Friday, July 25, 2008

Vacation 2008 - Day Fifteen & Sixteen - 22,23 July


The last two days of vacation. The first one was spent in Maine cleaning the cabin, packing the car and shopping at the Kittery Trading Post in Kittery Maine. It is a tourist trap and we were tourists. This shopping trip was conducted during a driving rain storm while 20 miles to our west a tornado was tearing through trailer parks in Durham New Hampshire. The most frustrating thing about Maine gifts is that they all seem to be made in China. The fact that we could not find Maine-made Maine gifts seemed frustrating but in light of nearby disaster it was just a small thing.

We stayed the night in Marlboro Mass, not the home of the Marlboro Man. In the morning, after a night of rain, the Tippy Canoe, traveling on top of the car, was nearly full of water. I wondered if anyone took notice of the guy in the motel parking lot with a manual bilge pump. The kayak was empty after only 20 minutes of pumping. The rest of the day Thursday the 23rd was spent on the road trip home. In spite of continuing rain for the first half of the trip we arrived home safely even though sore of bottoms. The cats greeted us un-warmly, looking out the door to see if the other people (our cat and house sitters) were behind us. By this morning however they were resigned to the fact that we were back. We too are resigned. Resigned from vacation. Resigned from the lake and cabin. Resigned to being back in the saddle.

Thanks to all of you who have been reading and responding to my vacation blog. I will now return to my more normal blogging schedule: Once in a Blue Moon.

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