May /June 2023: Camp, Horses

Central NY area

May/June 2023

Well, we made our way out to camp. I'm sad because this will be our last season at this place. I'm putting the trailer up for sale at the end of August. Enjoying all the time we can while we have it. I anticipate several weekends here relaxing, and spending time with others. I have found many friendships out here at camp and have spent many happy days. It is a chapter of my life I will miss much. As I am writing this now, I wish I knew better. Of course, things did not go as planned and it appears that I am still in NY. (A story for another day, but I no longer have the trailer and I no longer have the camp.) Had I known, I would still be in NY one more summer, perhaps I would have kept her for one more year. (Its okay, it was time to move on.) So, I will just recall these happy days with a smile. 

Kisses from Above did well for most of the spring season. Here we all are in the winners circle. 

Many weekend evenings were spent out at the track. Vernon Downs, has been trying to make the place family friendly and every weekend there has been some kind of attraction to encourage people to come out. Give-aways, (We got an umbrella, blueberries, corn, the list goes on.) They have also had a few fun events like the miniature horses races.  They had a corn eating contest one time, and that was super fun to watch. Usually they have the horse toss, where you may win some cash or at the end of the season, a new car. I have only tossed once and didn't get a single horse into the bucket.

There have also been a few days spent at the casinos. Looks like I may have even won some money back. 

Vernon Downs casino usually has a band playing on Friday and Saturday nights, so if your ever tired of the horses, you can just walk on over and enjoy some music or play some slots. This has been a nice distraction from spending all my time waiting for one of the horses to run. And as noted a win at the slots every once in awhile is nice. 

 Mark and I had a movie date to see Fast and The Furious  Fast X. Apparently this is only part 1 of 2 movies. Has anyone else noticed that movies are doing this more often. Now were both waiting for the 2nd part of this to come out. Hell, by the time it does, I surly wont remember what happened in the last one. I am always confused about what Fast in the Furious it is to begin with. 

Another evening at the track. Mark has several friends that come out and cheer him on. This evening the moon was incredible. 

Mark pinching the moon. 

Kisses won again! He is doing great.

A few more days at camp. Enjoying breakfast with my neighbor Bailey. Wow, she has grown over the winter. 

The local farm down the street from camp offers free coffee and doughnuts on Saturday mornings. It's always a nice treat. 

Riley enjoys some play time with Flash.

Time for a rest. (I'm sure he is missing camp the most.)

I had dinner with some of the ladies from my last job. It's awesome that Nikki keeps us on a schedule to meet up every once in a while. I love the places we go, the friendship (of course), but I can't tell you how much I love to hear about what's still going on at the office. There really are not many of my friends still at my old place of employment, At this "date" Nicole is the only one still there. Nikki works with Adult Protective in the county, and Cynthia actually works in the same department with children as my daughter. (BOCES). We had a wonderful time catching up and some delish fun cocktails. 

Well that pretty much sums up the things that I do between my "trips" in May and June. 2023 was a BIG year for adventures for me, I am so blessed to have these opportunities and grateful as well. TTFN