Gunner's Great Adventure

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Gunner's Great Adventure...Better Late Then Never

Well, it seems so long ago, but I thought I should get this finished. On Friday Sept 7, we headed south to McMinnville as planned. Mr. G buckled safely in is seat and never stopped talking about what he saw out the window the whole trip. He got lots of chances to practice his words, as he took in the sights. Hopefully he didn't learn any new words from grandpa when a not so kind driver cut me off going through Seattle. We made a stop at Camping World in Fife to eat some lunch, stretch our legs and do a little shopping. We arrived at our favorite spot in the Linfield College parking lot in time to set up, and have some dinner. By then it was time for a story and the little guy was sleepy. So was grandpa. It is our custom to cook a big breakfast on the bbg on game day then take a nice stroll across the campus. This time we needed to go to the college store to make sure Gunner had his Wildcat gear. After lunch the little fella conked out, so he and grandma didn't make it to the game until halftime. Mr.G had a blast cheering and high fiving grandpa as the Cats rolled to another victory. After a nice dinner on the grill we enjoyed the evening and got the rig ready Sunday morning travel.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH Headed to Millersylvania Our trip north was uneventful except for one minor hitch. While enroute Chrystal and I both realized we had only packed sweatshirts and the weather was cool. so we found a place to stop and picked up jackets that will stay in the rig. We arrived at Millersylvania State Park early afternoon and got camp set up. The little fella was awesome. He would carefully hold the water hose and power cord handing them to me when I was ready. I let him hook up and turn on the water which turned out to be a fun thing for him to do. Grandma couldn't figure why the water kept going off in the coach, Gunner had figured out how to turn the faucet off and on.

We had a special treat on Sunday night. Our son Jim and his wife Thomasina brought grandaghter Maggie Grace and granddog Barkley for a visit. we had a great time visiting and walking in the park before grilling up some dogs for an outdoor meal. MONDAY-WEDNESDAY Enjoying Millersylvania We had a grand time during our stay, exploring and being a part of Gunner's experience. We watched the birds, saw frogs and dragon flies by the lake, hiked the trails, stomped in puddles, ran in the grass, rolled in the grass, played in the dirt, built campfires and made s'mores. What more could a 2 year old ask for, heck what more could a grandpa and grandma ask for. Millersylvania was a special place to visit, both Chrystal and I had fond memories of going there as kids. The park itself is a great example of a project build by the CCC. As you may remember the CCC is a program started by FDR to help young men learn skills, providing jobs, while building conservation projects across America. hmmmm...the leasons we could learn from the past. Sorry off topic. Millersylvania is a shining example of the 1st class state park system we have in Washington. It was clean the staff was friendly and got a chance to enjoy and share the great outdoors with others. Camping with G brought fond memories of my camping trips with grandma and grandpa Harrel. Each evening grandpa would roll a smoke and take a cup of coffee while I would accompany him round the loop and he would stop to chew the fat with every camper in the park. I of course had my cup of coffee too, but no rolled cig, thanks grandma. I learned to drink coffee at a young age from them. Gunner will get coffee next trip, I decided two was too early. I didn't teach him to spit either(a lesson from grandpa cooper), I better make plans for another trip. We broke camp on Wednesday and headed home arriving tired and smiling. I have added camping road trips with the rest of the grandkids to my bucket list. Happy Trails