Never Too Old! (60 is the new 40): 18 days on the road. Now rain. And rest.

Made it all the way home to Seneca Lake.

We left Point Richmond, California on June 4. And somehow we put the pedal to the metal during the last few days (in perspective, maybe the Red Writer rolled down the highway at 62 mph?) to get to New York before some big storms rolled in behind us.

So, 18 days of travel in our little Red Writer T@b trailer!

The only funky night we had on our trip was a late night stop in Indiana at the Sand Creek RV park, way off the beaten track but somehow also in the middle of the 'burbs. Exhausted by a rainstorm along the way and needing safe haven, Sand Creek did not live up to its description. Never saw a creek. Pool empty and under repair. No shower heads. No pump out station. Serious sulphur water –well water – which I had to remind myself during my shower that as much as it was a rotten egg gag-a-thon, my skin and my hair probably loved all the minerals. But it wasn't water we could put in our tank.

Sand Creek RV Park is a field.

The next morning we stopped at a rest area as we got back on the toll road to discover Indiana and Ohio offer overnight parking for RVs, with power, wifi, restrooms and picnic tables, separated from the tractor trailer parking.

A serious head slap. Shoot.

As navigator, I realized it wasn't that much of a push to get us all the way across the New York State border and to dinner at Bemus Point on Lake Chautauqua, where Michael grew up. It wasn't our final destination but would certainly feel like home. So we pushed on and got to Bemus in time for a leisurely dinner on the deck of The Casino restaurant (not an actual casino). Then moved down the highway for another 100 miles to park in the lot of the Seneca Allegheny Casino.

The Casino is right on I-86, but there isn't much night-time traffic, the lot backed up to the woods and it was nice and quiet and safe. Another time we would have checked out the restaurant and facilities and dropped a dime or two into the slots. But not this time. Park. Sleep. Done.

Brother Dan getting his pontoon boat ready for lake duty.

Early the next morning we headed the final two hours to meet my brother Dan at his shop, check out his new boats and make a plan for the day.

Lucky us!

By mid-afternoon we were out on Seneca Lake with he and Kathy and the whole fam-dam, including my brother David, Kathy's daughter from Cleveland, Kathy's granddaughter and her friends.

We went north and ended up at Miles Winery, one of the few wineries on Seneca Lake that has a dock (and wine tasting on the water). A lovely stop, nice shade trees, and the winery is in a beautiful historic home overlooking the lake.

A perfect first day back home on Seneca Lake.

Made it back safely to our family cottage in Valois and headed back down the hill to Watkins Glen, where we are staying for a few days until it's our turn to move up to the cottage.

It rained in the night and the forecast is for two more days of rain. It's a great excuse to get caught up with sleep, blogs, correspondence, sleep, organizing, visiting with old friends. Sleep.

All in all, it was a successful cross country. Everything worked, no breakdowns, no drama, Michael and are I still speaking. But I noticed neither of us complained when we slept in a queen-sized bed last night.

Now it's time for me to gear up to go back to 'work' – I'm teaching a Dynamic Aging workshop at Exercise Enterprise in Watkins Glen on Thursday afternoon. I'm eager to share with my New York friends what I've learned over the last two years of study with Katy Bowman and Nancy Burns about Restorative Exercise and moving our bodies. Contact me if you're in the Finger Lakes area and want more information.

Okay. That's enough. I've been up for at least two hours. More rain is forecast and it's time for First Naps. Zzzzzzzzzz