June 29th: Kicking back already

Friday, Day Three, turned into a fairly lazy day.  We had ended up our second day at Punderson State Park in Ohio and found a shady and nice campsite backing up onto the lake.  Our friend Cris had warned us that the campground electric was almost exclusively 20 amps at the sites instead of the more normal 30 amps.  Potentially that could be a problem if we were putting a heavy demand on the power but it turned out fine.  We were able to run our air conditioning (very much welcomed), the refrigerator aand the TV and antenna amplifier all at the same time without problems.  The fact that the campground was approaching 90 percent empty may have been a help in that regard. We opted for dinner at the Punderson Lodge on site and had two very nice salads: Bacon Spinach for Sandy and Cobb for me, that made up for the somewhat ordinary cups of lobster bisque.  Suffice it to say that Mainers would not be travelling to this state park in Ohio for their fix of lobster bisque.

So with a leisurely start to Day Three we headed in the general direction of Pymatuning State Park in Pennsylvania, our destination for the weekend to meet up with our daughter Shannon, husband Ian and grandson Nolan.  A little shopping was in order and we plugged WalMart into the GPS.  Straight ahead in Middlefield it says.  The sign on the edge of town says "Middlefield, the fourth largest community of Amish in the world".  I guess that's why the WalMart has a hitching post in the parking lot.  Never saw that before!  We got to Pymatuning by early afternoon, set up camp and went swimming while waiting for the clan to arrive.  Had a very nice, if relaxed, day.