Last Two Weeks of July

It has been a super busy summer! I barely have time to take pictures and post to the blog!

So here I am on a rainy Sunday in August trying to catch up on things.

On Saturday July 16th Frank and I went to the Glascow Lands Scottish Festival in Northampton. It was really fun. It is much smaller than the New Hampshire Games but the lack of crowds made it really nice. I got my Scottish meat pie to eat as well as sharing fish and chips with Frank. Frank tried a bite of the haggis puff but it tasted too much like liver to him so I finished it. I like haggis! Also at the games: Sharon Domier with her husband Shane and their two bearded collies, my next door neighbor Dave with his family, and Barb Stewart with her family. It was fun! Here are some pics from the massed bands at closing ceremonies.

Marching off with the moose hat on (far left of photo)

Then on Sunday July 17th Frank drove the GTO and I drove the 1981 Camaro up the Belchertown Common for the Belchertown Car Show. It was hot but we sat in the shade and enjoyed the day.

Frank and his Camaro

Rumble seat

A real pretty paint job

Frank's GTO

Frank's GTO

The following weekend, which was the hottest of the year (temps reached over 100 in some parts of the valley), we went camping with our group PV8 at the Shady Pines Campground in Savoy, Mass. The theme of the weekend: Herv's Redneck Weekend. Luckily for us it was cooler up there because there wasn't enough electricity to run our AC in the camper.

Garden at the campground

Trail in the campground where I took a short hike on Saturday morning while Frank took a nap. He was recovering from Lyme Disease and was on antibiotics.

PV8 Flags and the safari area with the pavillion

Our campsite had shade up until about 1 p.m.

Frank sitting outside the snack bar. Temps were probably in the 90's. We had a pepperoni pizza which was actually quite good.

Campground bar and snack bar.

Sitting around the campfire on Saturday night.

Frank gets bitten by a mosquito sitting around the campfire on Saturday night

Hilarious adult "Redneck" games around the campfire.