Trading Time for Memories in Boyer world

April 19 Tom, Shawn, and Mark were about to head off to Caledonia camp in Pennsylvania for the first annual Hunko camping trip. What a blast it would be! Suddenly  Katie emerged from the house bearing three amazing custom Hunko T-shirts made by Natalia and Katie Jo. Donning our shirts, we headed off Saturday morning towing the Blanchard’s RV palace.  We arrived and headed right out onto the AT Trail. The trail was beautiful! We did almost the entire trail, about 9 miles before returning to camp and setting up the palace.  Mark was hungry so first act was chili con carne with red beans past the Best By Date, corn bread, sour cream, and cheese. Delicious! That would be first dinner; second dinner would be hamburgers over the grill.  The fire was awesome too. Usually we have about an hour, maybe two, but this was the extended version. We burped, we flatulated, we laughed, and we cried.  Sleep came quick in the RV even if it didn’t last until morning. When morning c...

Lynne and I had a great visit  to the USGA’s in West Chester University near Philadelphia for Chelsea's last meet of her first season starting April 12. Having just returned from Las Vegas on business the night before, Lynne and I drove up in spaceship while Tom worked and Lynne drove. After quick hamburgers downtown at a college burger joint, we headed to the field house.  A nice student found us wandering the campus and took us to the field house. At 1400 the semi finals began. Chelsea received a 9.625 on bars . The team struggled, but would get second place out of three putting them into the finals the next day. After the meet we all went to PF Changs. The service with so many people was slow, but we did not mind since we were hanging out with Chelsea. Afterward we all went back to our hotels. We got to play Qwirkle with Chris and Brenda Wallace, Claire's parents. Unfortunately we were rude and beat them. On Saturday, we decided we would investigate Kennett Square the "...

Easter 2024  We spent Easter 2024 in Connecticut with Lydia. As expected, it was a great time. And, as expected, it was a bit of work getting there on Easter Weekend. We started off at 0800 with Spaceship packed to the moon roof, and the platform on the back carrying the cooler. I remember confidently stating that a minivan would be unnecessary as Spaceship's cargo hold would be sufficient for any future needs. At least we did not need the roof top carrier. I also remember regaling friends with the good success we have had on trips charging the car. And then came Good Grief Friday 2024. We arrived at our charging stop to find every stall filled and 6 cars in line ahead of us. We decided to stick it out, and I headed out to find some sustenance. Thirty minutes and two salads later, I returned to find us next in line. We would spend over an hour refueling before getting back on the road. We arrived at the Special Spot to pick up Lydia and Arwen to begin the core adventure in Stoningt...