Rhode Island

July 10-15; Visiting Rob's Family in RI. My Mom ("Memer" to my kids) laughed when we pulled around the corner of the street I grew up on for my final years at home. We parked "the Beast" in her driveway then spent the afternoon over at my sister Nancy's house swimming and cooking out. On Sunday we headed down to Fishermen's Memorial State Park to set up camp near all the beaches. The first two days were great weather and we spent most of the days at Scarborough Beach and then the evenings at the campsite. My awesome Mom had dinners prepared for each night and drove all the food down to the campsite. We had some awesome times sitting around the campfire, cooking s'mores, singing, and telling old stories. It was great to get to know Andrew's girlfriend Jackie and Amibeth's boyfriend Kevin. On the second night down at the beach, it began to pour rain as we were leaving the beach. We actually served spaghetti and meatballs and salad INSIDE our camper with 13 people and played guitar and charades as well. It was a good night. The next day we drove back to Warwick to spend the day at my sister's house. My brother-in-law Gary treated my to my first civilian haircut as well as a hot towel and lather shave at a high end place called Gents or something like that. I ended up keeping a gotee (spelling?) which Karen kind of likes but not so sure how much longer it will last. And we FINALLY were able to get the oil changed in our RV's generator! HIGHLIGHTS and MEMORIES: Homecooked favorites from Mom; Clamcakes and Chowder at Iggy's; 13 people for dinner and games in the Beast; hanging out with family at my sister's and Mom's houses and at the campsite; sleeping the first and last nights in my old bedroom with my entire family; kids asking on the final night, "Do we have to leave? Can't we just stay here until Colorado?." It was a sweet visit and too short. It get's harder and harder to leave.