When sleep eludes...

Written from a hotel room in Niagara Falls, New York...

Last year was our first "Vacation in September because We Can" trip and this year I was actually very excited about our next adventure.

The plan? Starting in Wooster at the fair for a couple of days.

Long drive to Myrtle Beach for a couple of nights.

Onward to Charleston for two nights for the Owners Orientation at Blue Green

Two nights in Gatlinburg at a Blue Green Resort.

Back to Frankfort to take Cooper to pre-school.

Home.

Then hurricane Irma happened and changed the plans.

Still Wooster, then a drive to New York and two days at Niagara Falls.

Next?  We finally decided on driving across Canada to Port Huron and going to Frankenmuth, then home.

And now sleep eludes me.

In Wooster there were too many emotions, which really surprised me.  We really enjoyed the fair, but being at the Days Inn brought back memories of December and a reminded of how there was no place to stay...again.  The house was empty. Even if we used an air mattress, the house was still empty. And we did have a great time at the fair and enjoyed seeing Mel and the girls plus Ryan and Lena. But sleep eluded me.

So what is the problem tonight?  It's 3:00 a.m. And I am awake.

My knees hurt.  Lots of walking yesterday, which hasn't bothered me recently.  But yesterday's adventures included lots of stairs, which was hard on my left knee (or as Gary calls it - my "old knee").  Then there was walking down and up Clifton Hill on the Canadian side of the Falls.  That did it. My knee ached so much.  It hurt.  To bend.  To stretch out.  To move.  To walk.

Three Tylenol later and a few hours of sleep, but now I am awake once again,

Settle down the mind.  Stretch out the leg and relax the knee.  Close the eyes.  Take some deep breaths.  Maybe the elusive sleep will return......