Our Saturday with Uncle Jerry and our weekend at the campground (last one)

Okay, if you've read, Cassi is the newst tennis star! We really enjoyed spending the day with Uncle Jerry and family.

On Friday, we decided to go camping. We agreed that this would probably be our last weekend of camping. Because of my getting that job, that I found out later in the week, we thought this would be our last time.

So, Friday night, we headed down to the campground after doing stuff around the house. It was a beautiful night sleeping. Because Canton is so far south from where we are located, we figured we could romp over there from Ashland, which is about an hour west of Canton. On the way, we started with a good and CHEAP breakfast near the campground. Then, went back real quick to pick up a few things before starting again.

The whole way over, all Cassi said was she couldn't wait to meet her cousin, who is a boy. And, she doesn't sleep with boys (good advice, as she's learned EARLY). The only issue is: Cassi's cousin, Adam, is 30 years old and is mentally Cassi's age. Something happened to him when he was born that made his this mentally handicapped. Don't ask, I don't remember. But, she really enjoyed meeting him and playing with him. He would spend everyday in front of his computer and game systems if they allowed him. So, before we left, we found both of them playing on the game systems. They've got two, one Cassi was on, one Adam was on.

We got there, and found out that they were getting ready for us to leave. They took us to a local park. The park was ABSOLUTELY beautiful! The park to start with was gated and fenced-in. A very nicely maintained area, with nice parking lot. We got out and found there was two areas for kids to play on two different playgrounds. Around the entire grounds, there was a walking track. I wish I had brought my sneakers as I would have taken a walk or two. The track appeared to be about a mile, but could have been two.

They had a covered pavillion, with areas to grill. They had a building for potty facilities. They had tennis courts, volleyball court, basketball courts, etc.

So, we grilled, played on EVERYTHING, etc. Rob's uncle, being my dad's age, played on the swings and slides with Cassi. After, he emailed us, saying his soreness reminded him of his age. But, I really think he had a good time. Just a big kid at heart.

After we left, we went back to his uncle's house, where Rob looked over his computer. Because Rob's background is a Systems Engineer (yep, I gravitate to techys romantically), so everyone used to go to Rob for all his computer help. When Rob and I met, and even today, I always explain the two of us as: 1. Rob is the hardware and technical help man, where 2. I am the software and training gal. We mesh together for all your technology needs. We even tried to run a computer business. But, with the big guys out there, like Dell, Gateway, HP, etc., the little guy (us), couldn't survive.

Okay, I digressed. But, the bottom line on the computer was, it was WAY too old. It was running XP on a computer that wasn't built for XP. We both agreed that he should just buy a new computer and suggested Dell. We new have a them in our house. I always agreed with Dell as a good computer maker as we used them with all of our consultants at E&Y. I used to work on them ALOT.

So, in the end, we had to come home, check the mail as my refund check came from college (ooh, I could buy my books and things needed for school). Then, we went back to the campground.

In the end, we ended up coming home at 6am on Sunday. It started raining in the night. Becuase it was a little hotter in the camper Saturday night, we all had a tougher night sleep. We came home, slept more, and had a good day running around, doing indoor things because of the rain.

Then, Monday was the first day of school!

Love to all,
Cathy
8^ )