HOME (Day 36)

FRIDAY APRIL 10TH 

(Larry's Birthday)

"Home again home again rig a gig gig"

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Driving in the driveway. 

MOST OF THE SNOW IS GONE

We had a wonderful trip.  I enjoyed every minute of it.

  It's good to be home though.  I will summarize the trip later. 

ENDWELL, NY

RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM

OUR FIRST CAMPING SPOT ON MARCH 6TH

SHIPWAY'S DRIVEWAY

(Day 35)

Another tradition when we visit Dick and Anita, is to go out to supper

 at the Broadway Diner on Watson Blvd in Endwell. We always

enjoy our times with the Shipway's.  Friends since the early '60's.

Binghamton was still reeling from the tragedy that took place last

week where a gunman shot and killed 13 people besides himself.

I talked on the phone with our daughter in law, Kathy,  

for quite some time.  She was very much involved in phone calls etc

relating to the tragedy.  She had to interface with the public, families

of the victims, the hospital, newsmedia etc. 

DANVILLE, PA

JOYCE AND PAUL BOWSER'S

. We left Carol Ellis's around 2 p.m. and arrived in Danville about 5 p.m.

Joyce served us an excellent dinner of a ham loaf, mashed potatoes

corn, a tossed salad, and pie ala mode.

Traditional we always go to the Country Cupboard with Joyce and Paul

Not only do they have excellent food but also a huge store will all kinds

of neat stuff.  I usually always buy something and this time bought a pocketbook.

I wouldn't mind having one of these.

YORK, PA. April 8th

Wednesday (Day 35)

Carol's House

We left Revelle's bookstore nearly noon and took Route 83 north,

which wasn't  originally on our agenda.  When we neared the Pa. border

I saw the sign, "York, Pa.  20 miles".  I immediately realized that we

were only 20 miles from our friend, Carol Ellis.  We didn't have her

phone number or address, so we called Steve and he found it on the

internet for us.  We called her, and fortunately she was home. Carol

invited us to stop by, which we did for about 2 hrs.  It was so good to

see her and catch up on family stuff and also reminise. 

Carol and I met in Endicott when her husband was the pastor of

our church.  Their kids; Bobby, Joy, and Donnie were best friends

 of our 3 oldest kids.  We have many many fond memories with this

family.  Carol's husband Bob passed away a few years ago.  We sure

missed seeing him on our visit. he was a very good friend and one of the

best Pastors we ever had.

Not a good picture, but I had to include it. 

When Carol got the call that we were stopping by, she thought of this flour

bin that I gave to her years ago (at least 25). I had used it in our cabin

for a number of years.  She had used it .in Watertown and maybe

other places her and Bob lived. She said she no longer has a place

for it so thought it should come back to me. 

 Soooo, I brought it home and will find a spot for it. (again)

REVELLE FAMILY CONTINUED

JACK AND SETH'S BOOKSTORE

Baltimore, Md

Jack and Seth have been in the used book business for quite

some time now for 7 or 8 years .  They have this beautiful book

store which is very much like a Barnes and Noble but the books

are all second hand.  There are at least 100,000 books in the store.

Their warehouse is in Toledo, Ohio where they process 70,000

used books a day. They have 80 people working there. Stan, their

father goes to the warehouse about once a week. They process out

at least 5,000 books a day. Good job guys, we're proud of you!!!

BALDWIN, MD.

The Revelle Family

This is the oldest son Seth and his wife Kim and 1 yr old Nathan

They live in the house that his parents use to own.

Jack, Nena and Jonah

Rachel and her 2 month old baby

Rachel's 4yr old

I took 3 pictures of Stan and none of them came

out very good.  I think I had the close up lense on.

He reminds us so much of his Dad.

Shirley and Rachel's baby

Jack's Great Dane and English Bulldog

This shows the size of him

Jonah and Nathan

It was neat to visit this family. They all seem to enjoy each other

and they work together in the family business. We haven't seen

 some of them in quite a few years.  A lot of great memories

of them at Endwell and the Cabin.  Stan lived with us for 4 yrs

during his college years. We met Shirley while working at

Delta Lake Camp. This is Evelyn Revelle's family who we visited

in Dowling Park, Florida.

TO BE CONTINUED

STAFFORD, VIRGINIA

Aquia Pines Camp Resort

Arrived here Monday night (the 6th) stayed overnight

Not too impressed with the campsite

Today was sorta a down day, relaxing after a long

day on the road.  Left in the morning for Maryland

to visit the Revelle Family.

KOA CAMPSITES

LEAVING FLORIDA

April 4th

The next two nights we stayed in KOA campsites

One in South Carolina and the other one in N. C.

This campsite was in S. C.  The marker tells of some of the
historical events that took place in this area during the Civil War.

We were warned here not to walk our dog by the lake because
the alligators will grab a dog.

We left camp after Church on TV and had breakfast at Shoney's

We stayed in another KOA Sunday night in South Carolina.  (April 5th ) 

Tonight (April 6) we are in Virginia at Aquia Pines Camp Resort

near Washington D.C.  Leaving in the morning for Maryland.

2 HAPPY BIRTHDAYS

APRIL 6

Two of my friends have birthdays today

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to

CAROL ELLIS

York, Pa

A friend since early 1970's

LAURIE MACH

Broadalbin, NY

Prayer Partner and Friend

.

DOWLING FL.

Advent Christian Village
April 2, 3, 4

 We are about to leave here..

infact Larry has already pulled the electric power.

Not sure when I'll have internet again so wanted to

show Evelyn's picture.  We've had a great time with her

Larry and Evelyn in front of Dowling Residence where she lives.

More later...gotta go.

(Continued)
  We drove  about 250 miles today (Saturday)  We are now at
a KOA campsite in Point South, S. C.  It's an ok spot, one thing,
we arrived hungry and they sell pizza here.  We ordered one and
by the time we were set up, they had delivered it to our camper.
We'll watch March Madness Final Four, good reception here.

They warn us here not to walk our dog by the lake. Alligators
are known to come out and grab a dog.  Larry wants to take
the cats for a walk.  NOT. Just kidding (I hope)

More pictures at Advent Village

This cafe is in the village.  We ate here a couple of times

Larry showing Evelyn some pictures

Breakfast before we left.

For those of you who don't know who Evelyn Revelle is, she was
our pastor's wife when we lived in Endwell. Her and her husband,
Jack were actually missionaries who pastored our church while
their son Stan was in high school.  When he graduated, they went
back to the mission field (Vietnam) and Stan made his home at our
house while he went to college.  He spent some weekends and
vacations with us.  We are hoping to visit him on our way home.
He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.