Hermitage continued - Jun 26, 2023

Today was "catch-up" day. The morning was spent unpacking, doing laundry, and repacking the camper. The afternoon was spent catching up on finances and our blog while we still had access to Wi-Fi.

The day kind of got away from us so we went to a local cafe for dinner. You have to love small-town diners. The waitresses, young girls in their teens and twenties, are used to dealing with tourists and asked polite questions like "How's your summer going?" and "Have you done anything fun recently?" We told them that we just got back from Costa Rica and they asked all kinds of questions about our trip. It was fun to share some of our experiences with them.


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