CPP - June 8-15, 2023

June 2023

Hudson Islanders Rally at

croton point park

One of the many highlights of my summer RV season is to attend the annual get-together of my RV group, the Hudson Islanders. This year marks my eighth year and as usual it can be summed up with words like IT'S ALL ABOUT:

FRIENDS/CAMARADERIE

This year our rally was attended by:

Larry

 Nina & John

Martine & John

Doreen & Tony

Sue

Roberta

Kelly & Peter

Roberta & Erve

Bearnice & Bob

Kathy & Ray

Melanie & Dan

Charlie

Vicki & George

A very nice crowd indeed but look at the folks we missed who are normally in attendance. Hopefully they will make the next rally here in Croton in September:

Fran & Walt

Noreen & Jack

Carole & John

Johnny S.

Ray D.

Dawn & John

Pat & Jim

We welcomed new members, Kelly and Peter

Guests, Steve and Maria

This is under investigation.

FOOD & DRINKS

As is our tradition, there was a Meet & Greet Friday night followed by a Pot Luck Supper on Saturday. Of course, that does not preclude a drink at anytime-o'clock.

Following are just a few samples from Meet & Greet; I missed the selections for the Pot Luck supper. Sorry.

At John and Martine's site, some of us enjoyed homemade crepes courtesy of our French mademoiselle, Martine.

And, as always, delicious and juicy watermelon

CAMPFIRES, STORIES, LAUGHS & ENTERTAINMENT

We missed our "Firemeister," Jack, so we had one in his honor.   

 

It is at the "gathering place," the warmth of the mesmerizing campfires, where the true enjoyment of "camping" and the "outdoors" come together for me. Many nights found me and others chatting and retiring to our RVs after 11 pm. One late night the few of us left had a Snickers eating contest; who could keep a bite-size Snicker in their mouth the longest. Below, the judge checks the mouth of the last two to determine who had the greater number of peanuts left and declared the winner.

Ray declared the winner. The Prize? The last Snickers.

We enjoyed the musical talents of Steve

 

Meanwhile....

Mystical powers of levitation caused one of my chairs to wind up on the roof.

An analysis of the situation concluded only a devious alien
in WHITE could have performed such a feat.

With nice weather and friends all around, there was plenty of time for...

CHECKING CELL PHONES...

PLAYING GAMES...

TENDING MEDICAL NEEDS...

OR, JUST DOING NOTHING.

WEATHER

Lest we forget the impact the Canadian wildfires had on the US in early June.  

I hope you enjoyed the highlights of our get-together at Croton Point Park. Our next get together will be from July 21st to the 28th in Harpursville, NY at the Belden Hill Campground. For those going, check out the Photo Gallery on the website. I camped there last year and for those interested, I posted this blog: https://winnieandme2022.blogspot.com/2022/09/belden-hill-campground.html

See you there.

• “It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson