labor day Campout

We are hosting a Labor day weekend campout. We have 12 people coming to camp and various others stopping by for picnicing. We are hoping for nice weather.

Camping at Lake in Wood campground

We spent the rest of our vacation week at Lake in Wood campground in Narvon PA. this is located on the Berks/Lancaster County line. We were about 3 miles from the raetrack. This is a premiere campground probably the nicest we ever stayed at. We had a unique rental a tree house cabin. Check their website here http://www.lakeinwoodcampground.com/facilities.html

They had a lake stocked with fish , two swimming pools, arcade at least 2 playgrounds, organized activities a cafe and mini golf. They also had another golf game called chukker golf. You had some heavy duty clubs and used a softball as the ball. pete ad I played this when Jack was hanging out with a buddy he met at the campground.

Our cabin had a double bed and a set of bunk beds a table, tv, mico., bathroom with toilet and sink, and a gas grill. You had to walk to the very clean bath house to shower but it was nearby and not a problem. You should check out this great campground.

NHRA at Maple Grove

On our vacation we attended the Maple Grove Toyo Tires Nationals. This is a NHRA Top Fuel drag racing event. We attended on Friday and Sunday. Friday is a day of qualifications of the pro classes and also sportsman ranks. Dare i say that I enjoyed this day more than the final elimination round on Sunday? Previously I could not understand why you would want to attend a race and not know who had won. However, you see a lot more racing and have a lot less crowd on a qualification day. We even got to see the dragsters run at night something that we have always wanted to see. There is also plenty of general admission seating on Friday. This photo is of Tim Wilkerson's funny car running in the final qualification run of the day.

Jack enjoyed spending time in the Powerade Fan Zone , which involves racing a video game to get qualified for a shot of racing in a funny car simulator. This is typically something that we would not have checked out on Sunday because the crowd is just too large! I actually was the 15th highest qualifier of the day. The top 3 got free tickets to Sunday. The emcee of the fan zone was a lot of fun and got the crowd involved.

On Sunday we started the day by arriving early and attending the Racer's Church. RFC (Racer's for Christ). Church was at 8:00 in the hospitality area between the Cat dragster of Rod Fuller and the Matco Tools dragster of Antron Brown. We heard a great message delivered by Chris Rivas ( Pro Stock Motorcycle driver). The congregation was filled with fans and competiers alike.

After church was over we headed to Del Worsham's pit to meet my favorite Blogger of all time Bob Wilber. See his blog here http://blogs.nhra.com/nhrablogs.asp?blog=csk He was very nice but did not have a lot of time to talk. I think he must be a very busy guy because we tried to catch up with him several times on Friday and he was not to be found. Bob returns every email you send him so I admire his dedication. My husband and I also finally found the Del Worsham t shirts we were trying to buy all weekend. I looked in the Fram trailer and could not see the Del shirt displayed. Finally after the 3rd round on Sunday I decided to ask them and sure enough they had them.

Then we met our friends the Mahoney's. Ray , Bev, and Shawn. We walked the pits with them and then settled in to watch the races. For some reason the day seemed to fly by (maybe that had something to do with no rain delay like last year) The kids didn't seem to have enough time to collect autographs. (much more time for that when it is raining) (I'm certainly not wishing for rain I'm just saying...) While I would have liked to see Del Worsham win we were quite happy to see Fast jack Beckman in the winner's circle at the end of the day. We hung around after the races and had Jack Beckman sign autographs for Jack and Shawn.

After this we headed back to our campsite and the legendary Tree house cabin we stayed in!

Rest In Peace Mickey

Our dear little Mickey was not able to recover from her heart problems. She entered cat heaven on August 13, 2008. This was the day before we were leaving on vacation and she was being cared for by a young girl who works at our vetrenarian's office. Cheyanne wanted to be sure that Mickey had someone to care for her at night when we were away so she volunteered to take Mickey home with her. Unfortunately for her Mickey's time ran out while she was watching her. We are so grateful that she would be willing to love our little Mickey so much.

This is a photo of Mickey with our dog Pepper.

Mickey comes home

Today when we went to visit Mickey we spoke with Dr. Bob about what he would do if Mickey was his cat. He said he would give her a chance but that his vet bills were considerbly cheaper than mine. He said she wasn't suffering but that she would need to be confined to a small area so she didn't over tax her heart. She needs to stay as un stressed as possible. So she has taken up residence in our bathroom. It is the smallest room in the house and if she makes a mess it is easily cleaned up. So far she has explored a little in there and hopefully she will get the hang of using a litter box. The photo is of her pre hospital days when she was allowed outdoors. For now she is on a house restriction. So much for having outdoor cats! Best laid plans and all that junk. On another note I froze 100 ears of corn for the upcoming winter. I got 12 quart bags plus we ate corn for lunch and dinner. I also had a lunch visit from some old friends of mine, The Lee's. They were on their way home from Cooperstown NY and stopped by to have lunch with Jack and I. So we had a very busy day today!

Mickey in Hospital

Today we visited mickey in the Hospital. Dr Bob said that her prognosis is not that great. He will begin to give her the heart medicine later today. Currently she is on antibiotics and some sort of lasic ( water pill) to keep he rkidney function up. When we went to visit we took her picture and as you can see she is resting comfortably and her eyes look a whole lot better. However, she does still have the whole heart issue to deal with and she has fluid in her lungs. (hence the lasics) So continued prayers for this kitten. We should know moer in a day or two.

Prayers for mickey!

This is a prayer request for our kitten named Mickey. She has always been the small one. Over the last two weeks she started with what looked like a cold in her eyes and nose. Then she stopped eating and drinking. She has always been very quiet and not very playful. Today we took her to the vet (Dr. Robinson in South Montrose) he at first diagnosed a respritory infection. She needed to be hospitalized because she was dehydrated and had a low body temp. We stopped back to visit Mickey after we ran some errands and Dr. Bob pulled us aside and stated that he had done an x-ray and it turns out that Mickey has an enlarged heart.( I think they called it cardiomyopathy) At this point we are not sure if there is anything that we can do for Mickey so we are praying and asking for prayers that she may be healed.