*911 and a Car Alarm

*Tuesday, April 5*

We had an interesting night, last night...

We were all exhausted and fell asleep before our heads touched the pillows. At 3:30ish, Paul and I were roused by the shaking of our trailer and male voices outside the window. One said to another, “(naughty word), it’s held on by 7 mm bolts…,” and they walked away; presumably to get a 7mm socket. They were trying to steal the stabilizer bars that connect between the trailer and the hitch off of our car. It was kind of scary - my heart rate was definitely elevated!

Paul grabbed the remote for the key saying, “If they come back, I’ll hit the panic button on the remote. That should be enough to scare them away.” The "mom" in me instantly played out that frightening scenario in my head - kids screaming and scared, our next door neighbors with their autistic son trying to make sense of the situation and calm their family, the unknown reaction of the "robbers"...I grabbed the phone and called 911. Two police cars responded quickly, talked to Paul, and patrolled the park for about an hour. Neither of us slept much after that and (as you might imagine) we were packed up and out of the park very early. Whew - thanksgivings for protection!

We drove up the road to Redding and stayed at a quiet, pretty little park. We arrived around 1 pm and had a lovely lunch at our picnic table. Everyone took a long nap. The kids and Paul discovered an Atari game system in the club house while I was cooking dinner. They ALL loved that! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Frogger and Ms PacMan! They liked the idea of Donkey Kong but, couldn’t quite get the hang of it. It was funny to see the antiquated graphics. Remember how cool that seemed 30 years ago?! :) Oh how times change...and, now we are the adults protecting little ones from harm.

The park has a nice playground and the boys are biking a lot. It will be a relaxing place to stay for a couple of days.