With a reasonably early wake up and a cranberry muffin in my stomach, we packed the car up with our suitcases for our trip for the Adirondacks, a mountain range. We were visiting the home of one of the descendants of the Rockefeller's! If you don't know who they are, they're one of the richest families in America. It was a long car journey ahead of us...six hours in total. Ralph wasn't with us as he had to work (he didn't get a summer holiday!) We were getting rather hungry around lunchtime, so Bev stopped off at Burger King. I finished my fatty meal and we carried on our way. There's not a lot to describe here, it was a bloody car ride, what do you want?
We finally arrived, exhausted and eager for a chance to stretch our legs. The first thing we did was get our beds made up and then went down to meet the people so graciously allowing us into their home. I'm afraid I don't remember many names but there was Debbie and her daughter who had broken her leg. There was also a guy who looked EXACTLY like Bruce Willis and he was from New Hampshire. This is only funny because of the latest Die Hard film, Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (a take off of New Hampshire's state slogan, Massachusetts being "The Spirit of America.) I didn't tell him that though as Bruce Willis is kinda old now so it may seem like an insult.
The girl with the broken leg, Lyle, Claire and I went out for a quick game of baseball. I knew the basic rules but we quickly abandoned it because it wasn't much fun with four people. We came inside for dinner, which seems oddly quick as lunch was only a paragraph ago, but then we were in the car a LONG time. Dinner was a particularly lovely lasagne, one of my favourite pasta dishes. I must try cooking a vegetarian version sometime. After our stomachs were full, we went outside, Claire, Lyle and I and tossed the Frisbee around.
After a while, the girl with the broken leg asked us if we wanted to go on a night ride on the van. We sat on top and it was very exciting. We had to make sure to watch out for overhanging branches. We looked out at the main sites to see and saw a couple of deer!
On top of the Bus
We got back around nine pm and then played some more Frisbee in the dark. The Frisbee was mauled by the dog, thus ruining our second Frisbee and our game. :(
Lyle, Claire and I went and explored the place a little. We headed for what was called the games room to see what we could play before bed. It was rather impressive! This truly was the house of the rich. There was an Air Hockey table (a game I rock at, period. The only person to beat me is my mother.) There was also a television hooked up to an original Xbox, I played a quick round of Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas, but Claire was tugging at my arm asking me to play a game as she was bored. We decided to play a game of hide and seek...in the dark! The idea was that one person stood by the light switch, closed their eyes while the other two hid and then turned off the light and tried to find them in the dark! This game was surprisingly effective, once your eyes adjusted to the dark, and we had a lot of fun.
The final thing I did with the day was go collect the rest of my stuff from the car. I then lay down after another fulfilling day. It may not have sounded the most interesting to anybody reading, but it was great to be in another place that was full of great natural beauty.
Thanks for listening.
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