Ever Seen RV?

You know the hysterical movie where Robin Williams takes his family on vacation in an RV?

Yep, the one in which he gets covered in poo trying to empty the septic tank.

How bout National Lampoons Summer Vacation?

You know, Chevy Chase and fam head out across the country to Wally World and all sorts of funny stuff happen to them?

Two funny movies about family road trips.

This evening we have embarked on our own summer road trip!

That's right, John, the kids, the 65 lb dog, and I are cruising down interstate 79 south in WV.

Yep, we are in the RV, all of us together.

John is driving, Trace is all buckled into his car seat in the copilots seat, Taylor is buckled into the chair in the living room watching Bolt, and I'm laying on the couch blogging and facebooking from the trusty Palm Pre.

Oh, yeah, Bandit is stretched out beside the couch sleeping.

So far, so good.

But it's a long way to Myrtle Beach.

We are just going to mosey along, as we are not expected at the campground until Sunday afternoon. We are hoping to hit the NC Zoo tomorrow.

Wish us luck, hopefully none of us gets covered in poo along the way!

July 4th Weekend

For the 4th of July weekend, we went to the Fox Den Acres Campground in New Stanton, Pennsylvania. Our main purpose of the trip to PA was to take the kids to Idlewild Park. Sounds like a great plan, right? Let's play a little game of "What doesn't belong in this group"

Bikes, Toys, Amusement Park, Water Park, Camping, Cold Rainy Weather

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding - we have a winner - and sadly, our weather just sucked. It was cold. It was rainy. That is acutally an understatement, it rained for 3 days straight with high temperatures around 70. I don't think I have ever had to wear jeans and a jacket on the 4th of July before. Oh, and did I mention that on the day of our arrival our hot water tank broke?

It wasn't all bad, we tried to make the best of it. We went to Idlewild with umbrellas and ponchos - and got LOTS of use out of them. It was neat to walk through Storybook Forest, and take a Trolley ride through Mister Rodger's Neighborhood of Make Believe. The kids had fun riding the rides, and even braved to play at the waterpark for a very short, cold time. We watched a lot of rain, and I discovered that although I am intriqued by a time of horse transportation and the wild west, I really don't want to live in the 1800's - I NEED hot running water.

I didn't get a lot of pictures over the weekend, kinda hard to carry an umbrella and the camera...but here are a few. We will be going back for another weekend before summer is over, and hopefully the weather is much more cooperative.