Rubb A Dubb Dubb_Four Folks in a Tub (dinghy)

Our friends- Del and Bruce have a beautiful sailboat on the Chesapeake Bay-Rock Hall. They invited us down for a weekend sail to Annapolis. We tied up to a mooring at the Annapolis City Dock- and had to use the dinghy to get to shore and back. The sailing was exciting as we had brisk winds-but not near as exciting as putting four "healthy" folks in a very little dinghy and motoring to shore. Every small wave soaked our rears. As Socrates once said, "The unexamined life is not worth living".

Of course, we had to tow some toys plus we met Tali and Lynne-a great mix for a super time.

Goschenhoppen Folk Festival

This is one of the great festivals around. They have crafts and trades there that you will not see elsewhere. Everyone dresses in period clothing and all demonstrations are done with authentic antique tools. They butcher a pig-dress it-make about everything you can make from a pig: scrapple,sausage, cracklins, bacon, hams,etc.

They have cigar making, wheel wrights, tombstone and stone cutting, German Bird Trees, cooking on open fires Eighteenth century) and cooking with wood stoves for the 19 th.

Please note two exceptional open fire cooks-Peggy and Kate. This is truly, "slaving over a fire"! They make apple and corn fritters,which are delicious-but how can they not be-cooked in lard.

Best Little Garage in Penna.

Merv and Dave run one of the best garages around-especially their work on antique cars. The garage was started by their father in the stone age. The two brothers continue the tradition. It is an interesting place to visit-you never know what kind of vehicle you will see: maybe a WWII Command Car of a Korean War Missile Launcher; all sorts of antique cars; plus all the trucks used in the trades and services (ambulances, firetrucks, etc)

They are also the local historians and philosophers. I often place a sign on the window of my cars when they are being serviced. The sign would read," Please Do Not Talk To Merv or Dave While They Work On This Car". I quit doing that-I figured that caused More BS than anything.

Das Awkscht Fescht

Das Awkscht Fescht means the "The August Festival" or something like that in Pennsylvania German. It is a large, widely attended show held the first weekend in August in Macungie<>

You never know what you will see. A young couple drove a 1920 something Graham Paige (antique car) from Alaska to South America. They started out as a couple and now have two children. Their next trip is across Europe and ob to China. I can't imagine doing this-especially with two children and an ancient car. The husband told me that he runs farm tractor tires on the car as they are readily available in any country.

Clarence, the clown, our good friend from Bethlehem, always shows up to trick and dazzle us. This is one of the best and "funnest" meets in the USA<