Sun. June 29th... Day 16

We went to church today at the Buenoventura Mission, the place where I was baptized. After church we went to the beach with the Glenns and walked along the pier and went boogie boarding in the pacific... Brrrr.... After a long day at the beach we headed back to the Mariot and got into the hot tub... Ahhhh... Then we all came back to the campground and had a BBQ and s'mores... Yumm... Today was AWESOME!!!!

~Rebecca~

Sat. June 28th... Day 15

Our second week on the road!!! Today mom headed off to an all day reunion thingy at the hospital and Dad, Nick, and me went out for breakfast at the Busy Bee diner. It was a huge breakfast! After that we went back to the campground so we could meet the guy who was going to was the RV. He got most of the diesel fuel off, but there were dome areas that stained. Then we went to the farmers market and got some delicious fresh fruit! We also went to Real Cheap Sports and Dad got a rain jacket, Nick got a T-shirt and I got some Capri's. We went over to the Mariot where the Glenn's were staying and swam in the pool and hung out. For dinner mom and dad went to the graduation dinner while Nick and I stayed in the hotel room with Elizabeth, Paul, and Sarah (Glenn). We ordered pizza and watched movies.

~Rebecca~

(sorry no pictures)

Wed. June 25th - Fri. June 27th... Day 12 - 14

We've been really busy and without wi-fi for a few days so here's the recap.


Wednesday:

We made it to Amarillo, TX late tonight.


Thursday:

After, yet again, a lond day of driving we made it to Kingman, AZ, yet againg, late lastnight.


Friday:

We made it to Ventura, California around noon today and went out to dinner at Yasmine's with a bunch of mom's old friends and their kids... I'm tellin' ya it felt like Thanksgiving or Christmas with all the cousins! The campground is also nice, it has a pool & hot tub, a small store, and a playground.

~Rebecca~

PICS:

Wed. June 25th... Day 12

DAVE NAPPING AND NICK PLAYING XBOX 360.

We're at Miami, OK information center off of route 44 taking an afternoon rest after leaving Aunt Jeanne's and Uncle Tom's at 7:30pm yesterday. Drove through the plains of Indiana and Illinois, the rolling hills of Missouri, over the Mississippi, past the St. Louis Arch, and by Busch Stadium. I'm hoping to cheer Dave onto Amarillo, TX today. We'll keep y'all posted.

~Yola~

Tue. June 24th... Day 11

We're finally fixed (knock on wood)!!! We fixed the initial problem around 7:30pm and headed out! About a half an hour down the interstate we pull over and we're spraying diesel again. Luckily, we found Jim Craig's home phone number in the phone book at the truck stop and he and Junior drove out and fixed the problem right on the spot. One of the fuel injector thingies came loose, so they tightened it and triple checked all the others. Really nice guys! That got resolved around 9:30pm. Then we pulled an all-night er. I fell asleep, but dad was up driving for most of the night with only an hour and a half of sleep. We arrived at Uncle Tom's and Aunt Jeanne's in West Lafayette, Indiana at about 7:30 this morning. What a beautiful house!!! There's even a baby grand piano! We'll probably be back on the road after dinner.

~Rebecca~

Thu. June 20th Sun. June 22nd... Day 7 - Day 9

Hi! Sorry I haven't updated the blog in a few days. We're still stuck in Erie, Pennsylvania. This is what has happened so far. We're staying in a fancy Holiday Inn with a Water Park. On the first day (day 7) we went golfing.





Today we went to the Water Park attached to the hotel. We had a blast!!!!

~Rebecca~

Wed. June 18th Day 5 & Thu. June 19th Day 6

We left Niagara Falls, headed for Cleveland, Ohio. We planned to meet up with my brother Tod for dinner and maybe tour the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, about 2 hours outside of Buffalo, the fuel pump on the motorhome quit and spewed diesel fuel all over the Honda and the back of the coach.

After many calls to Cummins Dealers, RV Dealers, and a couple independent mechanics, we finally had the motorhome towed to Jim Craig's Service center near Erie,PA. The fuel pump will be flown in tomorrow and hopefully we will be back on the road Friday. (Sure am glad we spent the extra money on the extended warranty to cover the repairs!!!!)

While we were stranded beside the road for about 24 hours, we had a large number of local folks stop in to see if they could be of help. It was really nice, and the people were very friendly. We learned that we were in the middle of grape country. Nearly 10,000 acres of grapes are grown in this county. A large Welches juice plant is here in North East, PA. Wineries are beginning to sprout up all around as well. Lake Erie is on the horizon from most of the town.


-Dave

P.S. We also stopped by a fabulous restaurant called Johnny B's!

Tue. June 17th... Day 4

Today we went back to Niagara Falls for the daytime attractions. We went up on the observation tower, road the Maid of the Mist, walked through the Cave of the Winds, and watched a movie

on the history in a mini - Imax theatre. We had a blast! Oh, and we had Dippin' Dots, the ice cream of the future!!!!!! YUM!!!! It may have been kind of yucky out, but that didn't really dampen our spirits. Niagara Falls is definitely a must see!

~Rebecca~

Mon. June 16th... Day 3

We left Babcia and Dziadzius' Monday morning and set out on our all day journey to Niagara Falls. Along the way we met up with some pretty nasty storms. Rain and hail brought traffic down to 20mph on the highway. People pulled off the road and it was chaos for a few minutes.

We arrived at the campground around 6:30pm. After we settled in we headed to Niagara Falls to see the falls all lit up. It was beautiful.

Sat. June 14th... Day 1

Dinner Party at Babcia and Dziadzius' house! New Britain CT.

Sorry, it's at an angle, the only way to get Uncle Dave and John in the same shot.

Sat. June 14th... Day 1

Today started out in a packing frenzy! We were running around like chickens with our heads cut off and ended up leaving an hour and a half behind schedule. We arrived, none the less, in Connecticut before we had to go to bed.

Oh, and in the first three hours on the road, we already hit a tree... No one was hurt and the damage was minimal, we already fixed it.

~ Rebecca ~