It’s been a few years since we traveled to one of my sister Wendy’s summer parties and this year we made it! Bob and I left the motorhome behind since going up to RI for the weekend takes a lot of planning (reserving a campground months in advance) and the costs would be prohibitive. Crossing the GW Bridge alone with a MH towing a car costs $95 and that’s just one toll of many. Toll charges for three axles add up. Plus fuel costs: 8 mpg times roughly $6/gallon times 350 miles round trip. I’ll let you do the math.
So for those reasons we hopped in the car and just went. It took about seven total hours of driving to get to Wendy’s house since we hit traffic, but we stopped at my nephew’s new house to see it and some of the family who were staying there before continuing on to Portsmouth. Wendy had her beautiful new guest room all set up and it was so comfortable, like a 5-star B&B. We helped Wendy and her husband Bill set up for the party the next day. And what a fun day it was! The weather was perfect, my three sisters and my brother were all there as well as most of the in-laws and lots of niece and nephews, and we had a blast.
Auggie was a little angel although he did fall in the pool twice and needed to be rescued each time as he has never been a swimmer. He ended up sleeping through most of the party under my chair. I guess nearly drowning takes a lot out of a dog!
Our trip home was much easier and we hit very little traffic for a Sunday so that was a relief. Going through NYC is never fun.
We have less than a week left until our scheduled departure from NJ. How does time go so fast?
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