Our trailer is done for the season. It's first long voyage took it 150 miles to southern Massachusetts and 150 miles back. Karen and I slept in it, cozy though a little cramped, and it hauled all of our soft goods, plus the canopy that protects it from the rain while at camp.
And it almost made it without incident. The ride back was through Boston, and in Boston there are some very bumpy roads. And when we stopped at the New Hampshire Welcome Center along I-95, we noticed that the tongue extension that I had built just a little more than a month ago was, in fact, bent. Yes, Barry, if you are reading this, you were right.
It didn't keep us off the road, and the trailer came home just fine, but it will have to be replaced with something stronger before next Spring, when camping season starts again. Oh well. It was my design, and I'm amazed that it worked at all.
The camping, on the other hand, was worth the trip and the bent tongue. Lots of great conversation, lots of singing around the very big campfire, terrific food, and even a fun side trip to a working cranberry farm, where the boys actually got to put on waders and walk down into the bog.
Now it's back to real life: house projects (before the snow comes), creative projects, work, and school.
And just trying to stay warm. Good luck with that.
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