Rain Forest in PA & Vera Miles

As mentioned in previous blogs this has been a very wet summer since the 1st of July.  We've had more rainy days than sunny days and it reminded us of the Monte Verde rainforest in Costa Rica.  The trees and bushes are always drooping from the constant moisture falling on them.   Today was another day like the previous rainy days as you can tell from the pictures below.

The rain came down so hard that we had a flood going down our driveway and it looks like a load of rocks will be on order by next summer.  We didn't have that problem for all the years we've had the cabin, so I guess it is about time to re-rock the driveway.  I'd like to asphalt it, but that isn't allowed up here since there is a reservoir down the hill from us.  Not sure what that has to do with putting down asphalt, but those are the rules.  




We did find out that the motor home doesn't have any leaks anywhere as far as we can tell.  That is a good sign and a welcome relief to know it is water tight.  Water leaks cause more damage to motor homes than just about everything else.

We made a Dairy Queen run after dinner and I ordered a banana split for a change.  It was huge and I could barely finish it off.  Gerry had her usual cappuccino heath blizzard which she enjoyed very much.  At least I think she enjoyed it since she didn't offer me a single bite of the blizzard.  

We picked up the movie "Safe House" at a Redbox kiosk and watched it this evening.  It is a very suspenseful movie with a lot of action going on.  It did continue the Hollywood theme of knocking U.S. Government Intelligence agencies, but that is to be expected from Hollywood film makers today.  It's all fiction, so I guess we shouldn't be that concerned about their direction.  It would be nice to see a movie showing all the good work they do and how they are very much needed for our country's security.

It did remind me that when I worked for the FBI in the late 50s that the "FBI Story" with Vera Miles and Jimmy Stewart was being filmed at the FBI Headquarter in Washington, DC.  I saw a lot of the crew and stars, including Vera Miles who was even more beautiful in person than on screen.  I need to get a copy of that movie and watch it again.

We drove back up to the cabin in very dense fog for most of the drive back.  The closer we got to the top of the mountain, the foggier it got.  It almost seemed like we were driving in among the clouds.