Sunday to Thursday was spent babysitting our granddaughter so the kids could work uninterrupted unpacking and organizing their new home! We definitely had the easiest and most fun job! Our granddaughter enjoys smiling and trying to roll over.
Our stay at the Newport News Park Campground was uneventful. We had a lot of shade which was very helpful.
“Miss Daisy” enjoying her week of rest!
We did walk some of the trails early in the morning because the temperature was up to the high 90s when we were there. On our first walk we passed some Civil War Earthworks!
We read on the Newport News Park Park Campground website that along one of the walking/biking loops crosses into the Colonial National Historical Park and you can view a placard on the site of where George Washington’s headquarters were during the American Revolutionary War. From our campsite it was a 4.73 mile roundtrip walk. It was a shaded walk but it was very humid even early in the morning.
The start of our walk.
a turn here off the trail
Placard about George Washington’s Headquarters.
George Washington’s Headquarters.
Thursday evening we said our goodbyes which was difficult. Friday morning we packed up our RV and we were on the road by 8:45 AM. We didn’t have any long delays or issues on our drive home. We stopped for lunch at a rest area and cooked grilled cheese sandwiches and soup in the RV. We are being very cautious due to COVID-19. We only used the RV restroom and ate our meals in the RV. When we needed gas, we wore our masks and sanitized our hands after filling the tank. We were home by dinnertime and had the RV unloaded before dark! We didn’t do the cleaning of the RV until the next day.
“Miss Daisy” is back in her spot at the RV storage lot until our next adventure with her. Who knows what will be next?
Today we leave Ohio for Virginia with Dave driving the RV and carrying our daughter-in-law, granddaughter and the 3 cats. Our son and I were driving the cars. We are the same caravan as before but with one MAJOR difference. The three cats are in a cat playpen that was placed on the bed in the RV and it has a bottom and top enclosure! I should have taken a picture of the cats in the playpen. It gave the cats room to move and held a portable litter box. All of us felt much better about this arrangement! It did its job in keeping the cats safe and our nerves calmed.
Traffic wasn’t bad but there was a lot of construction slow downs.
Miss Daisy, and the trailer up ahead!
We arrived at the Newport News Park Campground and were settled before dark! We rented the campsite next to us to store the loaded car and trailer and the other car was parked in front of the RV. Once we were settled the cats were freed from their playpen and were able to explore the camper! Of course all of those crevices were still blocked with towels, boxes and suitcases! The cats did find that they could jump behind the recliner chairs and hide underneath but that was much easier to get them out! No more searching everywhere for cats in the RV!
After setting up camp we enjoyed relaxing outside in our portable gazebo! It was too warm to build a fire. During the day the temperature highs were in the upper 90s! 😅
In our gazebo enjoying the outdoors without the mosquitos joining us!
This morning we had some visitors beside our campsite!
Thursday the kids had their final walk through before closing on their new home the next day. The final walk through today was also the first time that they actually saw their home in person. They had only viewed the house with their agent FaceTiming with them! We kept the baby and hoped they liked their new home! Thank goodness when they returned to the campsite they were pleased with the house and they had the opportunity to meet the owners.
Friday was closing day! We babysat when they went to close on their new home and after closing they emptied out one of the cars and then returned to the campsite. We all went to their new home with the cats included and the car with the loaded trailer! It didn’t take long for us to unload the SUV and the trailer!
Both cars and the trailer are emptied!
We ran back to the RV and loaded up the SUV with more of their belongings. Several trips and they had all of their things that traveled from Florida to Ohio to Virginia.
The moving van will arrive tomorrow with all of their furniture and boxes. But in the meantime, getting the mattress from the U-Haul upstairs for them to sleep on tonight was a challenge!
Everyone tried to get a good night’s rest because it will be very busy tomorrow with the moving van arriving around 9:00 AM.
On Saturday morning, the movers arrived on time, a washer and dryer was delivered, and the internet was installed. The kids dealt with the movers and everyone was wearing masks, including the movers. Dave purchased a garage door opener because the house never had one and he worked on installing that and I had the best job of all, watching our granddaughter in a spare bedroom where the movers wouldn’t be bringing any boxes or furniture.
Our hangout!
The cats were closed up in the primary bathroom with the doors taped so the movers would know not to open the doors!
Everything was going smoothly until Amy went to check on the cats and one was missing! Luna took her paw and opened one of the under the sink cabinets and went in to explore and there was an opening around the tub pipe and you can guess what she did. She was no where to be found! They were envisioning her down a wall and them having to saw into their new home wall or even something worse! That darn cat! Another long story made short, they left a treat trail and catnip to lure her out and the other two cats were now brought in with me. After many hours Amy went in to the bathroom to check and there sat Luna! She was picked up and put in the bedroom with us.
Luna the trouble maker!
After a long day of them trying to unpack some boxes and direct the movers, the kids are so tired but before going to bed they had to find the box with the child-proof cabinet locks and attached them to all of the bathroom cabinets to keep a nosy little cat safe!!!
