Pennsylvania and Portland

Jay's very dear friend of 30 years Sandy lost his brief hard fought battle with cancer recently. With a heavy heart Jay and Savannah made the trip from Florida to Pennsylvania without me. I was scheduled to attend my grandson's graduation in Portland Maine on the same weekend of Sandy's celebration of life so I couldn't attend.
I flew up to Boston and drove to my daughter Kristin's place which is in Western Massachusetts, her place is as woodsy as any campground as I've been in!

Kristin's scenic and charming home

Kristin and Barbara road tripping to Portland

We drove up to the Portland Maine area after a stop in Kennebunkport Maine on Barbara Bush's birthday, coincidentally, which is where the Bush's reside and Barbara B. is really loved in these parts. It is the ideal seaside town and I'd love to spend some time in one of the adorable Inn's in the future.

A seaside delight

We made sure we visited our friend Dave Shima who owns Mornings in Paris Bakery to have some authentic French pastries! If you get to these parts this is an important stop!

Ooh La La!

We continued our journey up to Portland for the graduation and I beamed with pride to see my grandson Jacob get his diploma.

So proud of Jacob!

If you haven't ever been to Portland Maine put it on your bucket list. It has great restaurants and is truly a beautiful seaside town. I'd live there in a heartbeat if it didn't have "winter". Lobster is so plentiful and cheap in the summer.

After the graduation I flew to Philadelphia to rendezvous with Jay. We spent a several days in Robesonia Pa. at an RV park deep in the woods with no Internet, probably a good thing because we needed some down time after a week of travel for both of us in different directions.

Our late friend Sandy was a dear man and we truly enjoyed our road trip up the California coast in January with he and his wife Chris touring Long Beach and Malibu. His passing left us with hearts full of sadness. Rest in Peace dear Sandy, you were quite a guy.

Jay, Sandy and Chris in Long Beach California in January.

Pennsylvania is a stark contrast to the area's we visited out west, the greenest lushest places your mind could imagine.

The Rolling Green Hills in Pa.

It's also home to the Amish so we enjoyed seeing some different cultures and sampling some local food at the Farmers market, Jay raves about this delicacy called ring bologna, I'm not so sure!

An Amish Buggy

Of course we also enjoyed pretzels and frozen custard since this is so popular in these parts! When in Rome... We also went to a ball game in Reading Pa. with our friends Tom and Kathy. It was so fun!

Batter Up!



How did this Pretzel end up in my Lap?

Eagles Peak RV park was great destination for RV'ers with lots of kids in Golf carts, 2 pools and 3 waterslides and the weather cooperated all week .

Eagles Peak RV Park

Summer Fun

The Eagles Peak Antique Fire Truck

We really enjoyed visiting this quaint area of Pennsylvania and I imagine we will be back when we travel up to New Hampshire in the fall. We didn't get to Hershey this trip, but it's on our list for the fall trip!

Our plan was to head south to Charlottesville Virginia with our eventual destination being Myrtle Beach for a week of Sun and Fun.