We got some internet access, so I’m posting what I’ve written thus far from the past two days.<\/p>\n
5\/30\/06, Tuesday<\/strong> It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s interesting traveling in an RV, you can get up and wander around, unlike a bus or car, so legs can be stretched and hungers sated. Both parents have driven at different times (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not about to attempt it, even if asked), and for the most part we go along at a pace that rarely brings us up against someone else\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rear end \u00e2\u20ac\u201c most of the time we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re the ones being passed, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s perfectly fine. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in any hurry to get up there now, with plenty of time to arrive before Friday. <\/p>\n There are also small quirks of their RV, like the one drawer whose latch doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite work, so you have to kick it back in every now and again, and the water pumps I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t warned to turn back on when I needed to wash my hands (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mom, are we out of water?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d). The couch which will become my bed is pretty comfortable to sprawl out upon (there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a full or queen sized bed at the back for them), and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been fairly comfortable on it. When not staring out at the mountains, streams and livestock, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve read, chatted with my parents, and spent some time paying down my third mortgage on Animal Crossing (yay for new fruits from the other animals \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they help pay those bills much faster). <\/p>\n Had one little diversion when a bad sign lead us down a wrong driveway. I got to drive the Psion around as they backed the RV out and went down the right driveway. While Dad fueled up and Mom worked to reconnect the Psion to the back I took the time to inform her that if the curious 33 year old had looked in the cabinet right across from the toilet while sitting, the curious 9 year old (my niece) was sure to do so this summer and that it would behoove her to move the box for her vibrator to a more secure area. The look on her face would only have been more amusing if she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d been drinking something when I said it. At least I know I get my sexual nature honestly.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n 5\/31\/06, Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the more difficult aspects of this trip has been realizing how my parents have aged. You see some of it at home, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brought to the front much more starkly when discussing plans for the day that include a lot of driving and\/or walking around. Parking in handicapped spots (for Mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s foot problems \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they have the plates), trying to get as close to places as possible, taking a nice break mid-afternoon, in bed by 8:30 or 9, these little things add up to a picture of my parents that I hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite arrived at yet. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m glad I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve gotten the chance to spend this time with them, and I look forward to more time with them, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure when we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d ever get the chance to travel together like this again. <\/p>\n Lots of thunderstorms this afternoon here in Cooperstown. After visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame (and Museum), which was quite cool, even for someone who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t follow the game regularly, we wandered a little bit along the two blocks that comprise downtown Cooperstown, then drove up around Lake Osteaga for a bit, then back to the camp to rest. I think we were expecting Cooperstown to be a tad bigger than it was, but all in all I think it was perfect. The downtown strip was fun, you didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel rushed getting through things, and you could get to everything you wanted to see in a day (or more, if you wished). But man, the thunderstorms were something else.<\/p>\n Thankfully they waited until after we were ensconced in the motor home, but at least three waves came through, one of which temporarily knocked out the electricity from the campground (right in the middle of fixing dinner, of course). Lightning galore, lots of thunder, and rain pounding down on the roof. When it let up the first time, Mom zipped out for a few supplies from the under-carriage storage, and back in just in time for the second wave. 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\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s begun to rain. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a relatively quiet trip up thus far, but now, about a hour or so from the campground at which my parents and I will be staying the night it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s begun to drip a little. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been predicting thunderstorms, and the camp did report some thunder when we called them a little bit ago, but this is part and parcel of what they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been getting up here all Spring, part of what almost lead the race director to cancel the race when he discovered the transition area under a couple feet of water just a few weeks ago. <\/p>\n