Outside the Box - Visiting Kristin and Camping

Outside the Box

Jul. 7, 2009

Visiting Kristin and Camping

After renovations and Pittsburgh we closed up the house and went back to Brian's parents. We decided to do this at 5pm. It is at least a 6 hour trip from Pittsburgh. We made it in good order with half the trip so late that the normal heavy traffic was missing. Not a problem for me since I drove most of the way and quite enjoyed it. See Samuel's Trip Tips for good riding.

At 12am I had to have Brian spell me. I made it all but the last 1 hour as my eyes were getting droopy and not on top of my game. It would have been fine except for the deer along the side of the road which would have made for unhappy traveller's if mom didn't react fast enough. Time to change driver's.

The next adventure was trying to get a non-compliant key to function at 1pm. Not good. We made it in and enjoyed a lazy morning one of the few that we had thus far in our trip. We spent the day playing games.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation decided to work on the paving directly in front of Brian's parents raising the road at least 12 inches. We do not begin to understand their logic. A quick trip became longer as we needed to wait a bit before returning. We got a quick visit in with my mother as we made a trip to the mall and other stores to pick up the last of Laura's shopping list items before returning to Doha the next day. It worked well because we found quite a few sales on shoes and the last of our list. YIPEE!

We returned to thoroughly enjoy time with Kristin and the kids while the fellows enjoyed a well deserved game of golf. It was an awesome day.

Our next adventure was camping for awhile. Here are some of the photos from that trip.

After freezing for two nights we said our goodbyes for this year. It was such a wonderful time. It is hard to say goodbye knowing that it will be at least another year.

We left to visit my parents for the last couple days before returning to Doha with the children.

Everyone is tired and ready to be on their way. We had a few more treats.
Wednesday we went with Kristin to see the new Harry Potter movie - in Doha the movies are censored for content - so we got to see the whole thing. Sometimes they just don't make sense. This time it seems that the kissing scenes were gone. While not all of them mostly just the Ron and Lavender ones.

Friday Bekah had an appointment at the Palmyra temple and Grandpa Isaacs went with her. Grandma, the kids and I went to visit the Joseph Smith Farm and homestead. It was fascinating to put places where I've read so many stories about all these years. You can see them in the 1800's Farm Entry.