We spent Memorial Day in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire. It was bitterly cold Friday night and Saturday wasn’t much better.
That didn’t mean the weekend was a loss, on the contrary we had a splendid time!
I packed the car whilst Boy Toy was at work and Spotty was at school. It went
really well, really fast. I should have known that something was wrong. Somehow
the heater, stove and we thought Boy Toy’s clothes didn’t make the trip with us.
The heater would have been nice as it was below freezing, but we survived. The
stove would have been even better, but Boy Toy managed to have a fire burning
and water boiling so there was tea, coffee and hot coco. Saturday morning Boy
Toy decided that he wanted breakfast and he wanted breakfast at the Littleton Diner. We have been coming to Littleton for…27 years or so and we have NEVER
eaten here. We always say that we should and we finally did. The food was
great, the service was fantastic, we will be back. We did our typical Chutters run. We told Spotty Chop to come up with the 5 things he really wanted because we
have a bag (or 3) from Chutters that he did not finish. There is SO MUCH candy
that he just can’t seem to say no to anything, and a lot of things that seem
like a good idea at the time turns out to be stuff that he only wanted a piece
of. We reminded him that we would be back in July (twice!!! Moo and Family are
coming with us later in July!!!!!!) So Spotty got a lot less candy, but got the
things he really wanted (plus a few…cauz it’s the first trip to Chutters for
the year). Spotty wanted pork chops for
dinner and luckily the cooking grate came with us. Boy Toy cooked us up some incredibly
tasty chops and baked potatoes. Is there anything that tinfoil can’t do? There
was an ice cream social that we of course attended because ICE CREAM IS A GOD
GIVEN RIGHT, not a privilege. Even if it is below freezing.
Sunday was gorgeous. Boy Toy and I wanted to take a hike,
but Spotty really just wanted to hang out at the campground, so we hung out.
Cribbage and board games were played,
reading was read, knitting was knit and Spotty was having
a great time with a bungee cord. I honestly have no idea what he was doing, but
he was entertaining himself (something that he says he can NOT DO without VIDEO
GAMES – big bone of contention lately and we are like “no dude, you can, you
just gotta try” – later Sunday night I said “you were having fun with the
bungee cord?” and he is all “I had a blast” so I said “that’s what we are
talking about when we say “entertain yourself” – it was a light bulb moment…I
hope).
There was also start of the season cake! We do love us some cake. So we
hung out down by the big tent, Spotty painted a dragon, we played ladder ball
and some board games. Boy Toy cooked us some steak and more taters. It was a
perfectly relaxing day. We had a fire Monday morning (tea and coffee were
needed) and packed up so that we could go to Polly’s Pancakes. They remodeled
over the winter. The building was starting to collapse. So they tore down the
100+ year building and put a new one up in its place. It is now heated and air conditioned and fully
handicap accessible and the best part? It really looks the same. It is bigger,
but they didn’t try and cram more tables in (well, maybe a couple). It has the
exact same look and feel. We were so happy! The old building was so perfectly
charming that we were afraid that it would be lost. But they did an exceptional
job. We were well fed for our 3-4 hour trip home.
We stopped in at Boy Toy’s oldest brother’s as they were
having a cookout. Spotty and his cousin Terminator had a water fight, they
ended up getting so wet they jumped into the pool (one of those quick to set up
jobs you can get at Walmart/Target) it was perfect for splashing around. I
think we finally got home around 7 or 8 pm. EVERYONE took a shower and then off
to bed.
I didn’t mention video games, not because they didn’t
happen, but because I am a bit grumpy about it. Spotty Chop is having an
incredibly difficult time unplugging. We are trying really hard to help him
unplug, but not make it seem like a punishment. Spotty has a 3DS that he really
hasn’t been playing at all since he got his tablet (Simpsons Tapped Out rulz!!!!)
so I purchased a Harvest Moon game for me and some monster hunter 4 game for
Boy Toy. As we are all WELL aware Boy Toy and I are huge gamers and I thought it
might be fun to have our own games to play when Spotty was busy with his
tablet.
How much gaming time do you think I got? And Boy Toy? Did
you guess 0? Yea – so lesson learned do NOT buy a new game(s) before a trip
unless all you want to see is the top of Spotty’s head hovered over the 3DS. I
should have realized that a) internet is rare in the mountains, b) new games are new games, and I happen to be
a great game picker outer and c) unplugging is impossible when the lure of a
new game is at hand.
