New River Gorge Bridge

New River Bridge was completed in 1977. It is the longest single arch bridge in the world. At 876 feet above the river it is America's 2nd highest bridge. Once a year, the third week of October, the bridge is closed for six hours. Extreme sport fanatics gather in Fayetteville. Hundreds of BASE jumpers, rappel teams and highline riders leap, jump and descend from the bridge while 200,00 spectators watch. Yikes!! Bruce and I hiked and drove around this park and saw beautiful views of this bridge.

Wild, Wonderful West Virginia!!!

Bruce and I have spent several days camping in West Virginia. We've hiked, biked, walked and drove visiting the sights. The trees are beginnning to change and are beautiful. Tonight we are camped in Milton WV and had severe storms passing through. There were tornado warnings for this county. I couldn't decide if I liked it better on a boat or in a motorhome if a tornado passed through. Luckily I didn't have to experience one in a motorhome because the warning had expired.

Heading south

My bus is prettier than your bus!!!

After the Special Olympics State Games yesterday Bruce and I headed out for parts unknown. Our first stop was Attica, to check on his mom's house. We couldn't get into the driveway so I called the neighbor and asked if we could park there for the night. Ray used to own the bus company for the schools but now leases the property to another company. Bruce and I were getting settled when someone knocked on the door. It was the manager of the buses. He used to be the chief of police in Attica. How do you go from the chief of police to managing a bus garage? Anyway, someone had called him and told him we were there. The Robbins name has pretty big clout in Attica, so we were good to go. It saved me a couple of speeding tickets years ago. Oh! You're Al Robbins daughter -in -law? OK slow down.

Next morning Bruce went to pick some beets from the field behind the bus garage. When I saw he had picked two full grocery bags I thought we were going to start our own farmers market from the motorhome. He gave one bag to Pat and Ray. Thank goodness!!!

Tonight we are at Keystone State Park in PA.

Medals Awarded

Keith, Paul and I don't know the other guys name receiving their medals!!

It's not only about the athletes!! Janet,Barb and I had fun making pennants and decorating hats with foam stickers at the Olympic Village. Hey!! Why not. The athletes weren't playing with them so we did.

Special Olympic Fall Games 2009

My son Keith participated in the Special Olympics Fall Games in Seneca Falls NY. The weather was perfect for a cycling competition. Keith came home with two silver medals. The 1st was the 15k road race and the 2nd was a 5K road race. He said he just couldn't catch Paul. Paul trains by riding 90 miles a week and participated in a fund raiser for his training club where he rode 200 miles in a couple of days. Lance Armstrong may have had a hard time catching him!!! NOT!! But Paul is good.

Our new dinghy

I learned that people on motor homes call the vehicle they have either a dinghy or a towed. Well, today I, Bruce, Jordan, and her friend Nicole, drove to PA to pick up our new dinghy. Since we've been on a boat I think I will call our vehicle a dinghy. It's a 2001 convertible Mustang GT. It looks gray but is a pretty brown color. Not a color I would have normally chosen but I really do love it. It's a good color for fogey's like us. Troopers won't notice us as much as they notice red or yellow sports cars. When we stopped for lunch the young waitress asked if that was our Mustang and asked what size engine it had. I have a feeling teenage kids are going to be our best friends now!!! It sure is fun to drive but I am very careful about the speed I drive. Not to mention I had two teenage girls in the car with me and all they think about is driving fast.