Endless Spring- A Wrap!

When I started calling this phase of the trip "Endless Spring" - that is in fact what I had in mind: following Spring north as far as Pennsylvania to visit the family for a couple weeks before the next phase of the trip. If you've been following the journey, you know what we actually did was "dragging Endless Winter" this far. Mercifully, though, as these two weeks drew to a close the weather finally broke a bit and finally Spring has caught up with us in the last three days here, just in time to make things ready for travel again, clean up the coach, make repairs and do basic maintenance for heading to the factory. With a three day run from here we should pull in to Newmar Manufacturing in Indiana where the coach was built for some work- all minor stuff- and our one year service basics. Dark is falling as I write this and the windows are open- that couldn't have happened even a few days ago! The geese are honking, the peepers peeping, the birds singing at the end of the day.
We had a very nice extended visit with family. Aunt Dot made it out to the coach for her first visit (what a crackerjack that girl is at 90 years young!) Accomplished a bunch of chores for them that needed some help with things and got a bit of rest in the last two days so we are raring to go again.
In addition to the family thing, we hit the farmers market in both Shillington and Lebanon, where they have just moved into a brand spanking new facility which is almost too nice for a farmer's market! Found some shad roe, my favorite meal on this planet, at the fish market and chowed down on that. We resupplied basics at hardware stores in the area. Spent two days outfitting for the great northern part of the next leg (Cabelas in Hamburg and Bass Pro in Harrisburg). Now we have, for the first time in more than a decade- warm clothing! Also hip boots, waders, fleece jackets and rain gear that actually blocks the rain as opposed to the old stuff that used to let it through and then just warmed it up a tad. We have a rechargeable lantern and some new fishing supplies, a pair of binoculars from my dad and a waterproof pair for the kayaks from Cabelas. Hopefully the shopping is finished, completed at about half the budgeted amount. The sales pros at Cabelas are incredible at helping you find items that can do double duty in a lightweight and efficient manner and their help was most appreciated. A letter to LL Bean in Maine for assistance went unanswered; they're slipping!
I'm gonna put the official wrap on Endless Spring right here right now and go outside and sit by the campfire. It's warm enough to do that. Halleluyah!