A Learning Experience

Our first night was exactly what one might expect. Not a lot of sleep. We went to bed kind of early. We were very stressed from our first day on the road.  And everything we did made noise. We have to take care of Darla who needed water and needed to be taken out. Just using the bathroom was noisy. The door has a magnet that slams it close. The pump on the toilet was loud. It seemed every time I fell asleep I was woken up by something. It was a long night.

The next day we got up and tried to organize everything. We threw everything in the rv when we left so we didn’t know where anything was! Since we didn’t have any water we had to do our business outside. But we got to see the place and it was quaint. I would love to see it in the summer. 

The next place we were headed to was about 3 hours away. We got on the road and the traffic was moderate. I was pretty comfortable driving the rv except when there was a truck on both sides of me. It was white knuckle driving for sure! We got on and off these small routes many times carving our way through a lot of back country. The scenery was gorgeous. I’d love to come back here in the summer to paint. Lots of farms and old buildings. We were near Reading, PA.

We reached our destination around dusk. It took an hour longer than expected. I’m so glad we didn’t get there when it was dark. We had to go down this big hill with not much of a road. It certainly was something to see! An Alpaca farm. Our Harvest Host let us hook up even though they normally didn’t do that here. We had no water or battery power so it would had been a rough night otherwise! We visited their store and bought some fresh meat and eggs. Christine bought some alpaca yarn and I bought an alpaca doll for a souvenir. I stayed next to an Alpaca farm in Wyoming as well, so it was a nice reminder. Our Host gave us some feed for the animals, so we went off to feed the animals and take pictures. It was so beautiful out. The light was golden and it wa fun to see all of the animals. Even though alpacas aren’t known for their spitting, one of the larger ones spit at Christine. Unfortunately I didn’t see it. I would have loved to see the look on her face, lol! It gave her a hefty spray! 

Having water and electricity again seemed like a luxury. It’s amazing how fast we learned to appreciate such simple things. Again we went to sleep early. Our days took so much energy to get through we had no problem getting to sleep. I slept so much better knowing what to expect this time. The next morning we got a better look at the farm. We took some great footage of a momma pig feeding her babies. She had a lot of patience! Her cats Anthony and Cleopatra followed us around as we took pictures of all of the chickens goats, pigs and alpacas. The woman who owned the farm took care of most of it by herself. It’s nice to meet another strong woman.

We had a nice breakfast of farm fresh eggs and sausage with veggies before we left for our next destination.