This weekend's "events" - Day 1396 (Year 4, Day 302)

Williamsburg, VA

Friday night/Saturday was the 8th and final day of Passover, which is also considered a holiday day and when special, additional festival prayers are recited.  We wanted to go to services, but not back to Norfolk, so we went to the place in Newport News.  As expected, the rabbi wasn't there and there wasn't even a minyan (group of 10 men required to recite certain prayers).  In fact, the person leading the services omitted some stuff and when I asked him about it, he admitted that he really didn't attend services very often and was winging it.  Could have just as well stayed home (Mitch disagrees with me; he felt uplifted being with a community).

 On Thursday of last week, Mitch got a call from his boss telling him that he'll be working on maps in Mechanicsville/Hanover VA, which is about 60 miles from here.  Due to NASCAR coming to the area, camping season having just begun, and the fact there are only 5 campgrounds within a 30 mile radius, it was impossible to find a place to relocate.  So Mitch is now traveling an extra 120 miles (2 hrs) a day.  At least he gets paid for time and mileage.  Still, a lot of $ for gas and wear & tear on the truck.

So, getting back to this weekend... on Sunday we started off the day with Mitch fixing up a few minor things around the rig (such as cleaning out the air vents and fixing the screws on the dining room chair).  We then went out for a bit of shopping: looking for a new tablecloth and placemats, but didn't see anything we liked (plus we forgot to take measurements!)  It was a nice day and I didn't feel like going back home; I was itching to take a walk.  Mitch suggested around the campground but I was really restless and getting sick of the same scenery.  He was also tired and not in the mood, but he worked really hard to please me.  He had to get propane at the main campground, and I noticed there are about 6-8 geocaches there.  So rather than going to the state park at the end of the road which borders on the York River (still a goal), we did a little geocaching.  They were pretty easy to find, but I discovered that the other campground is even more hilly than this section, so we did a lot of climbing just on the roads!

The first was in the jumping pillow area and the second one was in a tree near the bathhouse.  Maybe next weekend we'll go back and look for more (or go to the park and find those).  We found 8 so far, but we have a friend who has found over 4000!!!