6/27 – 9/15/2015 – We started the summer
with a family vacation at Normandy Farms in Foxboro MA. We were joined by the Daniels family, Coleman
family, the Senteneri girls, and the Padulese family. We had a wonderful week full of crafts,
swimming, sunning, campfires, great food and shopping, and best of all
companionship. Of course I managed to
squeeze in a couple rounds of golf as well.
Next destination was Four Season’s Campground in Pilesgrove, NJ for the
month of July where we enjoyed a very large open site, not too much in the way
of amenities, but a reasonable rate for NJ.
The next couple weeks were not so exciting with doctor and dentist
visits, cataract surgery for Chippy (which went wonderfully), but we did
squeeze in a few nights out on the town with friends and family. First week of August was another family
vacation with the Daniels family, Coleman family with grandson Brayden, and
Olivia representing the Senteneri family in Pittsburg PA. We really had a great time with the
highlights being dinner at Meat and Potatoes, lunch at Primanti Bros, fun day
at Kennywood amusement park, paddle boarding, swimming and kayaking at Moraine
State Park and of course the amazing dinners and campfires nightly. The Steel City and countryside were beautiful
as were the golf courses, but biking was out of my league as I could not handle
the hills, sucks to get old. We also
wandered the Strip District (no strippers, just shops and restaurants) while
the Daniels family made their first University visit with a tour of University
of Pittsburg who have a very good physical therapy program which Serena is
interested in pursuing. After vacation with the family it was back to Four
Season’s Campground, and second cataract surgery for Chippy, which also went extremely well, now she is
20/20 in both eyes and just needs reading glasses for the really small
stuff. We enjoyed visiting friends and
enjoying the grandchildren for the rest of the summer, played some golf, ate,
drank and were merry as we tried very hard to work it off with our 3 ½ mile
walk each morning but to no avail. Guess
we just have to get used to old Mother Nature slowing our metabolism and
getting fat. We finished off the summer
with a really nice surprise from Jack and Arleen who treated us to the
Glassboro VFW party featuring the Rat Pack, with great performances from Dean
Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Jerry Lewis and a special appearance of
Marilynn Monroe. Good food, good friends,
good entertainment and good times were had by all. Now it is time to hit the road once more and
head to Florida for the winter. First
stop is Jacksonville where we are really excited to visit with grandson Joe,
his new wife Joni and son Justin. Goodbye everyone back home, we love and miss you already, but we gotta keep moving........stayed tuned for more from the Sunshine
State………………………..
Summer Vacations…..
Pilesgrove NJ and vicinity….
