More Things I Learned

This was a highly educational trip to Pennsylvania. Now that we are home, I've thought of several more things I learned this past week (20 hours in a car gives you a lot of time to think - well, that is when you are not mediating "issues" among the children)

Okay, here we have More Things Barb Learned Last Week

1) It costs $60+ to travel the tollways from Illinois to Pennsylvania (that is when you are towing a camper). Despite the steep price, we did opt to do the turnpike because is was much faster than any other route.

2) It takes twice as long to get someplace in PA than it does in MN. I kid you now, it takes an hour to go about 20 miles there!

3) The have GIANT millipedes in Pennsylvania and I have the picture to prove it!

Btw, that's Molly's hand holding that disgusting thing. We found him under a boulder in St. Peter, Pennsylvania which was one of the cutest towns anywhere despite their disgusting bugs.

4) French Creek State Park is home to the friendliest swan I've ever seen. Not only did he swim over to us, he got out of the lake and stood about three feet from us (all nine of us) and proceeded to clean his feathers.

5) French Creek State Park is also home to a LARGE quantity of stink bugs, most of whom found our camper to be an ideal resting place. Upon returning to our campsite at bedtime on Wednesday night, Chris and I spent about 30 minutes ridding the camper of, oh say, about 100 stink bugs. Thankfully, they are rather docile and harmless creatures, but that did nothing to placate the girls who had to sleep in said camper. Truth be told, our home is now home to about half a dozen stink bugs who decided to come home with us in our stuff.

That's all for now folks, stay tuned for future vacation posts including "The Pros and Cons of Camping in 30 Degree Weather" and "Photo Extravaganza - The Pennsylvania Edition".

Time for beddy-bye....