Awake: 6:24am Temp 48 sleep 6+15 sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
K & I join the KK for (1) hr & then exercise for (45) min. In our coach we eat a small breakfast & watch: “The O’Reilly Factor” recorded yesterday.
Then we motor to the Foote Castle, arriving @ 11:59am. Kevin had taken this day off from IUP. The boys are all excited about todays plans….but 1st, we have an early dinner of: breaded chicken tenders, noodles & a mixed salad.
@ 3:05pm, all (8) of us pile into the Toyota mini van & motor to Nicktown where we are going to explore the Corn Maze covering about (7) acres of tall field corn. This annual event is the work of Mary Beth & is across the highway from the Lieb: “Bar Ridge Dairy Farm.”
We talked the maze & now we walk the maze. This is the 3rd time we have done the Lieb maze but a 1st for Zack. Earlier this morning, several loads of school children were here but this afternoon, we have the (7) acres to ourselves. There are (17) hidden sites that we look for; when we find one, we punch our card representing that site is captured. Then continue on thru the many trails throughout the acres. The young boys did very well, especially Matthew, who many times ran ahead…..being comfortable without any adult leadership. Zack, the new master of maze, found all sites but (1); beginners luck I would say! Kathy, Zack & I spent an extra half hr looking for that (1) missing site to no avail.
The Foote boys gave up about an hr before us & happily played in the large sawdust box where the large Tonka trucks & other metal vehicles were quietly entertaining them.
En route to the Foote Castle, Kevin makes a quick stop @ our motorhome so Zack could use our computer later today. Also I gave Zack a quick tour of our coach as he had never been inside before.
Back @ the Castle, it is snack & smoothie time; then shower time…..which leads to reading time before bedtime. Before showers, both Andrew & Matthew gave us a mattress bouncing show which they are experts at.
Around 9:00pm, Kevin takes Kinley for her evening walk & Melissa goes through the boys’ bedtime routine. About (30) min later, Melissa returns & joins us in watching Zack text with Nick who is in Seoul, Korea & will be leaving for Nagoya later this day. Finally, Kevin joins our group for awhile. We are back to our coach @ 11:00pm. No movie or TV tonight.
Lights out: 12:22am
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