Southwick Beach State Park - September

Mon. 9/8/14  We left home around 11:00, stopped at the Waterloo exit and got gas for RV and Mike ordered 2 Subs for us to eat on the way.  We arrived at Southwick Beach around 2:00.  It was sunny, with a little breeze and 75 degrees.  We set up fast and then went down to the beach.  The beach was a lot wider than in June.  We sat with Claude and Janet.  Mike went into the water and noodled for 1/2 hr.  It was so warm I even went into the water. The water was clean and clear. We came back up to the RV at 5:30 and had supper then we had a fire, with a full moon.  Tues. 9/9/14 we woke up to a sunny day and it got to 74 degrees.  After doing our morning work we went down to the beach.  Mike went out in the water and noodled again.  Mike went back up to the RV and made sandwiches and brought them down to the beach.  After lunch I took a long walk down the beach and when I came back Mike was out in the water again.  Later in the afternoon I went up to RV and brought down cocktails.  We came back up at 5:30 and had supper.  Our neighbors had a RV just like ours and they invited us to come see the inside.  A completely different layout.  Then they came over to see our inside.  We then invited them to our fire and had a nice visit. They are leaving tomorrow so we probably won't ever see them again.   Wed. 9/10/14 woke up to cloudy and breezy but still warm. The Heinzman's arrived at 11:00.  We sat outside and visited then we ate lunch outside.  We took a walk down the beach.  When we got back we decided we could play cards on the picnic table.  We had supper outside and then we went inside and played more cards.  They left around 8:00.  The weather got worse in the evening, winds up to 30 mph and it rained really hard.  Thurs. 9/11/14  We woke up with the pouring rain and very, very windy.  We did our morning chores then ate an early lunch and then left for Aunt Ethel's. We stayed through supper and headed back to the RV around 7:30.  Fri. 9/12/14  we woke to sun and clouds.  After breakfast we rode our bikes around the campground. We then got in the car and drove to a farm market Claude and Janet told us about. We bought corn on cob and tomatoes.  There were too many flies on our picnic table so we had our lunch inside.  We then went down to the beach.  Mike wore his bathing suit and I was in jeans and sweatshirt.  It was really chilly on the beach.  I don't know how Mike sat there in his suit.  We didn't stay at the beach for long then headed up to the RV.  I read outside for a while then we had supper. We had a pretty sunset and fire.  As soon as the sun went down it got really cold so I did not stay outside at the fire for too long.  It was 48 degrees outside and 55 inside. The low for the night was 41 degrees.  Sat. 9/13/14  we woke up very cloudy and raining.  I read in bed for a long time then got up and we had breakfast real late.  After the dishes we drove up to Watertown and went to the movies. We saw November Man.  After the movie we ate dinner at Olive Garden.  The sun came out when we got home and the sunset was very pretty.  It was too windy for a fire so we played cards.  Sun. 9/14/14  Mike wanted to watch football so we drove down route 3 and found a bar and went in and ordered lunch and Mike watched his football game and I read.  We got home around 5:00 neither of us were hungry so we sat outside and read and had cocktail and snacks.  We had a fire but the night was very cold so I didn't last very long at the fire.  Went to bed early to get warm plus I read.  Mon. 9/15/14  woke up to clouds and cool.  Don and Diane arrived around 11:00.  We sat outside because the sun finally came out.  We also took a walk down the beach.  They brought lunch with them and we ate outside. Then we played cards. They wanted to do an early dinner so they could drive home in the daylight.  We drove down Rt. 81 to the Grist Mill and had dinner.  They left for home and we drove back to the RV.  It started to rain on the way home so we spent the evening reading.  Tues. 9/16/14 woke up to clouds and lots of wind.  I stayed in bed and read then we had a late breakfast.  After breakfast we took a walk on the beach.  When we got back the sun was out so we ate a late lunch outside.  Mike wanted to go to the beach so we did.  We stayed till the sun disappeared and it got chilly.  We weren't very hungry so we just had snacks and spend the evening playing cards and reading.  Wed. 9/17/14  we woke up to clouds.  Later in the morning we took a walk on the beach and collected driftwood.  After lunch the sun was out so we went to the beach.  Later on we came back up and had cocktails.  I went down to Claude and Janet's RV to see if they wanted to join us at our fire.  They were having company to their fire who we knew so we went down to their fire. Thurs. 9/18/14  woke up to clouds.  We drove to the farm market again and then went into Adams to their Tops Grocery Store to get some groceries.  When we got home the sun was out so we ate lunch outside and then went down to the beach.  Again Mike in his swimsuit and me in jeans and fleece, it was 60 degrees out.  We stayed down at the beach for a couple of hours then came back up and had cocktails.  We started the fire early cause it was suppose to be very cold tonight.  We did stay out till 9:00.  The low for tonight is suppose to be 37 degrees, brrrr!!  Fri. 9/19/14  Woke up to 41 degrees in the RV.  I stayed in bed and read.  We had a late breakfast.  After lunch we went down to the beach again., me fully dressed.  We spent the afternoon down there.  When we came up we had cocktails then supper.  It was warm enough to eat outside.  We had a campfire and Claude and Janet joined us. Sat. 9/20/14 woke up to clouds but lots warmer outside than yesterday.  After breakfast we started putting things away because we are leaving on Monday and tomorrow Mike wants to go back to that bar and watch Football.  We then took a long walk down the beach, it was very windy.  There were 3 kite boarders out on the lake.  They stayed out there all afternoon. We spent the rest of the afternoon reading and napping.  We had supper inside and then Mike restarted the fire that I had started earlier in the afternoon.  We stayed around the fire till about 10:30, it was a nice night.  Sun. 9/21/14   woke up to a cloudy day, later in the morning it started to rain.  I read in bed and then we had a late breakfast.  At noon we drove down Rt. 3 to that bar and we ate dinner for lunch so we would only need a sandwich for supper.  I sat and read while Mike watched his football game. When we got home Mike took a nap and I took my last walk on the beach.  It was so nice outside Mike and I played cards until the sun set and then we went inside and continued playing card.  Mon. 9/22/14  we were up by 8:00 and it was windy and cloudy.  It was 53 degrees out.  We had breakfast and put everything away and we pulled out of the campsite at 10:00 and were on the road by 10:40, best time yet for getting up and leaving.  We drove to the Waterloo exit and filled up with gas and had lunch at the Iron Skillet and then drove home.

Southwick Beach State Park - June

We were suppose to leave for Southwick Beach State Park on Mon. June 2, 2014 but we had some RV problems.  On Thurs. May 29th I went out to the RV to make the bed but when I pushed the slide-out button nothing happened, the other slides worked fine. We drove the RV out to Camper's World on Fri.  It was repaired, it was an electrical problem and we picked it up on Monday (the day we were suppose to leave for Southwick).  When we got into the driveway and Mike was positioning it in driveway and all of a sudden I heard a pop and smoke started to come out from the driver's side wheel well.  We called Camper's World on Tues. and they didn't want us to drive it cause they weren't sure what the puddle under the RV was. We called AAA and a big tow truck came and towed it to Camper's World, FREE.  They took the RV right in.  When we got back from lunch they told us it was the hydrolic line that had popped.  We could still drive the RV and go to Southwick but we couldn't put the levelers down which was ok cause we parked on blacktop. We drove it back home and packed it and left for Southwick on Wed.

Wed. 6/4/14 we got up at 6:00AM and I filled the fridge and the freezer and filled the water tank.  We finally drove out of the driveway for Southwick at 10:00. We got to our campsite #10 at 1:00.  We had to level it with wood as best we could. We set up inside and outside and then had a cocktail and sat outside, sunny but very windy. Janet and Claude came over to say hi. We had a nice fire and sunset.  Thurs. 6/5/14 was cold (59 degrees) no sun and windy day.  We walked on the beach, lots of black sludge at the shoreline.  We saw some people, Ron and Terry,  who were our neighbors 2 yrs. ago.  We talked to them for a while.  Mike set up our bikes and I went for a bike ride.  We had an indoor meal cause it was sprinkling out at suppertime.  We were invited to Ron and Terry's fire so we went down to their site. It was a chilly evening.  When we got back home I went to bed to warm up.  Friday 6/6/14 cloudy in AM but sun came out in afternoon and it was 68 degrees.  We had to go to Adams for groceries and shortly after we got back Katie and family arrived.  The kids rode their bikes down to the circle and back.  They wanted to go to the beach and go in the water so we did.  The water was freezing but they went in but for only 10 mins.  After the beach the kids went for a bike ride and stopped at the playground.  Bill and Will made the campfire.  Sat. 6/7/14  we got up to sunny skies and it got to 71 degrees in the afternoon.  Katie and I went to Adams for groceries.  After lunch we all went down to the beach and spent 3 hrs. there.  The kids and Mike went in the water and we built sandcastles. After supper we drove up the the trolly and had ice cream.  When we got back we had our campfire and the kids did poppers on the road and had sparklers.  Sun. 6/8/14  we got up to sunny skies and by afternoon it was 74 degrees.  We took a long walk down the beach and Will found a skeleton of a fish.  After lunch we all went down to the beach.  It was warm enough that I even went into the water.  We built more sandcastles and played in the water.  We went back to the RV around 3 so Katie and family could go and get showers then we ate supper and they left for home.  We had a nice fire and Janet and Claude came over and joined us.  Mon. 6/9/14 got up to sunny and 75 degrees. We went down to the beach around noon and I came back up later and made sandwiches and took them down.  Mike was in water and I only got feet wet cause so windy.  We had to come back up to RV cause it started to rain.  We went to Watertown for dinner at the Texas Road House.  Mike said this was his Father's Day steak.  Tues. 6/10/14  got up to sunny and warm.  We rode our bikes around the whole campground and then we went to the beach.  We made our sandwiches and ate lunch down there.  We stayed till 5:30.  Mike went in twice but I did not.  After supper we went down to Claude and Janet's campfire.  Wed. 6/11/14 got up to cloudy and windy but was warm.  Peggy and Gordon Heinzman arrived around 11:00.  We played cards, ate lunch, walked the beach and then played cards again. We had to eat dinner inside cause it was raining out.  Miked grilled and Gordon held the umbrella over he and Mike.  We played cards again then they left for home. No fire tonight, pouring out.  Thurs. 6/12/14 got up to clouds, and sprinkles and windy. We took showers, ate breakfast and cleaned up the RV for Tom and family.  We left around 12:15 for Aunt Ethel's.  We spend the afternoon and had dinner with Ethel, Janet and Sam.  We came back to the RV around 8:30 and blew up the bed and made up all the beds.  Tom and family arrived around 11:30 PM. They unpacked a little then we all went to bed.  Fri. 6/13/14 we woke up to cloudy and rain.  We ate breakfast then we took a bike ride around the campground.  We also took a walk on the beach.  After lunch the sun came out and it was warm so we went down to the beach. We all went into the water it was that warm.  Water was very clean and clear. We came back to the RV around 5 and had supper.  The guys built a fire and the kids had smores.  Sat. 6/14/14  we woke up to a cold day.  After breakfast we took a long walk on the beach, it was very windy and cold.  When we got back we decided to go in the car and show the kids Association Island KOA. Then we drove into Sackett's Harbor and had lunch at Sackett's Harbor Brewery and Pub.  We then walked around the town and went into a museum.  When we got home we started a fire and roasted hot dogs over the flames. The kids met some other kids and played ball in the road and did some poppers and then we did sparklers.  We made smores again.  Sun. 6/15/14 we woke to sun but windy.  Meg and kids went for a walk down the beach.  When they got back the kids played paddle ball in the road.  After lunch we went to the beach again. The kids made sandcastles and they walked down the beach collecting driftwood for our fire. We came back to the  RV and had supper.  I walked the garbage down to the garbage bins and when I walked back there was this man making giant bubbles.  The kids walked down to meet me and stayed and watched and chased the giant bubbles, they even got to make some.  We drove to the trolley and had ice cream and came back to the campsite and had our last fire.  Mon. 6/16/14 we got up and had breakfast.  We started to pack up and we left our campsite around 11:00.  The kids rode with us on the couch.  We stopped at the Waterloo exit and filled up with gas and had lunch at the Iron Skillet.  We got home around 3:00 and everyone helped to empty the RV then we all went swimming.