year old daughter from next store and they stayed at the pool for a while. When they left for lunch Kenzie asked to go with them and have lunch with them I said yes. Our daughters went to the snack bar and got a little pizza and an ice cream that Corley bought her. I only know this because I was there getting a soft crab sandwich with Bernie and Kenz came up and said they ordered ice cream and didn't have enough money to pay for it and needed 4 dollars.... I gave her the 3 I had and told both girls that I hope they learned a lesson about ordering something before they knew they had enough to pay for it. Kenzie spent most of her day with Corley while JP and  Bernie did some things around the campground together. That night we invited the nieghbors over and watched Moana on the blow up screen and had popcorn.


Sunday we went to the pool and that night April and Zeke and the kids came over and I introduced them to the pizza sandwich, apparently it's Zekes new favorite camping food.

Monday it was time to leave, we exchanged number with Zeke and Amy and left to go to Fort Whaley in Ocean City. We left at 11:15 and didn't stop.

OBX KOA 2017

The first camping trip of the year can be a frustrating one and we go right into a 20 day long trip so getting everything right can present with some anxiety. We will be staying in the Outer banks for 6 nights going Tuesday leaving for Cherrystone Monday then we leave Cherrystone Monday and head to ocean city until Sunday.

We had everything packed and ready to go Tuesday morning we were able to keep the trailer at my inlaws over night so we could  turn on the refrigerator and load up the food. All we had to do was pack some last minute things and apparently wash the trailer and truck... not sure why, and get on the road. Should have been about a 6 hour drive and it turned out to be pretty close we left around 1130 and got there after stopping for lunch and a bathroom break in Williamsburg around 6. After we get to our site Paul started getting it set up and we discovered that our brand new wheel chocks that weren't even dirty yet must have blew out of the back of the truck because they weren't there now so that was a great start to our trip and that day the blows just kept coming. I forgot to pack the beach chairs and the beach cart and for anyone who has kids at the beach you know theres more toys and such then you can carry. I also apparently took the kids tooth brushes out of the camper so that was a trip to the camp store and paid the premium price for the last 2 on the shelf. Later that night after I took the kids to the pool Mckenzie shut JPs thumb in the door of the RV and a latched all the way closed on it. Luckily it just looked really unpleasant and bled for a little while but no major damage. After that we decided to just send everyone to bed and call it a night.

Wednesday a family made there own little scavenger hunt around the campground with painted rocks. They gave us a little piece of paper with all the locations and yuo had to go all over the campground to find these panted rocks. Some were easy other we didn't find but it kept all of us busy for a little while anyway. The rest of the day was spent at the pool I found water proof UNO cards at Target before we left and we played UNO and swam. Paul and I took some beer in a cooler and put it in our Tervis cups ad sat and drank while the kids swam in to pool with the random friends they made that day. I got in the hot tub for a little bit and relaxed until some random kids jumped in. Later that night we took a bike ride across the street to the dairy queen and had some ice cream.

Thursday the AC stopped working again, luckily we had an extra unit installed in the back room for the kids because it was so hot in there last year. so we put the dog and the rabbit back there to keep cool while Paul attempted to fix it. It was really windy out and we had to put the easy up down so it wouldn't break and while doing so the AC cover flew of the top of the trailer and when JP ran to go grab it he slid on the gravel and scraped his whole leg up and was bleeding, poor guy, so that was another wound I had to take care of. Since the hardware store was like 30 miles away we decided to wait until the next day when we were going into town anyway and get the part we needed to once again fix the problem. While Paul was messing with that I took the kids to the beach to do some ghost crab catching and Paul met up with us not long after we stated. We had a really great time as usual until JP lost a flip flop in the ocean and when Paul ran in to grab it Paul lost his instead. That night we were able to use the back AC unit and a couple of well placed fans to cool the trailer down since the temperature drops at night.

Friday we decided it would be a good day to go to the aquarium since we had to go to ACE anyway, it's a pretty small aquarium but we like it. They rehabilitate sea turtles there and you can see them through little windows in the tanks. This year they had all the tanks full, one larger turtle got hit with a boat propeller and you could see the chunk that got cut out of his shell from it.

Another one also got hit by a boat and he was to weak to even swim so they had the water in his tank low enough so he just sat on the bottom. They have a touch tank there to with sting rays and a little shark and another one with a bunch of baby horseshoe crabs and hermit crabs. We all got keychains at the little store and then we went to our favorite dinner spot called the Outerbanks brewery and got a growler of homemade root beer.

Saturday we went to a wild life refuge and went on a hike out to a looking post. They had a little scavenger hunt for us to do while we walked and we were able to find everything on there but the river otter. I'm telling you if I saw an otter of any kind in the wild I would never leave that place haha. I lover otters I think they are the cutest animals alive. We didn't see much wild life but we did see the biggest blue crabs I have ever seen in my life, they looked to be about 12 inches tip to tip. Other then birds the only other animals we saw were turtles, lots of turtles in a little pond right at the start of the hike.

Sunday was a beach day, it took some convincing with the kids because they wanted to go to the pool again but we finally got out there around 3 and it was really nice. The water was high so they kids could go out pretty far without me freaking out. It was over cast so the sun wasn't beating down on us the whole time and Paul brought an umbrella and this little beach tent he bought so we had it made. I think we stayed till about 6 the kids had fun playing in the sand and catching sand crabs. Paul took them out a little ways and taught them how to body surf I even got in the water for a little while and got terrible sunburn even with SPF 50 on.

Monday it was time to leave for Cherrystone I set the alarm for 9am and got up and started to get the rest of the stuff put away so we could actually get our of there on time... haha yeah right. Paul woke up and I got the kids up after we got everything ready our poor nieghbor couldn't get his bedroom side in so Pual tried to help him for a little while and after a quick trip to the camp store to get a magnet, which they didn't have we were on the rd only an hour and a half past time check out time lol.

Start of Camping Season 2017

Its that time of year again, My husband and I have planned a 20 day camping trip this summer. This trip will be 1 of 3 while the kids are on vacation. This will be the second season that we have our fifth wheel, and since we were pretty much miserable because of the heat last year we decided to go ahead and put a third air conditioning unit in the back bedroom. I'm pretty confident that this will be one if the best purchases we have made in a long time.

As usual the preparation for a 20 day long camping trip has put a lot of stress on me and the anxiety that will get everything done that I need to is rising at a brisk pace. I have been working and planning and packing for about a week and there are just some things that can't be packed until the day before or the day of. I will be doing all my grocery shopping the day before and taking it to the trailer to leave in the fridge. My husband has also been working like everyday so I'm hoping he has time to go get the camper and plug it in at my in-laws. We have about a 6 hour drive to the OBX and he wants to get an early start even though he has night work the day before. In addition to the new camper we purchased last year this year we bought a brand new dualie dodge 3500 that I'm not to keen on having to drive for the first time with a trailer attached to it.

This being our like 10th camping season I feel pretty confident on the system I've put in place for packing, I have a list for just about everything, Food list, grocery list, clothes and outfit list, toy list and then I have a check off list for when it gets packed in the trailer. This way both I and Paul know if its there or not. If it's not on the list and I think about it I have a small binder with all of my lists in it that I pretty much take everywhere I go that I can jot little things down in as they pop in my head. I can't tell you how many times in the beginning that I've forgotten something and we've had to stop on the way or buy it during the trip. One year I forgot Pauls pillows and he had to use one of mine. Now we have a lot of things that we just keep in the trailer so it's less to pack for trips.

In addition to the new A/C unit we just bought folding bikes to keep in the camper instead of hauling our big ones back and forth plus they take up a lot less room. We also bought a USB charger for the car for the kids tablets and such to keep them bust throughout the ride down. We bought new wheel chocks for the trailer and for Christmas my in-laws got Paul and I reclining chairs and a new rug for outside. Its amazing to me how much money we spend on new things for the trailer, and seems like the more space we have the more shit we acquire. We bought a new bunny cage for the camper because the one we have at home is to big and were looking into getting a small washer to wash a couple small loads to stay on top of the dirty clothes. This is just what goes in the camper I couldn't even tell you all the crap my husband has bought for the outside.

Hopefully this camping trip will be pretty relaxing, the last long camping trip we did was a hot mess. Between the A/C not working and me falling and Paul getting sick I was ready to go home early. Ok everyone wish me luck getting everything done that I need to get done!

Harrisonburg KOA Va

We really love coming to this campground it always clean and the staff is always so nice. It's one of the few campgrounds I've been to where the owners of the campground work the front desk  and interact with the campers and aren't afraid to get their hands dirty. It sits at the foot of a mountain and they have chickens that roam around the campground and they eat bugs and stuff. The last time we went to this campground I had homework that i needed the internet for and I couldn't connect so the owner Monica let me use her personal computer for like 3 hours to do it. So I will always be willing to come back to this campground every year and support this family.

We left after I got out of school on friday  and it took us forever to get there traffic on route 66 after Washington D.C. was horrible and I forgot the activities for the kids to use in the truck because I had school most of the day. I was ready to get the heck out of the truck and we didn't get there until 8pm I think. We had a really great site on like a cul-de-sac and it was very spacious with plenty of room to move around. I like that they don't try to pack as many people in as possible. Once we got all set up we ate dinner and pretty much went to bed since we got there kind of late and the kids were driving us nuts.

Saturday we woke up and I made breakfast for everyone then we let the kids go to the playground and they took the walkie talkies with them just in case they needed us. They made friends and stayed there for a while Paul and I played cards and sat outside. When they came back Kenzie wanted to go paint glass at the pavilion and while we did that Paul and JP stayed back and played washers. I painted a wine glass and Kenzie did a vase and a little ceramic snoopy. I've decided I might start painting at home, it's so relaxing and my glass turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. Saturday was a very relaxing day we even enjoyed a nice relaxing hay ride.

Sunday JP woke me up at like 8 in the morning, I fed him some cereal and he was out the door to the playground. I laid outside on the cot while Kenzie and Paul slept in. At one point JP brought one of the boys back he was playing with and grabbed the walkie talkies and they all played on them for a while. Mckenzie and Paul didn't get up till 11am and as soon as Kenzie was awake she ate breakfast and joined her brother at the playground. Every so often they would come back and beg for a quarter to go feed the chickens and finally we gave t to them and let them go to the store alone and get the chicken food. About a half hour later Paul went to the bathhouse and I was sitting in the trailer when they came back and I heard a knock on the door. I go out and imagine my surprise when I saw Mrs Monica, the campground owner, and her son standing not looking to happy outside my door. Apparently another camper called the office because my son was throwing rocks at the chickens... I could have died. OMG I was so mad and after I yelled at JP and spanked his butt I marched him up to the camp store and made him apologize to Mrs Monica and then I made him tell his father what he did. Paul had had enough with them and was ready to pack up and leave right then and there. He was more livid then I was. I on the other hand didn't want to leave without my annual Skyline drive picture. he finally cooled down and we headed to skyline drive later then we have ever gone. Once we go to our spot I had to ask a couple of they could get out of our spot to get the picture but it turned out worth it and they didn't mind.

After we got our pictures we saw a bunch of deer and a bear sitting on the shoulder and got stuck behind some slow person going 28 in a 30 and when Paul finally passed him he got pulled over by a park ranger and got a hefty ticket. I don't think we've had a good camping trip this year hopefully next week will be better.

Monday we woke up and packed up what little stuff we had left and I took the kids down to the playground while Paul finished up doing whatever it is he does. 

Fort Whaley Ocean City

After my parents helped me get the inside of the camper all packed up we made our way to Berlin at Fort Whaley. We arrived after stopping to at sonic for lunch and it took us pretty much all day to get the trailer set up considering I wasn't much help in the matter. After we and when I say we I mean Paul got the trailer set up we had about 20 min to go to the pool before it closed.  I didn't get in but I did go up there with them and they said the pool wasn't as warm as it was in Cherrystone.

Monday we were all set to go to the water park and of course the damn air conditioner stopped working again and this time nothing Paul did to it would help. He got up on top the roof and took the air conditioners apart and found that the bigger one was leaking into the duct work because there was saw dust caking up the drain holes. The water was dripping on the component that communicated to the  thermostat and the wires were corroded. So while Paul attempted to once again fix the air conditioning I took the truck to the pool so the kids could go swimming. Once he found the problem he came up and took the truck to home depot and Walmart to find the parts to fix it. While we were at the pool it rained and I used a towel to keep dry lol. The sky started to get really dark so we got out of the pool and the kids played on the playground for like 10 minutes when it started to drizzle I hobbled over to the pavilion and it poured down rain for a good 20 min so we were stuck there until it stopped. After that I hobbled over to the general store to sit for a little bit and just as we got there Paul called and met us there and bought the kids an ice cream. While he was at Walmart he got the kids a nerf gun because he said he felt bad about them not going to the water park and promised they would go tomorrow. We got back to the camper and Paul started on the camper again and finally got it to work after he changed out some part. he left all the windows open during the storm so I had a little bit of water to clean up but it wasn't to bad. The kids now apparently had free range of the campground which I don't really like but Paul insist they're fine.

Tuesday Paul took the kids to the water park at frontier town while I stayed at the camper. I'm getting around a lot better now and have been putting weight on my ankle but it still hurts so I was a little apprehensive when he said they were going to the boardwalk afterwards and were going to come pick me up. I made dinner while they were at the water park and on their way home Paul picked up my prescription and an ankle support from the Rite Aid. After dinner we drove the 20 minutes to the boardwalk I told myself slow and steady and managed to walk I'd say about 10 blocks up we stopped and watched fire works on the beach, the kids got ice cream and Paul got Thrashers french fries and he bought the kids and himself matching sunglasses. I walked ahead of them because it was going to take me forever to get back to the truck and by the end all I wanted was an ice pack and some ibuprofen and promised myself no more boardwalk for a little while.

Wednesday we all hung out at the campground for a little bit and I did a load of laundry. Paul had a couple of beers and the kids went to the pond and caught a baby turtle that they set free and some minnows. After that Paul took them to the boardwalk to the arcade and had dinner while I stayed back and played with the bunny and watch Harry Potter.  Later that night we had an out door movie on the blow up screen and the neighbors kid came over to watch and she provided us with popcorn and fire wood and even fed me dinner, potatoes chicken and corn on the cob. We watched Star Wars The Force Awakens with the neighbors little boy, who drove me nuts, and after it was over the kids got baths and Paul and I sat by the fire.

Thursday the kids were driving us crazy at this point, if they weren't fighting the were complaining. I'd say most of the time they were off by themselves but whenever we'd suggest something to do one would say no the other would say yes and the when we went someone would complain. We waiting till around 3 to take the kids to go to the rides at the boardwalk. We bought them both bracelet to have unlimited ride for about 3 hours. This was my first time venturing  out of the camper since we arrived at Fort Whaley. The ride bracelets cost 42 dollars I think and all they wanted to do was get on the same rides over and over again, which doesn't really bother me to much but it drove Paul crazy. At one point we split up and I took Knezie and he took JP. No one wanted to get on the roller coaster and JP didn't want to get on a couple that Kenzie did at one point JP wanted to get on the zipper but you have to go on with two people and Kenzie didn't want anything to do with it even though she's been on it like 4 times. So JP sat for about 30 minutes waiting for a partner and I finally had to go up to a boy and ask his parents if he could get on with JP and that we would pay for his tickets. JP finally got someone to go on with him and he looked really scared but ended up really liking it. Because Mckenzie wouldn't help her brother out and go on the ride with him she was punished and couldn't get on anymore rides and after waiting to get on the zipper the bracelet time was up so of course Kenzie was upset. Then we had to decide on what to do next and a plan for dinner, as usual Kenzie wanted to go out to eat and JP wanted to go to the pool so since we couldn't agree and after all the fighting and complaining I was fed up and ready to go back to the camper.  When we got back to the camper I made dinner and Paul was going to take the kids to the pool but they said it was to cold and decided to play at the pond where Mckenzie fell in the mud and earlier in the week JP fell in with his shoes on so they were no longer allowed to go there after that. More complaining followed after that and Paul and I were ready to pack up and go home a day early.

Friday we woke up and tried to start the day with a new since of vigor. Paul decided he wasn't telling anyone where we were going or what we were doing. Around noon we went up to 60 some street and played old pro golf and they had a special for 20 dollars a person you could play at any old pro and got unlimited games so we decided to make a day of it. We played 5 games of all went out to lunch when to the boardwalk went to the arcade and didn't get home that night till around 11 o'clock it was a good day.

Cherrystone August 21016

We drove up from Rodanthe North Carolina after being there for 7 days. This trip my in-laws will be with us from Tuesday to Friday and then my parents and maybe my brother will join us Friday to Sunday and we will be leaving Sunday and heading to Fort Whaley in Ocean City Maryland.

Cherrystone is in Cape Charles Virginia right by the Virginia bay bridge tunnel.After about a 3 hour drive from the Outer Banks in North Carolina and 2 stops because JP had to pee we made it to Cherry stone We stayed in a part of the campground that we've never stayed at before it was pretty far from the crabbing pier and the kayaks but it was really close to a playground and the bounce pillow that the kids were able to go to and from freely. After we arrived we got the trailer set up and put the A/C on and of course it took forever to get cool, we got there just after 2 and it didn't finally cool off till 7 or 8. We went to the pool after we were done setting up and stayed until it closed at 8 and even then the water was 90 degrees so it wasn't exactly refreshing.

Tuesday Paul had a fever so I took the kids to the pool for a while after I made breakfast and they made friends at the pool that were ironically staying like right across the street from us. So the rest of the week they were back and forth between the trailer, their trailer and the bounce pillow. Before his parents got to the campground he had his Dr call in a prescription and he drove into Cape Charles to pick it up. He told me that he went to an old pharmacy with counter service so you could get food while you waited for your medicine to be filled. He came back just in time to meet Mrs Ann and Mr Lee at the front desk. We stayed at the pool for about an hour after they arrived and when I got back to the trailer I cooked the spaghetti they brought for dinner. We stayed at the camper the rest of the night hanging out.

Wednesday the kids were gone most of the day playing with their friends Brelle at the bounce pillow. If they weren't at the pillow they were behind the bathroom catching fiddler crabs. The adults stayed in the trailer a lot of the time, it was just to hot to really do anything and the pool was hot to.

Thursday my parents drove down to meet us and stay till Sunday with Bernie after they all got off work. While we all waited for them we decided at have lunch and the pharmacy... sounds funny to say. We had lunch in the little diner inside the pharmacy ad it wasn't bad at all. It was a pharmacy meets and Hallmark store meets and diner. Of course the kids coaxed their grandparents into getting them a toy and after we ate we took a ride around the town. We stopped and walked down the fishing pier and had a look at the beach. After that Paul let us look a t some of the shops in town, mostly because he wanted to stop at the hardware store. We all went to the bait and tackle shop and got some chicken necks and a new crab trap since we misplaced our other one. The town of Cape Charles Virginia is a very quaint little town, looks clean and well kept, there a couple little shops worth going into. I wouldn't mind living there if there were places to work.

When we got back to the camper Paul got the crab traps all ready to go crabbing. Unfortunately our plans got side tracked when I fell down the steps pf the camper and twisted my ankle. Man did that hurt Paul came over and said that it might have been broken and splinted my ankle with a sheet and rope while I was crying laid out on the ground in pain. Mrs Ann and Mr Lee kept the kids while Paul and I took the 20 minute ride to the local hospital while Pall took pictures of me in pain lol. A half an hour wait and three xrays later found out it was not broken just a really bad sprain, meanwhile me ankle was swollen the size of a soft ball. So needless to say my vacation was pretty much over after that. Paul took the kids crabbing while I laid on the couch with poor Mrs Ann waiting on me hand and foot. Thank you by the way if your reading this. My parents didn't arrive till almost 1030 at night and we all sat outside for a while before we went to bed.

Friday Mrs Ann and Mr Lee left early in the morning before anyone woke up, my parents went to the cafe to have a sandwich and then took JP to the store to get yet another toy, he got ninja weapons. He came back and played ninja with Paul. I was able to get around the camp site and the trailer with my crutches but I was pretty bored most of the time. I have to be honest I could get use to people waiting on me hand and foot although it did get old after a while. My parents must have brought cooler weather though, it rained while I was at the hospital and cooled things down really well the rest of the stay. My parents took me to the cafe for a soft crab sandwich for lunch and then while Bernie and My dad went fishing my mother and I took the kids to the pool while Paul made fried chicken for dinner. I thought that I could hobble to the pool while the kids rode there bikes man I was I wrong. You don't realize how far of a walk it is until you only have one leg. I had to stop like 5 times and take a break. I finally told the kids to go on without me and get a seat. Bless their hearts when I finally go to the pool I found them with a lounge chair under a tree for me and they got another chair for my mother. We stayed there about an hour and a half while my mother ran around like chicken with her head chopped off making sure the kids didn't drown and once dinner was done my brother and father came and picked me up, thank goodness to because there was no way I was talking all the way back. Later that night the kids made a new friend and asked if they could go watch a movie at there camper so I had Paul go and check it out and he was gone for like 3 hours. He finally came back with a pan full of crabs and told me he was basically held captive by the most hospitable people from Jersey e has ever met. They gave him ice cream and pie and sent crab back for me because they knew I wasn't able to come to their site.   

Saturday my parents, the kids, Bernie, and me went to the cafe for a breakfast buffet and it was really good. Paul was able to sleep in. Bernie took Mckenzie to go canoeing while Jp played with his friends after they were gone a little while Paul and Kenzie joined them and eventually Bernie came back with some claims they he caught and right after JP and Paul came back and it rained once more. After the rain Bernie took the kids to the "slip and slide" which a later found our was just the wet bounce pillow, they stayed there pretty much the rest of the day until the sun was just about down. My mother helped me cook dinner,broccoli chicken casserole. Paul took me for a little drive and then we went to the fishing pier for a little bit. I was sick of sitting around the campsite and it was nice to sit and watch the water and the crabbers for a little bit. After that we came back to the camper and had a fire and sat outside.

Sunday we woke up and made our way to Fort Whale for our last leg of the trip.
I tell you thank goodness my parents were there to help me out when I needed it sometimes all you need in life is your mommy and daddy lol. Paul really took care of me to and so did my children.