3 weeks R&R

Hi, for those of you who have been giving me a hard time about not posting in my blog, even though you have been seeing me face to face and know what I have been doing  (you know who you are); here goes.  We spent 3 nights in New Brunswick after leaving Nova Scotia.  And even though we met some fabulous people and saw some interesting sites, , we were getting weary of travelling, weary of the weather and weary of disgusting bathrooms and mediocre campgrounds so we made the decision to push through to Welland and spend some time with family. We arrived in Welland, Thursday, Sept 5th and spent 3 weeks at Gerry's mother.  We arrived in time to celebrate her 90th birthday so Gerry saw lots of family and friends he hadn't seen for years.  I'm not sure how many people were at the house but it was packed.  After the party we just visited with family, on both sides,  and friends,  one on one and that was nice, but time just flew by.  We were able to help Gerry's Mom get settled in an assisted living apartment as well.  The day before we were supposed to leave I.e. yesterday,  we went to drive the van to say our goodbyes and it wouldn't start.  A friend came over and gave Gerry a boost and we ran the van.  That night we slept in the van as we wanted to wash the sheets in Gerry's Mom's place and get an early start.  The alarm to warn us the battery was low would go off every 2 hours or so. (It is not a noise you can ignore) so Gerry would have to get up and start the van and run it for a few minutes.  Needless to say,  neither of us slept well. We got up today and after breakfast with Gerry's family, we took it to a  service centre and got a new battery.  So, we got a later start than anticipated and only made it to Toledo. The guy at the border was a total jerk - clearly loves his job. Ralph, we stopped at the second stop sign, and waited for him to wave us forward and he just stated at us, so Gerry finally went forward.  We are camped at a KOA, sipping wine and deciding what to do about dinner. Wine is much cheaper here.  In Canada a 4 litre box costs around $45. Here is was only $14 for 5 litres. So I asked the girl if what we had bought was a good brand or gut rot.  She just laughed and said it was a popular brand.  So far I don't mind it.
I hope everybody is happy now.