Erin, Tom, Danny, Karen and William surround General Harrison Howell, as played by Gordon in "Kiss Me Kate."
William hadn't baked a cake in quite awhile, but he whipped up a delicious chocolate concoction with raspberry icing.
Thomas and William were responsible for dinner on one of Gordon's performance nights. Tom made a delicious hamburger and potato soup.
Our car and camper dwarfed by the big trucks we had to park next to at the New Hampshire Visitor's Center on the way home.
William helped hook the trailer back up for its voyage home. Save for a few little improvement projects, the trailer will be stowed for the winter awaiting the start of a new camping season.
The Harry-Potter themed food we brought along to the Romp. We also did bangers and mash.
Gordon steps up to the mic at the Romp. He sang for about an hour at the mic, then for a couple of hours more around the campfire.
The classic Brooks Bunch camp setup. William sleeps in the back of the car, the trailer fits completely within the canopy, along with Daniel's tent. Compact and functional!
Gordon as Arthur Weasley, Daniel as a Dementor, and Karen as Molly Weasley, part of our Harry Potter theme at the Romp.
Our contribution to the Halloween decorations at the Romp.
Karen makes breakfast, with help from Danny, for the gang at our annual last-of-the-season camping trip down in Massachusetts, called the "Romp In the Swamp."
William pours plaster into a metal bucket. He's making a foundry for melting aluminum cans for use in later castings. He learned how to do it by watching videos on YouTube.
Gordon found this replacement bread maker to replace one that broke down (we use them to death), and while it's waiting for a home on our counter (it's bigger than the old one), Sukkie and Ambush have both decided that it's a great place to perch and look out of the sliding door.
Karen shows her latest Halloween decorations: plastic bag spiders she assembled with Daniel.
Daniel helps Karen assemble some Halloween spiders made from printed plastic bags, stuffed with grocery bags.
This amazing hot rod, based on a 1915 Model T, was parked only two spaces away from us. It goes perfectly with the black teardrop camper it towed to the site.
Karen looks over a Cox pop-up tent trailer very much like the one she used to camp in with her family. This one was right next to our campsite.
Gordon practices with his camp guitar in front of our little trailer in its canopy at the beach campground in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Gordon isn't much on camping, but he is big on singing and meeting up with good friends.
Karen emerges from the Atlantic Ocean after a polar bear swim with some other crazy folk from our camping group. She said the water wasn't so bad, but getting out made her toes numb.
Karen enjoys brunch at the tents set up for the camping trip that she and Gordon took without the kids. It was our usual teardrop trailer group together with a group that owns vintage trailers.
Karen tries out one of our crockpot experiments, a macaroni and cheese recipe she found online. It wasn't one of our more successful experiments; the pasta got a little broken up.
Daniel tastes the last batch of banana muffins made with blueberries that he picked near the pond. We freeze these as batter and bake them up fresh weeks later.
William prepares to slide an omelette out onto a plate for Gordon. William learned to make omelettes in his Culinary Arts class.
William and his friend Nathan play a video game at our room at the Windrifter.
Danny takes a big bite of one of our latest concoctions: an elongated burger patty mixed with marina and mozzarella, served on a sub roll with extra sauce.
Karen discovers an interesting storage cabinet at the local hobby/craft store, but wants to build one herself so that she can decorate it just as she pleases.
Gordon stands by the fallen remains of our temporary (yeah, temporary—for seven years) back deck, which has to make way for the remainder of the new deck.
Thomas had abandoned this gray blanket. We washed it and set it aside to give away, when Sukkie decided that it belonged to her, and a new cat bed was born.
William runs in to defend at a home game. William put in a good second half, but the Knights still lost 6-2.
William and Daniel getting ready to get to the bus on a rainy day. It cleared up enough later in the day to allow for soccer practice, though.
While the rest of the family plays Uno, Gordon brushes up his guitar playing.
William, Thomas, Karen, Erin, and Danny (in the foreground) play Uno with Alec, who is one of the regulars in our camping group and loves to spend time with Danny and William.
Thomas, William, and Karen play Uno with Thomas' girlfriend Erin; Tom and Erin joined us the first night while we were camping.
Gordon tries one of the snickerdoodles mixed by William and baked by Karen for the campout. Good stuff.
Gordon whips up some hummus for our weekend camping trip.
A rainbow greeted us from over the house as we were waiting for the bus.
Daniel with his lime green backpack, ready for his first Friday hike of the season. The program he's in in middle school goes out on hikes most Fridays, rain or shine (or snow).
William and Daniel get ready to board the bus on their first day back at school. William's a high-school sophomore, and Daniel is starting the eighth grade.
Thomas prepares some salad to go with our pork Adobo dinner.
Some white fluffy clouds and their shadows during our flight from Salt Lake City to Detroit.
William looking handsome in his new suit.
William tries in vain to hear the "Doctor Who" episodes he loaded onto his tablet in the noisy jetliner. His Uncle Andy bought him some better headphones that helped for the trip back.
William looks out of the window at the Great Salt Lake. He was fascinated by the terrain in that part of the country; we've never flown into Salt Lake City before.
Gordon grabs a quick selfie aboard the first leg of his and William's flight to Fresno.
