Visit to Pennsylvania

While we have had the boat in Wrightsville Beach, I left Keith to do some boat projects while I hit the road to see family in Pennsylvania.  I had not been there since November, so it was very nice to get to visit with them.  My nieces and nephew love the park nearby, and we spent several hours there on Memorial Day.  Let a kid stir in a creek (pronounced "crik" up home) and you can entertain them for hours.

My nephew collecting fresh water clams in the stream

Middle niece Alison

Youngest niece Emily taking a break from treasure hunting in the stream

I also helped my mom put in some flowers for the summer to spruce up her place.  The back of the car looked like Club Med after our trip to the green house.  There are additional flowers you can't see behind the front seats.

Everything is in bloom in Lancaster, PA and the birds are active.  These were two Gold Finch at my sister's bird feeder.

This mallard duck was chilling at the park

My brother-in-law and nephew have been working on an old motorcycle that we had on the farm when I was a kid.  They thought it would be a good Covid-19 project to see if they could clean it up and get it running.  The cycle was purchased from my sister's, mother-in-law's father back in 1972.  This was 4 years before my sister was born.  Now they have it running again and my nephew is having a blast riding it.

The old dirt bike

My nephew riding it around the back yard after getting it running

It was a great visit.  I was very lucky to be able to see family.  With this pandemic many people have not had that opportunity.  The time went fast and before I knew it, it was time to head back to Wrightsville Beach for the final push to Ocracoke.

The next post will be from our beloved Ocracoke.  We finally have all our boat projects and maintenance behind us and we can't wait to get there and start our summer!