The McGainey Blog

RV Village  (http://rvvillages.com/) is well worth a visit by tent, trailer, fifth-wheel, or  motor home.  And, if you are a member of Passport America (http://www.passportamerica.com/) it’s even better.

We were not locked into a particular hour to arrive, which makes it much easier when traveling on new roads.  When we arrived, we used our Passport membership ($14.00 vs. $28.00 per day).  For that price, we have free access to mini putt-putt, enormous pool, tennis court, basketball, volleyball, baseball, horseshoes, and shuffleboard - plus all the equipment for each.

If you are someone who likes to be included in camp activities, you might like this example:  on Father’s Day, they had a breakfast the women campers cooked in the pavillion, an evening pizza party, Poker Golf Cart races after dark, and an evening adult swim.

The campground is clean and well laid out.  Many sites (in the section we were in) were used as weekend homes.  Site size is pretty good and gravel/grass.  Our site (#172) was about 500 feet from the shower houses.  We set up our chairs on the back side of our motor home and had a great expanse of grass between us and the shower house.  It was a good place to play catch, tag, or whatever.

I don’t think you you’ll be disappointed if you visit RV Village. 

Yesterday was Monday, and we’re still in Mercer, PA because it’s so great here. 

No rain yesterday!  We all went swimming, played Newcome and then putt-putt’ed.  We topped it off with ice cream bars.  In the evening we put lotion on our sunburns … we’re all a little pink.

   Today we hiked the trails and stayed away from the pool. 

After the hike, Emily found some worms so we went fishing down at the pond. 

Olivia caught 3 fish, Emily 2, and Mason didn’t want to wait for a fish to bite.  We had a good time, but we’re all tired now.  We’re going to get cleaned up and watch a movie.

Hello this is Emily and on day 15 at 2:00 A.M. we got a big thunderstorm and it was scary!! There was lightning and lots of thunder!! We had to make sure all of the windows were closed. It lasted for about and our until it settled down. It hasn’t stopped raining since we got here. NO JOKE!!

                                                                                     -Emily-

FINALLY!  We have sit down at a great campground (http://rvvillages.com/) … and we’re even close to the showers!  Pool is a little hike … but that’s good too.

We got here about 4:59 p.m., just before the Office closed.  Got in and sit up but couldn’t get firewood for Mason’s hotdog roast.  We made do with Lasagna Hamburger Helper (real camp food, huh?)

After dinner, we cleaned the kitchen, took showers, and played Scrabble.  Grandpa won (of course), Emily came in right behind him (a wiz kid at Scrabble), Mason (he’s no slouch at the game either), and Olivia (the real thinker in the game - right up there with Grandpa).  Me?  I was the goal keeper and score messer-upper.

Something that Rich and Erin might like to know … Mason reads 10 pages from his Socks (Beverly Cleary) book each night.  The first night I had to talk him into it and the second night he reminded me he hadn’t read yet.

Something that Wendy and Bill might like to know … Emily is thinking about starting her reading online.  (I swear, I’m not tattling!)

Grandkid parents, thank you so much for sharing your children with us.  I know it was a difficult decision to let them go away for such a length of time.  We’re proud of them, they are a true joy to be around.

Yeah, it was difficult for everyone - but we still had fun.  daBus has a extended valve stem leak.  We had to keep stopping to look for a new stem large enough for an RV.  Haven’t found one yet.  A lot of stop-go driving and made some feel yucky.

The grandkids took the ride in stride and watched a DVD movie, played games, etc.  Unfortunately, no one charged their IPods or Game Boys before the drive.  I bet they do next drive!