This was supposed to be a SoloTrekking foursome, but ended up being just Sandy and myself along with Cody Ann, Hope, and Olly.
Casino update: I guess I came to the end of my winning streak as this weekend I lost, lost, lost. Saturday I lost $5.00 and did the same on Sunday --- BUT --- I gained a whole $0.06 in Player points. Whoopee!
On Saturday evening, Hope must have had problems with the heat because all she wanted to do was go back to "her" van. Little did she know, it was far hotter in the van than it was outside. Anyway, I kinda lost track of her and Thomas found her. She wasn't far; she was just trying to get into someone else's RV. Thomas decided to join us and regale us with his life story and future plans. Thomas, an 11-yr old boy, was either a totally amazing genius child or a complete BS'er who lived in one hell of a fantasy world.
1) He's entering high school (at age 11) as is going to finish in 2 1/2 years
2) He has an IQ of 140
3) He wants to be a mathematician when he grows up. When I asked him what kind of job a mathematician does, he said that they work with professors and do stuff like 7-page mathematical equations.
4) He is writing a trilogy which he wants to be made into a movie. He even has the actors/actresses picked out. The story is about five kids, one who is a werewolf who has a love affair with a vampire (apparently the two are not supposed to mix).
5) He lives with his grandparents, three dogs, and six puppies. He had Dickens with him, a long-haired chihuahua. (Dickens -- as in "cute as the dickens")
6) He lives with his grandparents because his mother was a drug addict -- who committed suicide two years ago. I don't remember what the story was regarding his father or even if he mentioned a father.
I think poor Thomas would have sat and talked to us all night if we let him.
Sunday was our outing to a State Park. We decided on Green Falls in the Pachaug State Forest. To say I am disappointed in this State Park is an understatement. The park is in a FOREST. 24,000 acres that covers five towns. The picnic area was about 1/4 acre. The picnic tables were horribly decayed and the swimming area was about the size of my fist, loaded with diaper-ladened babies (and I previously wondered why half of our state swimming holes are closed due to high bacterial counts).
It was a H-O-T, H-O-T, H-O-T day. We decided to take Olly with us because it was just too hot to leave him in the van without the air conditioning running all afternoon. He was so good. He settled in next to the picnic table with us and even tolerated other dogs coming up to check him out. A couple came by with two long-haired chihuahuas. One got very curious and decided to check Olly out. Hope would have no part of this stranger coming near HER cat and she very obviously tried to either dominate the dog or pull it away from Olly. That's my girl!
On the way back to Mohegan, we drove through Voluntown, so Sandy brought me past an Extreme Makeover Home (the show aired Feb, 2009). These are my only pictures for this weekend:
The Home:
The Neighbors:
When we got back to the casino, I found out how glad I was that I brought my precious Olly with us for the day. I had reflective film around all the windows in the van and the temps still got up to 93-degrees inside.
After leaving Sandy this morning, I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to purchase some bamboo trays to put on the second shelf of my food cabinet. They didn't fit so I immediately returned them. On the way home, I stopped at yet another Connecticut State Forest. This one was a boat landing in the Cockaponset State Forest. When I got there, the parking lot was empty. GOOD! I could have a peaceful, restful lunch. Nope, was not to be. No sooner did I finish preparing my lunch when someone pulls in to put their canoe in the lake. They weren't the problem. It was the next car that decided to park right next to me in this nearly empty parking lot. A Honda CRV with three kids in it. They never got out of the car ... just sat there inside eating their lunch. After 30 minutes or so, they pulled out, moved across the parking lot and stayed there another 10 minutes or so. Very strange.
So ends the latest entry of a SoloTrekking excursion.
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