June 21
Well, Bifur and Bofur got here on the afternoon of the 19th and helped Thorin to get the new hitch put on just fine. The way the bars snap into place, though, is fairly terrifying! They needed a pry bar of some sort to lift the bar up and onto the hitch, and when it goes high enough, it slides over the curved end, and BANG! It shakes the whole trailer! But, well, if it keeps the trailer from swaying when we're towing it, then I can live with it. Oh, but I hope Thorin is careful when he does it on his own. It seems as if it would be far too easy to break a finger moving that thing into place!
Bofur and Bifur had dinner with us before went back to Connecticut. I was still tired from the "foxy" evening we'd just had, but they didn't mind hamburgers on the grill. I'm still trying to think up some good new recipes for a "camping cookbook", but I've had no ideas as yet. Last night, at least, I made some fried scones for dessert! They turned out surprisingly good - especially with honey on the top, and a glass of cold milk on the side. But, well, it wasn't a new recipe.
We'll be leaving to get the boys from Petersham tomorrow - and because I am such a "white-knuckle" passenger, Thorin got me one of those "relaxation" coloring books to work on during the trip. I appreciate the gesture, but I really don't think it will help much. I can imagine I'll be gripping the colored pencils so tightly that I'll tear a hole right in the paper; and certainly I won't be able to color between the lines (though I hope Thorin won't have any trouble driving between the lines!).
The weather has been pretty dry lately, but it began to rain not long after we went to bed last night. It cooled it off somewhat, and it was nice listening to the patting of the raindrops on the metal roof - and it even got me and Thorin feeling rather romantic! We'd just snuggled up, though, when Frodo came into the room! He said that he thought he'd heard "a whole army of squirrels" on the roof!
We got him back to sleep in good time, but he refused to go back to his own bunk. So instead of any romance, Thorin and I just laid there in bed with Frodo between us, giggling and talking about how difficult it was to get any private time. And, of course, it will be so much more difficult when Fíli and Kíli and Gimli join us - and so we decided that, perhaps, it might not be a bad idea to get a latch for our bedroom door!