tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558291528888445282024-03-29T09:34:33.735-05:00Living Richly in RetirementAn online journal of our retirement adventure.Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-83510014574100622392024-03-29T07:36:00.004-05:002024-03-29T09:06:56.405-05:00A Weekend With the Nieces<p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7KEE0WQrNIcS38Jy9vmZwkNnoRquHffOs4V4itWlnBxgq-BwnMhpp_EhT7IrqLVY60knjq4WdCreZx5C-IthxxPw3AglOPf4xONWe0rhSXmUYuVqkxAx2QXG0QdKjnICcq1x1dYsU38Bx8DOOaUiCgYnN1sO9VVozlOZ43GUyKiTtFw5nFCiHW_TnKfz/s800/IMG_8317.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7KEE0WQrNIcS38Jy9vmZwkNnoRquHffOs4V4itWlnBxgq-BwnMhpp_EhT7IrqLVY60knjq4WdCreZx5C-IthxxPw3AglOPf4xONWe0rhSXmUYuVqkxAx2QXG0QdKjnICcq1x1dYsU38Bx8DOOaUiCgYnN1sO9VVozlOZ43GUyKiTtFw5nFCiHW_TnKfz/w240-h320/IMG_8317.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>W<span style="font-size: medium;">e were delighted three nieces plus a friend chose to spend last weekend with us. As this is a rare occurrence, we set about to make it special.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Inquiring about their wine preferences they responded red, sweet and "we don't know". As family elders, we felt we should impart a bit if our sage wine knowledge by introducing them to our preferred wines.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAS303ZkhjAkiFHhaOORUrkKpKYaoIt4eRoNWMM_u6OSvLhAXZ6Np2n6lBYh9iCg73dFW3A53Z78yr7sJ43RdjFtuGxCuxzJvJICroJVnm8oxPdzyAY3VACFQF0OPAuG9rIiKSLUS4_PawCnBRiO047qadxHb697c1sgPgts_DamUDGbe34_nWXCGwIBJ/s765/Wine%20tasting%20101.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="765" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAS303ZkhjAkiFHhaOORUrkKpKYaoIt4eRoNWMM_u6OSvLhAXZ6Np2n6lBYh9iCg73dFW3A53Z78yr7sJ43RdjFtuGxCuxzJvJICroJVnm8oxPdzyAY3VACFQF0OPAuG9rIiKSLUS4_PawCnBRiO047qadxHb697c1sgPgts_DamUDGbe34_nWXCGwIBJ/w640-h400/Wine%20tasting%20101.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After dinner we made our way to the craft studio and proceeded to carry out their request to decorate mugs and water bottles with their 'grandma' names.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkRSS62VH9OahoGKGf1Jsh18UJODfZX7KEhbHBw2tsDsmsHDd7nYX6ZHWUZHBtwEWU9NfTY2REPkk45z6TX1YQTzqPWFi0s8LAOV7z262ZGT3rsKvvG_s9WjJudM3i55TVTX4BGHmfVjd55ZLoDyjvT47wwBiIPLWMS209TX2TZsM9MPaXgnThLSyxtoy/s640/IMG_8254.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkRSS62VH9OahoGKGf1Jsh18UJODfZX7KEhbHBw2tsDsmsHDd7nYX6ZHWUZHBtwEWU9NfTY2REPkk45z6TX1YQTzqPWFi0s8LAOV7z262ZGT3rsKvvG_s9WjJudM3i55TVTX4BGHmfVjd55ZLoDyjvT47wwBiIPLWMS209TX2TZsM9MPaXgnThLSyxtoy/s320/IMG_8254.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ABN was quite pleased to share her 'happy place.'</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALT0rYRX2oO0ds_5OT1JBWYVkIjsfqKEtWNNzbvpxN6u24yUyC_dlCj1M55TRxIi54bQpRZAwZe_cU2pBE4JMhtBgPd_8MjeyvLHPWOMfGowh1QqbZdufFCZwnX7OTQeXYC3T_Q675TP6nIvNXpagiPlRbFte8cdsCs-T-8QGH8BOogTY35UzEtWKAFrE/s600/IMG_6925.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALT0rYRX2oO0ds_5OT1JBWYVkIjsfqKEtWNNzbvpxN6u24yUyC_dlCj1M55TRxIi54bQpRZAwZe_cU2pBE4JMhtBgPd_8MjeyvLHPWOMfGowh1QqbZdufFCZwnX7OTQeXYC3T_Q675TP6nIvNXpagiPlRbFte8cdsCs-T-8QGH8BOogTY35UzEtWKAFrE/w400-h300/IMG_6925.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As expected, there was much laughter, reminiscing and sharing grandchildren stories as we crafted while indulging in the family tradition of eating Snickerdoodle cookies.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9JljJZZdMMMJthx8oH10DJWhE10JugfTXReJubs6NFTWPMeW-gXDL0W94kI7_KbkSFb87WUfBmdtqxtuPkhdabZ7b8zW6dF-t-yFOAUusJrEolFpJmHGCikkH0PLSnYT3RsgbQS0fQtsNdYrQVu3kzqr_Agxj0DfS4FBNHw90nTTYX72Lv9mNmcLSth1/s800/cookie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwNFxqSGy3g-3V0d9qTfApKArFo6awwBgzvbIYiP2K0Ojb6wBBOnmcNFAcN4KUTERxGRq7sf6cnpy9x1Kj5RBKC5hGulwSisdfMZKIRp3rSNkFJ0-2ObMqJC9Ff5PzVR1NTzXztgdB9X59MdYnsqFVmkYZCMU-syYq4n3WAjguCusnFP18DGP2fJzBlQt/s600/IMG_8297.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwNFxqSGy3g-3V0d9qTfApKArFo6awwBgzvbIYiP2K0Ojb6wBBOnmcNFAcN4KUTERxGRq7sf6cnpy9x1Kj5RBKC5hGulwSisdfMZKIRp3rSNkFJ0-2ObMqJC9Ff5PzVR1NTzXztgdB9X59MdYnsqFVmkYZCMU-syYq4n3WAjguCusnFP18DGP2fJzBlQt/w300-h400/IMG_8297.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We could hardly drive through Metropolis without stopping for a photo with Superman.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasmLJVTA-ed_BzZoafx6ae_1Cbfm57CZ54hpgLoAqmJ6cgfKTREvLcK4XBDBXVCu4j5xq6VulE1_h_QXygzyX3AUm7L40UXsL1I6kP5rcDTT-C39xdbAVY-u7Eu4ynDpTPg_P06rvtaLi_CweEDZJ71hjM9FiErFl6rSiPLmlL-G81L1kBx5Isa8UlFyd/s800/Super%20Man.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSjFCb5SY3v8eUzwDjuTEtcEdo4p_PEL7RSjMvIXlHKKIEwn2hH64airkI6iyKiv5yhfuwmmuo65iQt7B7_FuxMt7HWWEw_A3tlWwgH4rbj3QAv11cs_56lHlTykzU3oaLcuAUh5hHRJmr5L_JuQyfIBXvBj4w_ehdWi6-c-b7SlXq7JBNNFnoT4OziQ3/s800/hugs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSjFCb5SY3v8eUzwDjuTEtcEdo4p_PEL7RSjMvIXlHKKIEwn2hH64airkI6iyKiv5yhfuwmmuo65iQt7B7_FuxMt7HWWEw_A3tlWwgH4rbj3QAv11cs_56lHlTykzU3oaLcuAUh5hHRJmr5L_JuQyfIBXvBj4w_ehdWi6-c-b7SlXq7JBNNFnoT4OziQ3/s320/hugs.jpg" width="240" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i>After two previous tries (canceled due to COVID and hip
dislocation) the third time was the charm. We made it to Wilmington, NC and had
a splendid visit with our granddaughter, Alison.<p></p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Nzt8ZtIEScFPQHHvoW_18MI2Zgmzl23D01Jov04gioqvHrZZ2WFDwTXVMEQffqc303_YmBXIHJZChtDot0HiVndCGcvEzMHGAQZ4momRBiXnZN8ymCsO8TS7YbpxcGhbGuJ_VkUflAk2UevoSteVogRgTIf8bttJoVYEBc2NcPReb-ExzpgOKhxAFWL5/s800/IMG_6869.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Nzt8ZtIEScFPQHHvoW_18MI2Zgmzl23D01Jov04gioqvHrZZ2WFDwTXVMEQffqc303_YmBXIHJZChtDot0HiVndCGcvEzMHGAQZ4momRBiXnZN8ymCsO8TS7YbpxcGhbGuJ_VkUflAk2UevoSteVogRgTIf8bttJoVYEBc2NcPReb-ExzpgOKhxAFWL5/s320/IMG_6869.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />She gave us a tour of the lab and office area at her work place
on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus. We now have a better
understanding of the work she does; think rescue/recovery of stranded marine
mammals, doing necropsies of carcasses to determine cause of death, keeping
data, instructing students and outreach programs for the community.<p></p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaT1OBC0BhbiMXsizMlvTCLMnB7hiPmt7uqMQkjAmcllO26ne1l6y5vfvxHnlcqWiDrNNSi1XN-K589IjiVhoNymuLGybT8GG7WY7PaWP7lIR7u-wSSL545ZGKaXiNgje4QDqb-g_yobHr2ESRt5n5ObfL_9U1Dh6Iu2SE3u_8iKMcdjP35jkO_VndlI3/s640/Ali's%20work.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaT1OBC0BhbiMXsizMlvTCLMnB7hiPmt7uqMQkjAmcllO26ne1l6y5vfvxHnlcqWiDrNNSi1XN-K589IjiVhoNymuLGybT8GG7WY7PaWP7lIR7u-wSSL545ZGKaXiNgje4QDqb-g_yobHr2ESRt5n5ObfL_9U1Dh6Iu2SE3u_8iKMcdjP35jkO_VndlI3/w400-h300/Ali's%20work.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">She is having a grand time discovering the Wilmington she didn’t
experience while an undergraduate largely due to COCID and two hurricane evacuations.
Taking us to a couple of her favorite bars and coffee shops she showed us a
little glimpse of her life as a young adult. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-ez43-OIF6bYSBSyUDPIFrlRb18uH61Lps8mvpux77-4AVAtrZRVPekiiUkNQkvQi9E79-hidds-8kMotuxmQuN_E9d1ilqajyrfoJCuy6OHW-ApTD5HCSDCrJlSmIh2_nHBrAKeJAEHPKQr-TfOYKY2vjxwHsj7zePVypR1enR7G4OZw9MhGeMzeBWv/s640/Grandparenting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-ez43-OIF6bYSBSyUDPIFrlRb18uH61Lps8mvpux77-4AVAtrZRVPekiiUkNQkvQi9E79-hidds-8kMotuxmQuN_E9d1ilqajyrfoJCuy6OHW-ApTD5HCSDCrJlSmIh2_nHBrAKeJAEHPKQr-TfOYKY2vjxwHsj7zePVypR1enR7G4OZw9MhGeMzeBWv/w400-h300/Grandparenting.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="Body">Knowing we like bluegrass music, she found a venue and enjoyed a new experience herself. (Can you believe she had never heard <i>Rocky Top?) </i>Now she has an interest in learning to play the banjo.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLieQIkjZrhTHF0KRlQE2mP9qdQJPd9Ow3tYd5X4FcTxvJB2zB3a_flG83kzt9wQQ1K0cupSsrfefI9osdCU93HfQG4Ltxq7pbPGl-8j151lx7rI_kIFgXY3s1SohDiGsaJDIzRZ7aKSIeXKIzDvL8V7Ym7j5czz1hgxb-Dg2PGixLpX1gJ3ciJufuMlC/s640/bluegrass.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLieQIkjZrhTHF0KRlQE2mP9qdQJPd9Ow3tYd5X4FcTxvJB2zB3a_flG83kzt9wQQ1K0cupSsrfefI9osdCU93HfQG4Ltxq7pbPGl-8j151lx7rI_kIFgXY3s1SohDiGsaJDIzRZ7aKSIeXKIzDvL8V7Ym7j5czz1hgxb-Dg2PGixLpX1gJ3ciJufuMlC/s320/bluegrass.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>
<p class="Body">It is such a wonderful feeling to know grandchildren are healthy,
happy and passionate about their careers.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body">It is fortunate our route to Wilmington takes us through one of our favorite cities, Asheville, N.C. We stopped in at two of our “must visit”
breweries, </p><p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hib8_LmffY8Bw9PEVzmK9DeVWzY0kQVnInGfNzqztsldpSYn-rKbFoD408kQaFUdwDTIIRSEjfo1R7yba85iHZM6EhOOfAulTIEdczobKSf5OFMbROmYjagWgjLQLHrzVYh8By2ljMGvFKcLlGReUcnIs68peCD2eOCapyhgUgbo_DQmEF8iwbA86rfz/s798/Brewries.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="798" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hib8_LmffY8Bw9PEVzmK9DeVWzY0kQVnInGfNzqztsldpSYn-rKbFoD408kQaFUdwDTIIRSEjfo1R7yba85iHZM6EhOOfAulTIEdczobKSf5OFMbROmYjagWgjLQLHrzVYh8By2ljMGvFKcLlGReUcnIs68peCD2eOCapyhgUgbo_DQmEF8iwbA86rfz/w640-h333/Brewries.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">and also the lovely home of our dear friends, Kathy and Jesse in
the beautiful North Carolina mountains.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjin48UPP4hHLz3WarSKkMfE-Rj4k3x1CiD-5x8OGPUDlB252luDny-ujtGaq50GrY60ZlcRWk_olrwq6tqJxK200ElD06OqobsrUYZwRVNSTJ3ASQ0f1kkr9j_G6rDxshQWcbkYCfl3kROMRd9saunpLFsS8sKZBU7jMn0e2ZWH0KmAF4hODQYvCgRQ6xC/s640/NC%20Mountains.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjin48UPP4hHLz3WarSKkMfE-Rj4k3x1CiD-5x8OGPUDlB252luDny-ujtGaq50GrY60ZlcRWk_olrwq6tqJxK200ElD06OqobsrUYZwRVNSTJ3ASQ0f1kkr9j_G6rDxshQWcbkYCfl3kROMRd9saunpLFsS8sKZBU7jMn0e2ZWH0KmAF4hODQYvCgRQ6xC/w400-h300/NC%20Mountains.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="Body">They send their love and greeting back to their friends in
Paducah.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix23cMP5iRt65oBJbRv6F0-68VRaS9BjsNRpi1gtQ4fDfssPge6soijDdNOiOOdYvwR8MRsXmJ-vQtsA735z7sCHgwFGD6p6enjeqmrv_MWOTxEYI_SK0qnTieos73b0SBWcrf-_A40hPakS2He4fz8LZHM7E9_wlri3gju-vdb5A9ubNknVz_WTy8jggb/s800/Daffadils.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="800" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix23cMP5iRt65oBJbRv6F0-68VRaS9BjsNRpi1gtQ4fDfssPge6soijDdNOiOOdYvwR8MRsXmJ-vQtsA735z7sCHgwFGD6p6enjeqmrv_MWOTxEYI_SK0qnTieos73b0SBWcrf-_A40hPakS2He4fz8LZHM7E9_wlri3gju-vdb5A9ubNknVz_WTy8jggb/s320/Daffadils.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="Body">Greeting us on our return home is an abundance of blooms. <br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZhYamU_gAWLmGXOwwnLWhOnpURtkSygGUi7h8L_pxhfjUdJz1xBZSfO_YFWk-VStH_TywU2QlrpH60M6m68-2sAWLckiYv2lEHIt1zhPF2h6kLMFNYU8Zn-pPljnk-Lzy13EXnLZLXcV2DERzfvSvAE7VKCRInZaD2hfeO9FHfnwXDqEqde4LeGcqq6x/s640/Geraniums.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZhYamU_gAWLmGXOwwnLWhOnpURtkSygGUi7h8L_pxhfjUdJz1xBZSfO_YFWk-VStH_TywU2QlrpH60M6m68-2sAWLckiYv2lEHIt1zhPF2h6kLMFNYU8Zn-pPljnk-Lzy13EXnLZLXcV2DERzfvSvAE7VKCRInZaD2hfeO9FHfnwXDqEqde4LeGcqq6x/s320/Geraniums.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="Body"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the<span> warmer </span>than normal temperatures, the garden is waking up and ABN is ready to get her hands dirty.</span></p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="Body"><i> </i></p>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-5295879478222958002024-01-08T20:53:00.001-06:002024-01-08T20:53:46.710-06:00It's a wrap!<p><br /></p>
<p class="Body">All that is left are the memories (and a new <a href="https://livingrichlyinretirement.blogspot.com/2023/08/" target="_blank">craft studio.) </a></p><p class="Body">We closed out the year with memories of friends and family.</p>
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COVID made it necessary to abort a visit with our granddaughter in North Carolina
as well as with our good friends in the mountains.</p>
<p class="Body">We also had challenges with renovating and installing a dry
basement system in our nearly 100 year-old house. (ABN is loving the new <a href="https://livingrichlyinretirement.blogspot.com/2023/08/success.html" target="_blank">crafts pace</a>, so it was worth the dust, work and inconvenience!)</p>
<p class="Body">Speaking of inconvenience, ABN was partially incapacitated
following her 2nd shoulder replacement in September. The surgery and rehab went
extremely well and she returned to her normal activities within a couple of
months.</p>
<p class="Body">Fortunately ABN was near the end of her rehab when Captain
dislocated his 27-year old artificial hip. Once again, we had to cancel a trip
to North Carolina. The worn out parts were replaced and damaged muscle and
tendon repaired in November. He is doing quite well but rehab is preventing our
winter RV travel.</p>
<p class="Body">Captain ended the year trying to pass a kidney stone. (Hopefully
that is the finale in our saga of woes.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p>As the writer of Ecclesiastes puts it,</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p>”<i>When times are good, you should be cheerful; when times are
bad, think about what it means. God makes them both to keep us from knowing
what will happen next.</i><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><i><span dir="RTL" face=""Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ansi-language: AR-SA; mso-ascii-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>“</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="AR-SA"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></i><i><span lang="PT">Ecclesiastes
7:14 CEV</span></i></p>
<p class="Body"><i><o:p> </o:p></i>As we say good-by to 2024, we leave you with our mantra, e<i>xpect
the unexpected.</i></p>
<p class="Body"><i><o:p> </o:p></i>A special thanks to our friends who chauffeured, mowed, finished
and winterized the sprinkler system and remained on stand-by to help during
Captain’s rehab. </p><p class="Body"><br /></p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p></p><br />Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-49663952725563577112023-10-30T20:23:00.007-05:002023-10-30T20:28:54.250-05:00The Buzz is Over<p> No, not that one! The cellar is well supplied.</p><p><br /></p><p>In spite of unstable weather with a drier than usual April, cooler than usual May and June, minor flooding in July, heat wave in August and a moderate drought in September, our garden has thrived.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyAO2Fb2hE2nJcy6F4ySto5Jk9lBxx7MRWy_wCTKGKej4sdYcxtUmJK5mIsrAcKv-ZFRWSOt83QtwRphf1zEg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>It has been a buzz of activity in late summer and fall with lots of bees, a variety of butterflies, countless hummingbirds (because they will not stay still long enough to be counted), beneficial wasps and many little creatures, like moths, which we have not identified. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivopX1JFFHuiolKd2z4O-sfbmqQ0Ky_3f9nFOk9sHtqVqYAesBIMoxiuEX9nhANLlV0u1QrtbJ3E9_T1YJod0w84zqZixaOZcvStNcUU5zPZGB1j9DHKGi-DNpf1mzCXSVRk9EknmALVa_f0j5VPL1DvTzB4BSmWEWQLehCSDe6aBSEQAiaz3Z5Wf-3qsL/s800/greenhouse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivopX1JFFHuiolKd2z4O-sfbmqQ0Ky_3f9nFOk9sHtqVqYAesBIMoxiuEX9nhANLlV0u1QrtbJ3E9_T1YJod0w84zqZixaOZcvStNcUU5zPZGB1j9DHKGi-DNpf1mzCXSVRk9EknmALVa_f0j5VPL1DvTzB4BSmWEWQLehCSDe6aBSEQAiaz3Z5Wf-3qsL/w400-h300/greenhouse.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>while Captain winterized <i>The Wanderer. </i></div><div><br /></div><div>That brings us to one of the questions we are frequently asked from friends we encounter around town "Have you been traveling?" The answer is no, but not because we haven't tried. After the exhaustion from the <a href="https://livingrichlyinretirement.blogspot.com/2023/08/success.html" target="_blank">basement renovation</a> we needed a break and were looking forward to a trip through North Carolina with a visit to Asheville (one of our favorite cities) as well as spending some time with our granddaughter in Wilmington. We got as far as Asheville when COVID required us to return home. After a couple of weeks we both recovered just in time for ABN's planned second shoulder replacement. The surgery went better than expected, so we decided to plan another trip to North Carolina during the beautiful fall season. A week before our scheduled departure, Captain dislocated his 27 year old artificial hip. Long story short, it was put back in place and he is scheduled for a hip joint revision in November. No, he is not in any discomfort and is getting around quite well. He just has to be careful to not turn his leg in a manner that will cause it to pop out of place again. Once again, we had to cancel our North Carolina trip. </div><div><br /></div><div>We are disappointed to have our plans interrupted but extremely grateful the aged hip did not become displaced before the renovation was completed, while ABN was recovering from surgery or when we were off the grid, like in the middle of the dessert. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-5496864806315892112023-08-06T19:05:00.000-05:002023-08-06T19:05:15.594-05:00Success!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZUSwVRmzulqf65MmqpKZBMCg9Ibrp9N6uox6RJRpojrL8klGLzxqJ9sW_9UOOBwX-TVF8qI0yhCNzn-40MWYDm4Kcolalxy02vFaeAW-fNZkyiDbFnKt2xXOjtVlIXIf7KWkicwz_EHgf-fVvRjcs50D2S85_I5BYwoQFJb5gR__EBfQhz1Iu_rGhblB/s800/studio.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="800" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZUSwVRmzulqf65MmqpKZBMCg9Ibrp9N6uox6RJRpojrL8klGLzxqJ9sW_9UOOBwX-TVF8qI0yhCNzn-40MWYDm4Kcolalxy02vFaeAW-fNZkyiDbFnKt2xXOjtVlIXIf7KWkicwz_EHgf-fVvRjcs50D2S85_I5BYwoQFJb5gR__EBfQhz1Iu_rGhblB/w640-h566/studio.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Two months of packing and unpacking, moving boxes, aching body parts, paint under fingernails and general fatigue, the renovation of ABN's craft studio in the (formerly wet) basement is completed.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The dining room and Captain's TV room are free of sewing machines and supplies. Fabric is no longer stored under a bed.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoCBkBsBwoHHhfgwvJSXzisj9JvKCWYmiSLY59tStPn8ai3Zq6KCsioI7AmcTGQhF6fIAtujRr4zqra7TEHRv8NJRpYbcgqfTrHZXGIWQymm5fufsW8xlQWyr1WdI6QzGwM_dG7wx33l6ooUVcmJ97IuqX1pBZbkGqaXDw96NiXDpA2x3I_mM-hWAKxGf/s800/Sewing%20area.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="800" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoCBkBsBwoHHhfgwvJSXzisj9JvKCWYmiSLY59tStPn8ai3Zq6KCsioI7AmcTGQhF6fIAtujRr4zqra7TEHRv8NJRpYbcgqfTrHZXGIWQymm5fufsW8xlQWyr1WdI6QzGwM_dG7wx33l6ooUVcmJ97IuqX1pBZbkGqaXDw96NiXDpA2x3I_mM-hWAKxGf/w640-h506/Sewing%20area.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">"Miss Wilma," who is the same age as Captain and once belonged to his grandmother, takes center stage on the former Janne kitchen table.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOgCLELWHdYNtWtP8zBaI29JWJfTI9ao977dOcoxtY5MrIRo6QRBTvvdz7RiHPq_VU4xnGPQSB3qK0MKL4qPCgM8akXuCEfJYjoPJvL4Yq3oDbdy7ezcZm6czijQBgGfK80H2kaVwUAW0yoP4a0XEsbK8YTk2oyduTxK21i4B26XgO_UhlZXBp6BrgFmo/s800/Miss%20Wilma.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="800" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOgCLELWHdYNtWtP8zBaI29JWJfTI9ao977dOcoxtY5MrIRo6QRBTvvdz7RiHPq_VU4xnGPQSB3qK0MKL4qPCgM8akXuCEfJYjoPJvL4Yq3oDbdy7ezcZm6czijQBgGfK80H2kaVwUAW0yoP4a0XEsbK8YTk2oyduTxK21i4B26XgO_UhlZXBp6BrgFmo/w400-h383/Miss%20Wilma.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">ABN has a cozy corner in which to start her days.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AtczauPfg9pAPgf9QlotkbfqjMdByv2JsSmipXQDgmou3OghM32pzpA0sD34H_Iktl4LljCZQoFY8qf4BsRtr0oadC-RiF9Z3uvoQ1bdtY9tIsa1g0q0iIFQfc8XRfVNxN6EK7L-Q8xD9qyxFsZXbgOWHfO17Kzyo2gtSYiscIXayjsHR5wCxLsYVA4_/s800/Office%20corner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="800" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AtczauPfg9pAPgf9QlotkbfqjMdByv2JsSmipXQDgmou3OghM32pzpA0sD34H_Iktl4LljCZQoFY8qf4BsRtr0oadC-RiF9Z3uvoQ1bdtY9tIsa1g0q0iIFQfc8XRfVNxN6EK7L-Q8xD9qyxFsZXbgOWHfO17Kzyo2gtSYiscIXayjsHR5wCxLsYVA4_/w640-h510/Office%20corner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Pencils, pens, paint and such have been returned to the slat wall.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpy7Z1cs4svCK_tnUFnTUjimqePm-PG8y-1XBkpKRgwSDCScJxt3UM3kb020_w8oijmX0fH6XPSKkgG4axfTkkgyuvYUw3hM_5caoDIDwFa1VNY16ZdRsl7W-4b4r74Gc1_CCxYnEarAnDL2OCEmsAlfXvTcfexdWUlbYsIl-RqEY3vey0ftW0V45Wbvs/s3708/Slat%20Wall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2552" data-original-width="3708" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpy7Z1cs4svCK_tnUFnTUjimqePm-PG8y-1XBkpKRgwSDCScJxt3UM3kb020_w8oijmX0fH6XPSKkgG4axfTkkgyuvYUw3hM_5caoDIDwFa1VNY16ZdRsl7W-4b4r74Gc1_CCxYnEarAnDL2OCEmsAlfXvTcfexdWUlbYsIl-RqEY3vey0ftW0V45Wbvs/w640-h440/Slat%20Wall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The paper craft area is waiting for inspiration.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WdhIVjfobaldPFEgYcD1fTxHaNSLBBr2EQo5yQAbExwV6xw6ByYsjZu28KDBV7J5A2g0XrpsLdXruC6hBaYNAxtYWCkfFkeW2I2s0-Eo6x8FU3b4V4XmKNDYSd5d9K7jB4FfGEtjFqUC-x_M59ibH4Omxwxept5I39wxcbfzMgBxprQVQvjDWSRzk69n/s752/Paper%20Craft.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="752" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WdhIVjfobaldPFEgYcD1fTxHaNSLBBr2EQo5yQAbExwV6xw6ByYsjZu28KDBV7J5A2g0XrpsLdXruC6hBaYNAxtYWCkfFkeW2I2s0-Eo6x8FU3b4V4XmKNDYSd5d9K7jB4FfGEtjFqUC-x_M59ibH4Omxwxept5I39wxcbfzMgBxprQVQvjDWSRzk69n/w640-h496/Paper%20Craft.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Captain has regained his workspace in the garage where he is building racks for the new wine cellar.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqin8r3eo5tXOGUow_SHnrR05kvU2MoETUUtN9zI6bHrJHdffzUx1HKdPODgJAONS0t9CIS0wL1GHfJOTmrWDeovjiNLkLaOZYAhCJLsx5toG3QiSahrk-cui6pjo0a6WwfbaSKrJn2wb98dpZzoW546-4s2gfgIGheNFDy8wFk2faC14bqhpxXldIvs8U/s800/Wine%20Cellar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="511" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqin8r3eo5tXOGUow_SHnrR05kvU2MoETUUtN9zI6bHrJHdffzUx1HKdPODgJAONS0t9CIS0wL1GHfJOTmrWDeovjiNLkLaOZYAhCJLsx5toG3QiSahrk-cui6pjo0a6WwfbaSKrJn2wb98dpZzoW546-4s2gfgIGheNFDy8wFk2faC14bqhpxXldIvs8U/w408-h640/Wine%20Cellar.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">With over 14 inches of rain since July 1, we can say the <i>dry basement system </i>has been thoroughly tested. It passed with flying colors!</span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-35319992530876604912023-06-25T06:08:00.044-05:002023-06-25T07:10:05.446-05:00Update<p><br /></p>
<p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGRV-guEnn6cYFZFgeyvG1KHweOuCrqzxGviDp7JrRGbi_h_ZcvRbZndl1vrBwxQCxQhhObCk6xAHLqcEReihCph9Nl8Zl_7k53Ck1UFWQ5Eynmsm8Fr8bEAaMC6cshzjnrdh83IdCI9gQNpxgSgEZDXzqdN7czYAijzpq1CunBwX7E9vU3W2xeBM-NFZ/s800/The%20Underground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="800" height="74" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGRV-guEnn6cYFZFgeyvG1KHweOuCrqzxGviDp7JrRGbi_h_ZcvRbZndl1vrBwxQCxQhhObCk6xAHLqcEReihCph9Nl8Zl_7k53Ck1UFWQ5Eynmsm8Fr8bEAaMC6cshzjnrdh83IdCI9gQNpxgSgEZDXzqdN7czYAijzpq1CunBwX7E9vU3W2xeBM-NFZ/w400-h74/The%20Underground.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="Body"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">We are making progress!</span></p><p class="Body"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">It may not be trendy, but we are so
excited to have the utility area of our home functioning again. It’s the nuts
and bolts of the house that make it livable and comfortable.</span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"> </span></p><p class="Body"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpeTp5x8i5PGvk4LTm4bTB3PVMaWg-ndEyfWVVvsR3X1SG4JqMGS1S2eGSHNntRRCZJGZup72V8jK_iUGoNFEJOX--wxGf1EJz5h01zbFSSyhN7JKj7WXFfagh3thD2Xq9VO0S0ZbteBtXhC36EaKTmsq9dRI5AfT2kIuBVDBPXnDM3ThqhMvi4J_L_47/s800/Storage,%20Utilities.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="800" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpeTp5x8i5PGvk4LTm4bTB3PVMaWg-ndEyfWVVvsR3X1SG4JqMGS1S2eGSHNntRRCZJGZup72V8jK_iUGoNFEJOX--wxGf1EJz5h01zbFSSyhN7JKj7WXFfagh3thD2Xq9VO0S0ZbteBtXhC36EaKTmsq9dRI5AfT2kIuBVDBPXnDM3ThqhMvi4J_L_47/w640-h506/Storage,%20Utilities.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div><p></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xOkU7r9wKf33-sP49Y6Xhy4cRV7gdhuxKXsPgegpRSaWLCfombly3fHp8ii6Fd797ISDPVuIohMuLfzRlTcJcSfyLXf3baAym9_uxLidbjZQSIDtpFISmeNbOIDCapbAwwB1X2r3gY_u7ItW4Dbg_oW7cCPoLvzvluAfYxJOlgsmzjqyQfHnPgBRWMlS/s800/Workshop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="800" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xOkU7r9wKf33-sP49Y6Xhy4cRV7gdhuxKXsPgegpRSaWLCfombly3fHp8ii6Fd797ISDPVuIohMuLfzRlTcJcSfyLXf3baAym9_uxLidbjZQSIDtpFISmeNbOIDCapbAwwB1X2r3gY_u7ItW4Dbg_oW7cCPoLvzvluAfYxJOlgsmzjqyQfHnPgBRWMlS/w640-h428/Workshop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ABN's Workshop</td></tr></tbody></table><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpFL6V7Ih9DxHKW_xiK8hGrr-BaZ60stBvWNZMrXu7gA2J1yiJZMuCGHGXs4oSPBJOXzbRzDHu4_GVqAn1C9AbaubDQHjv-9c3osKzaXDWsnpkveDdI7cbScfdMNu1z9Gtp5KnMK2m8wLEYa4FP3Bse1oRpkrPwx7FqgO1JwyFczueAQSN_sXsAaLLFIk/s800/Laundry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="627" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpFL6V7Ih9DxHKW_xiK8hGrr-BaZ60stBvWNZMrXu7gA2J1yiJZMuCGHGXs4oSPBJOXzbRzDHu4_GVqAn1C9AbaubDQHjv-9c3osKzaXDWsnpkveDdI7cbScfdMNu1z9Gtp5KnMK2m8wLEYa4FP3Bse1oRpkrPwx7FqgO1JwyFczueAQSN_sXsAaLLFIk/w502-h640/Laundry.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Now we can move on to the fun part.
Well, it will be fun after the studio floor is scrubbed and painted, cabinets
are washed, counter tops put back, some of the drywall is repaired,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the ceiling replaced, the wine cellar rebuilt
and all the craft equipment and supplies returned to their proper places. That
will take several weeks, depending on the “unexpected.”</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">We have had a couple of significant
rainfalls and the basement is totally dry! We love the sound of swooshing when
the sump pump moves the water through the system to the outside drain.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Now, back to work. Wait! It’s Sunday
and we need a day of rest.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-89601086720857992842023-06-18T07:13:00.000-05:002023-06-18T07:13:48.904-05:00Summer Update<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxyV0TVRQ1R2XnkQKDcekgNOz4kX_aogz-II9kl-PbyM9CkJ6ogw9UTn2kDKt9jQlh-vc6bEZk5EVC4fxDPg_iHNMyVqcRwjm62oMCQvSzZsmM1QFxWRXAxc32yeiEGqapAt8eDb-ETw2XndgRa4s5XEIHL2ChT226tkEA4wtE5gexwa1Ild7xij4iA/s288/our%20home%20our%20canvas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="288" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxyV0TVRQ1R2XnkQKDcekgNOz4kX_aogz-II9kl-PbyM9CkJ6ogw9UTn2kDKt9jQlh-vc6bEZk5EVC4fxDPg_iHNMyVqcRwjm62oMCQvSzZsmM1QFxWRXAxc32yeiEGqapAt8eDb-ETw2XndgRa4s5XEIHL2ChT226tkEA4wtE5gexwa1Ild7xij4iA/w400-h279/our%20home%20our%20canvas.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As we head into mid-summer, folks around town are asking about upcoming travel plans. Our answer is "we have none at this time." Whaaat??? Yes, we are taking a pause and giving much needed attention to our well-worn, yet charming (<i>at least we think so) </i>home. Let us share a brief history before we share the details. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A few years ago ABN did a bit of research at the local library and City Hall where she found records showing the property was deeded to a contractor for the development of a subdivision in October 1925. Our lot was identified as Lot 5 and was deeded to E.C. and Minnie Cox in 1926, and was deeded from the Cox's in 1947. With that information we believe our house was built in 1926 or 1927, indicating it is nearing 100 years of age.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We happened upon this cute little cottage style house in 2005 but it lacked two of our main requirements, a second bathroom and a garage. We ruled it out, or so we thought. However neither of us could get this charming little house out of our mind. Thus a new adventure was born.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDFI055a9qnPvQKC4vm7S1U_vZKNfbsIpZmv_gJ3VGExMdlet9xE8amGU5gHEXDch7BDEbtIf0BEHby4hWqxZUCseCiGkQ-EaxgWH8nXlXOC9vrXsqnv88oIz0ye1fevVR62-8oEEeHeEbLNxsrXrGjxF03VP0-yN_MO5UXu1xPXQIEqrnwrAbKQEkw/s800/house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDFI055a9qnPvQKC4vm7S1U_vZKNfbsIpZmv_gJ3VGExMdlet9xE8amGU5gHEXDch7BDEbtIf0BEHby4hWqxZUCseCiGkQ-EaxgWH8nXlXOC9vrXsqnv88oIz0ye1fevVR62-8oEEeHeEbLNxsrXrGjxF03VP0-yN_MO5UXu1xPXQIEqrnwrAbKQEkw/w400-h300/house.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">We immediately had a garage and carport built, as well as a bathroom installed upstairs. </span><p></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The following spring, ABN embarked on turning what was left of the backyard </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGnqpDD1uT43XKg5Fm1sutuc5puyXRQkFwIZqhZPUSio426VQaZyzZXmG9a1tj7pbxD53YgLnR4pXHAWnt5HClasFs8F7cBA3YlCO3BkCK8Cjwo1jUfwsGBtY7hsTiK68cWGMmBSd3xWJVm6ljIU2DMnE7sLqw1XJBFGiIXeEdUK_GULfXudD-YTo-w/s800/original%20backyard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGnqpDD1uT43XKg5Fm1sutuc5puyXRQkFwIZqhZPUSio426VQaZyzZXmG9a1tj7pbxD53YgLnR4pXHAWnt5HClasFs8F7cBA3YlCO3BkCK8Cjwo1jUfwsGBtY7hsTiK68cWGMmBSd3xWJVm6ljIU2DMnE7sLqw1XJBFGiIXeEdUK_GULfXudD-YTo-w/w400-h300/original%20backyard.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">into a garden.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65qjma_Y6fInktDAht49UAByCwvFYy4ogNdcSNlt4bw9zyKxaZaX4kBt_5D0IFyYCAqKDbSHpfXjCkCyp4QprRo7IWrQvANeC77u_Ecuw4H9sTfvKIkEYVZlZB_Lsf70HaR9i2opGizQAtWWGn54iOIz6seCcYfs0q6MZfGF8pQ0qOOa9APFW0oL6VQ/s800/Garden%20after.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65qjma_Y6fInktDAht49UAByCwvFYy4ogNdcSNlt4bw9zyKxaZaX4kBt_5D0IFyYCAqKDbSHpfXjCkCyp4QprRo7IWrQvANeC77u_Ecuw4H9sTfvKIkEYVZlZB_Lsf70HaR9i2opGizQAtWWGn54iOIz6seCcYfs0q6MZfGF8pQ0qOOa9APFW0oL6VQ/w400-h300/Garden%20after.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This is the 2022 garden. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In 2007 Captain began his tenure as Chief Project Planner and Manager</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhFP82d-p5VRDWvkU7SKcWqpSl09Mv2wxSDzOFgeLKnsNCsWE-Ad_v-d26ebNJnebNVTgd-dQv7IFSlhT1QXHxQ4XRtBelahDquN1vv0MxHD_oQnZNLbs6S2QZ8AOHkDoh2m92mbVJZwPwxeRKf_LfCgHHZguW_yYefkMQBhdLwi4vkjTwZs8p1956g/s288/sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="288" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhFP82d-p5VRDWvkU7SKcWqpSl09Mv2wxSDzOFgeLKnsNCsWE-Ad_v-d26ebNJnebNVTgd-dQv7IFSlhT1QXHxQ4XRtBelahDquN1vv0MxHD_oQnZNLbs6S2QZ8AOHkDoh2m92mbVJZwPwxeRKf_LfCgHHZguW_yYefkMQBhdLwi4vkjTwZs8p1956g/s1600/sign.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">by updating the pantry.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="800" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldy_qL3LxC9N-8CouWNaeIF_zJ0dQ-rHonUTqvbTxxAk84aMweTDQZLBrXkI7iTIT4HgJE3SDF_87sOCF800MOrLnnVqvNWbhkTVPB7TV-vJ9ttp8C59XKAMhNFMNSuA3ehkqDOxuL0Rg5c5NTybCQgM_8cL-EMar2QV_W-HcpNv8q9WWUXj4Z3uKEw/w640-h429/pantry.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">to this.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A patio was also installed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydufBtvGP75CYraQvlfqL3qK8YQiMeiHZt2IWtYsHHXwY20UgcXYn6T7KsNzjrNYGcShWQNM8-bYnh2pGPvflySh8jAOFxg1Oo0wPN3gqjZksMkkTr19-2kw8BLcjEV1K3dJOViaqYUTfS2W4rvJuO7m6bO4Inml0ZYNKh1E96DURFCNIB6ttSvTcRQ/s800/patio.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydufBtvGP75CYraQvlfqL3qK8YQiMeiHZt2IWtYsHHXwY20UgcXYn6T7KsNzjrNYGcShWQNM8-bYnh2pGPvflySh8jAOFxg1Oo0wPN3gqjZksMkkTr19-2kw8BLcjEV1K3dJOViaqYUTfS2W4rvJuO7m6bO4Inml0ZYNKh1E96DURFCNIB6ttSvTcRQ/w400-h300/patio.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Captain added a side deck in 2008.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPy-9vmv3Vz4ZTn3LGQf4DVA-P86TkuCChG4X_vKQXvHEpjzzuP40fOmM51lgiFE3rR4ow8ffvHq0ZpEwhIUKhGP_WyS7wt2F1qJ9bE_Foc00id4n1Mri3b-oWJpYy_CKBFWe5GCl0XlKO76HXXkyYCKrZkKhpgWuHarWzNwQhWsXL--yn8UEOKkwWFg/w400-h300/side%20deck.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In 2009 our time and energy was spent doing clean-up and repairs of damages from the epic Ice Storm.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2011 saw a spare room become an office/TV room for Captain.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5x2gsIwK5qDN58wqHChNfJmPS4Y9rTVzn17Pw9URDDgHvqaMkZVlSRNNH2NY3nBCHDcyl5FvrVEX21IS_JHip5cB1wa0V_ZY9Kls8lufqJVXY1Lul7-X1ld_hg1T5FyZKfFdA7m-Wqhdr4PaGgqfkI7Tu-bMiKOH96BQT0_fFdugGNxETk3k_-jkD-w/s800/TV%20Room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="800" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5x2gsIwK5qDN58wqHChNfJmPS4Y9rTVzn17Pw9URDDgHvqaMkZVlSRNNH2NY3nBCHDcyl5FvrVEX21IS_JHip5cB1wa0V_ZY9Kls8lufqJVXY1Lul7-X1ld_hg1T5FyZKfFdA7m-Wqhdr4PaGgqfkI7Tu-bMiKOH96BQT0_fFdugGNxETk3k_-jkD-w/w400-h276/TV%20Room.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Things got really exciting in 2013 as Captain, with help from wonderful friends, demolished the existing deck to build a screened porch. <i>(It was okay, the new side deck was left intact.)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZuQZa_kN919t65Y7ghSI7Fv1vtMeNv7ETWtK07ab0-NzAzdq2jAnwCAPXEqJCy6lG6cQiYOkwOppfKsMUOYJlfTUVxfy1gxwuwQAMmkuZLJcV7xYL1ItXMv1dr-3s3T670rYV_PfalRmwYp2XUdobGgaIRi8RDjESCy7dumcCeN35aUsx-vABa1Wzg/s800/deck%20demolation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">The excitement, for ABN, continued in 2014 when her Christmas gift from Captain was the creation of a real craft studio to replace the craft space in the basement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXl5FjDnU8MHsuWwQMk3nUoCRC03OTu7gUtegJ5A_MgVIf1fUXAKjcnGw6VX2vPAXxeC9ZaFF8QvOCOEocc4aVXE6lwD5fn-_o8rGkblUQ4ihNWGpSEjrOMZ38RG7YvvP0onx0aVzo1w3E1JD-vyw5yiXnANweUKW3-1s9wPVP2KIu9qAYi5TVPaHOfg/s800/Studio.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXl5FjDnU8MHsuWwQMk3nUoCRC03OTu7gUtegJ5A_MgVIf1fUXAKjcnGw6VX2vPAXxeC9ZaFF8QvOCOEocc4aVXE6lwD5fn-_o8rGkblUQ4ihNWGpSEjrOMZ38RG7YvvP0onx0aVzo1w3E1JD-vyw5yiXnANweUKW3-1s9wPVP2KIu9qAYi5TVPaHOfg/w400-h300/Studio.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In 2015 the renovations came to a standstill as we retired and had less time to invest in home improvement. Yep that is when we started traveling 5-6 months a year. Our "at home" time was spent on maintenance and repairs.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And this brings us to our current project, a dry basement. Although our basement, like most of the basements in our neighborhood, was never "dry," it became wetter over the years. Knowing that some day we, or our heirs, would need to sell our charming little house, we decided it was time to bite the bullet and have a dry basement system installed. This is a major project as we had to remove almost everything and store it in the garage, guest room and on the porch.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedQJrM_qFZLYUO2NRvd6gunwcNLQUNysKw_3ha_I2buPq0bOsDgBjXYikHNoQifLW9in12WqgCnPax683Ztjbrs291SElPDedArv2qxnMXmsKllrBjAzIwDnMnIjtLFgXUpzapsoAhJdY5rxgJcBwIibkEJoumSTkLQ2ApCDbjD3BH8F0WCQ__3n3Bw/s800/garage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedQJrM_qFZLYUO2NRvd6gunwcNLQUNysKw_3ha_I2buPq0bOsDgBjXYikHNoQifLW9in12WqgCnPax683Ztjbrs291SElPDedArv2qxnMXmsKllrBjAzIwDnMnIjtLFgXUpzapsoAhJdY5rxgJcBwIibkEJoumSTkLQ2ApCDbjD3BH8F0WCQ__3n3Bw/w400-h300/garage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The downstairs air conditioner, water heater, washer, dryer and sink had to be disconnected and placed 6 ft. from the perimeter of the basement. We have air conditioning upstairs and were able to shower at the gym. Fortunately the outside temperature has been quite pleasant and a new hot water heater has been installed. If all goes well, the air conditioner will be reinstalled next week (just in time for rise in temperature and humidity.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It will take weeks to clean up the dust, rebuild the stairs and a few walls, paint, reinstall cabinets and return the craft studio to its previous state. And, as always, we are expecting the unexpected so our travel plans are on hold.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We will update our blog as we progress, not only to share with you, but also as a record for our online journal.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We will leave you with today's view of our home and an invitation to stop by for a glass of wine.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOKV47WK8h97_avlpIfbCROrPk3zA1pdT_VcjdcdhW-KXWe5pn5j98L30zGSnYBNW44ckpPMcSLiQtuhPgp6RZDcUlyzbvYLfRMs2Pyf4C6XYRt9qyXjr0zoFfmSZJf8qRNotsg42-uPxGPJg4smdRzRV8reovQnlfCWN8I_UTQe8I1Lwfk5rb-kDHg/s2048/IMG_6373.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOKV47WK8h97_avlpIfbCROrPk3zA1pdT_VcjdcdhW-KXWe5pn5j98L30zGSnYBNW44ckpPMcSLiQtuhPgp6RZDcUlyzbvYLfRMs2Pyf4C6XYRt9qyXjr0zoFfmSZJf8qRNotsg42-uPxGPJg4smdRzRV8reovQnlfCWN8I_UTQe8I1Lwfk5rb-kDHg/w640-h480/IMG_6373.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVsftvXWB7B7iEpzrD3c2DfXS2RPlyZau3BLj74wkGwqPw98NkpxMPApMMLGIp62FRIic_go-2-z9AJLMstyjJt5fvbIEoqrk5DSLo4Lj5hCfn4QgCCNjN62Ym00H9hoqLrk65zz3gg6jiNsJc-nVMLcHVJ4dtFp_SoDqltEVFnUdH_ocs910U_kyQg/s2048/current%20outdoor%20space.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVsftvXWB7B7iEpzrD3c2DfXS2RPlyZau3BLj74wkGwqPw98NkpxMPApMMLGIp62FRIic_go-2-z9AJLMstyjJt5fvbIEoqrk5DSLo4Lj5hCfn4QgCCNjN62Ym00H9hoqLrk65zz3gg6jiNsJc-nVMLcHVJ4dtFp_SoDqltEVFnUdH_ocs910U_kyQg/w640-h480/current%20outdoor%20space.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: right;"> <br /> </div><br />Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-21786744946369821842023-05-12T11:52:00.000-05:002023-05-12T11:52:01.281-05:00Celebrating Camille<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4rb1uxztntuTInuedT5hTENV8p-5xXmu6IR-tpZ6HE8EM_URMFpGAq41zBlmQnnliokJK09r1joDdUn3amAfkK_gd2bfMPBQ_c65x9D-ecqRI84A7cfn37Du8qycZfhfZeoICdnD-OXtJ8yrlQcIsjSyVYJAm1xrfyDbzXuTLlns1PxifniDCkVDSQ/s800/lead%20photo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4rb1uxztntuTInuedT5hTENV8p-5xXmu6IR-tpZ6HE8EM_URMFpGAq41zBlmQnnliokJK09r1joDdUn3amAfkK_gd2bfMPBQ_c65x9D-ecqRI84A7cfn37Du8qycZfhfZeoICdnD-OXtJ8yrlQcIsjSyVYJAm1xrfyDbzXuTLlns1PxifniDCkVDSQ/w640-h480/lead%20photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Photo by Alison Loftis</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Gathering with family in Indianapolis we celebrated our granddaughter, Camille's graduation from Butler University.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Lkp1p78JXDsd7ensWzS--Awc1CtoU9MRX68tqkGlVrMLFpfOf6YHbvwxT4paKutWuKg60SRafEjpFeA5YVNerHA3oAD82giV1ZW1ANDHe1q9tJNF_bqkrgn2B-nr_wMgnTIPsIhkeKqUqr0T7qLGRxbx_6oD4gS7QNh_j8iDVvtCfDFuT9txnFPtcA/s893/family.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="893" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Lkp1p78JXDsd7ensWzS--Awc1CtoU9MRX68tqkGlVrMLFpfOf6YHbvwxT4paKutWuKg60SRafEjpFeA5YVNerHA3oAD82giV1ZW1ANDHe1q9tJNF_bqkrgn2B-nr_wMgnTIPsIhkeKqUqr0T7qLGRxbx_6oD4gS7QNh_j8iDVvtCfDFuT9txnFPtcA/w400-h265/family.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Earning degrees in both dance and French, she graduated Cum Laude. Needless to say, we are proud grandparents who want to share some of our favorite celebration photos.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn62P1FX-VQ1mQuHyS-yMzDXLmSXi7O7jFGNx1xfEi_KAipx8HpfMxWJ25G-z5ZPDU_guKSNTa_-E45CNVYvT7FLynJ_k9mAez1honztNn4DN5oI0YbOXmiTi7WHHDcSu2lICqOX8dviRvpBamRdd7Qa_BEYmq_FvrCHUN4WzdETCcVP4PS3H9pz7z0Q/s1183/H%20and%20C.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="783" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn62P1FX-VQ1mQuHyS-yMzDXLmSXi7O7jFGNx1xfEi_KAipx8HpfMxWJ25G-z5ZPDU_guKSNTa_-E45CNVYvT7FLynJ_k9mAez1honztNn4DN5oI0YbOXmiTi7WHHDcSu2lICqOX8dviRvpBamRdd7Qa_BEYmq_FvrCHUN4WzdETCcVP4PS3H9pz7z0Q/w265-h400/H%20and%20C.jpg" width="265" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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No, Camille is telling him she is starving. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did we mention, Camille is a dancer?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1P6wZnpKHLCJOgcKB81wlEZ_FyPqVW9drhyjj0bGmOZ6lkh5K48O7Hz7n-UiDghlB-TxRqGbzjcJlJH1zEm_hhIcAuSnSJjSbNlPYSH8z33-YuK6Zt3LiNdlLhB96Jrcpqbfnvum3_U3LUMgA2Edmtm7n8dbZtcEh5O4SJ1u2230la3avVc-sqqz63w/s800/Kyle%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1P6wZnpKHLCJOgcKB81wlEZ_FyPqVW9drhyjj0bGmOZ6lkh5K48O7Hz7n-UiDghlB-TxRqGbzjcJlJH1zEm_hhIcAuSnSJjSbNlPYSH8z33-YuK6Zt3LiNdlLhB96Jrcpqbfnvum3_U3LUMgA2Edmtm7n8dbZtcEh5O4SJ1u2230la3avVc-sqqz63w/w512-h640/Kyle%201.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgRQ7C6v7HcP03MY0zk4rJRelFt7_Y5Kd7rb_NxEsKLR9mLNIZC3drOCysQzEIME8CsXI7a-zsGWPq10T41DkKGvkkevANirjGF0_ILLl-f6icLbQGOHuCmzjsV77T8zkhhMgzC5sO8Cz78jIReVc4t2MHRYv-igyG-6pkl4ZnSkZq3QJ5aImy9fThg/s3084/Kyle%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3084" data-original-width="2467" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgRQ7C6v7HcP03MY0zk4rJRelFt7_Y5Kd7rb_NxEsKLR9mLNIZC3drOCysQzEIME8CsXI7a-zsGWPq10T41DkKGvkkevANirjGF0_ILLl-f6icLbQGOHuCmzjsV77T8zkhhMgzC5sO8Cz78jIReVc4t2MHRYv-igyG-6pkl4ZnSkZq3QJ5aImy9fThg/w512-h640/Kyle%202.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9h8zDCYgMicyzVbRcfckZEV8HRxNfupv_BsmAEpmI4zC0tWdSijWN6kYTYedaB56hc3wr4T5TJqHGnxC9quBkxziEb-_c7SpMY1U7RbUZ0yXJuajP6qKOrENwkKqaWdUXawwQ7aEdQSFMIY8s7phVpg2QmwKI3VaZ4H7xbxgzCBG98eCJ_pAJqhtVKg/s1000/IMG_1148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9h8zDCYgMicyzVbRcfckZEV8HRxNfupv_BsmAEpmI4zC0tWdSijWN6kYTYedaB56hc3wr4T5TJqHGnxC9quBkxziEb-_c7SpMY1U7RbUZ0yXJuajP6qKOrENwkKqaWdUXawwQ7aEdQSFMIY8s7phVpg2QmwKI3VaZ4H7xbxgzCBG98eCJ_pAJqhtVKg/w512-h640/IMG_1148.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The festivities continued in Paducah as we celebrated Camille's 22nd birthday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIgzmpt56QHthPeKSWzUtwWoBSevlaM2E1JYnehz4JFaLkl93jgWUcGo6YFKA3YNCrMCNJ8HVyyadKI7lfTvj9p-R2kHOT82YXhz8VyI6tzYmS60PfnIyBnKKWdwu_g-6KVFTw0aOCzbedB83Ah0szsez4Bj7BeHDpOGYKbSTQ1oidmKUk9k5v_q1lg/s802/IMG_6298%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIgzmpt56QHthPeKSWzUtwWoBSevlaM2E1JYnehz4JFaLkl93jgWUcGo6YFKA3YNCrMCNJ8HVyyadKI7lfTvj9p-R2kHOT82YXhz8VyI6tzYmS60PfnIyBnKKWdwu_g-6KVFTw0aOCzbedB83Ah0szsez4Bj7BeHDpOGYKbSTQ1oidmKUk9k5v_q1lg/w638-h640/IMG_6298%20(1).jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BHydmH6gbjDpVwZq1jpfaSc8vb6NN0G5UNF-ziQuwCkUXAWkt5LX4AQLC4XJxfDur9leFftF1lq5SCm8Nr_g-nu10HeQfDfVZ31pWCtnAcj4DF4YTot7h5U_x_yFkIYNSCsRcjCjgQJYMb8Xgv_4VK0L1wZbRXTzuZSfDyA5W9q2bQwHWYi0et9YBQ/s800/IMG_6303.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BHydmH6gbjDpVwZq1jpfaSc8vb6NN0G5UNF-ziQuwCkUXAWkt5LX4AQLC4XJxfDur9leFftF1lq5SCm8Nr_g-nu10HeQfDfVZ31pWCtnAcj4DF4YTot7h5U_x_yFkIYNSCsRcjCjgQJYMb8Xgv_4VK0L1wZbRXTzuZSfDyA5W9q2bQwHWYi0et9YBQ/w400-h300/IMG_6303.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How does one get 22 candles on a piece of lemon cheesecake? Very carefully!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurd37m0eSyLuNEkFdSMGidsFVm-l-suCGJV6aUjoT3d7kEUfB_yBTsXtGwfM2diVJZhkmBVyg_pZHbAnwHjDd0muOwuy8uDHJNmUECDj7U673ia53KClicOBvINKn4AclpYjXl5ETKdNuwS3jB309-NG91Yi4nJTxyM_q5TGUs9JZgtF6CQ0Y_oSXog/s800/IMG_6307.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="698" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurd37m0eSyLuNEkFdSMGidsFVm-l-suCGJV6aUjoT3d7kEUfB_yBTsXtGwfM2diVJZhkmBVyg_pZHbAnwHjDd0muOwuy8uDHJNmUECDj7U673ia53KClicOBvINKn4AclpYjXl5ETKdNuwS3jB309-NG91Yi4nJTxyM_q5TGUs9JZgtF6CQ0Y_oSXog/w349-h400/IMG_6307.jpg" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A visit to Grandma's house would not be complete without a little time in the garden </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoOczjnQZ-8rjHKiqrkgWxZtsJJKiN4WYFKI1A5W3GSUoMhlppf8s1dsZKHxK9Ywj_YWb7erOGtrZHtdvcJ_FttHfhQ7u4NiNdy27SURBqYokRePJn_Gf1Mr1_4jDuSSJ0j21RQVF1pJA6T_srJT9ntB4UjTJeV-EnGyUk3XzqMgrF8jc4bvhhEISPw/s800/IMG_6288.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoOczjnQZ-8rjHKiqrkgWxZtsJJKiN4WYFKI1A5W3GSUoMhlppf8s1dsZKHxK9Ywj_YWb7erOGtrZHtdvcJ_FttHfhQ7u4NiNdy27SURBqYokRePJn_Gf1Mr1_4jDuSSJ0j21RQVF1pJA6T_srJT9ntB4UjTJeV-EnGyUk3XzqMgrF8jc4bvhhEISPw/w300-h400/IMG_6288.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBb30Fy6s5IYVQOUiuptuG5nN6Sb1mJkQksnBpZZW3pO2yZwPSKZIApI0ilfd9GTAAuZDblJSw3GI60rYGkxqxaQpnhaoc4y_nE5rZgO2FHzVQ9ure9tnkp4FXdtlJI4lTrwUQU2MZULLG2mxg48VTUvRuQxivdVd0_cZWeMe-QHMxXwvfmq_ou-qzmg/w400-h300/IMG_6293.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our hearts are full but somewhat bittersweet as there will be no more "stop overs" on the way to and from Florida.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3TYM3Fr1dvGlgE7j0zrMFgMaqRgTOHlCk1UoIfF3N4BnP2RayU0pWiqr_CKH0iYkvwOxaF5DsWrKIycQWdAbJJJ8Cu3itKMYCcQi6v8zSOgJg360xztIiFueU9yAmWaCi-kIf6QsYaLKS1OLuW0ef_OwGhc0RXl5Boe7gZiILLlMfY2a9-AmD22_3Q/s300/IMG_6312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="300" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3TYM3Fr1dvGlgE7j0zrMFgMaqRgTOHlCk1UoIfF3N4BnP2RayU0pWiqr_CKH0iYkvwOxaF5DsWrKIycQWdAbJJJ8Cu3itKMYCcQi6v8zSOgJg360xztIiFueU9yAmWaCi-kIf6QsYaLKS1OLuW0ef_OwGhc0RXl5Boe7gZiILLlMfY2a9-AmD22_3Q/w400-h392/IMG_6312.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-52787277277467436522023-05-01T19:37:00.000-05:002023-05-01T19:37:12.613-05:00Spring arrived in a flurry!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRN_wXLtVykX0cva8n7FJUi6ISMPSxejhZeAVxARB85gbKD2oCb7oZ1gvx_wqMABoAjeMIihL1aVR7e3niTGGubkaqyEDBjmyFSnu3MLkC8p8tNqhIyMyKFOC9303QvPDyg5OkukVi3CWpamHBHu7Rx2X2qtvibu7IK0arvaDIK6GVZOSF3u-JLVkudA/s800/Iris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRN_wXLtVykX0cva8n7FJUi6ISMPSxejhZeAVxARB85gbKD2oCb7oZ1gvx_wqMABoAjeMIihL1aVR7e3niTGGubkaqyEDBjmyFSnu3MLkC8p8tNqhIyMyKFOC9303QvPDyg5OkukVi3CWpamHBHu7Rx2X2qtvibu7IK0arvaDIK6GVZOSF3u-JLVkudA/w480-h640/Iris.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">While
April was a whirlwind, it was most delightful.</span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">After
getting settled back to our normal “at home” routine, ABN tackled the garden
while Captain prepared <i>The Wanderer </i>for storage. And then we headed to
Indianapolis to see <i>Swan Lake. </i>It was an amazing production by Butler
University. Our favorite part was the small swan dance, probably because our
granddaughter, Camille, was one of the little swans. It was a quick overnight
trip and probably for the first time ever we neglected to take any photos of
our visit with Camille and her mom, Holly. (I suspect we will more than make up
for that little oversight next month when we attend her graduation.)</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">The
following weekend we celebrated our dear friends, Jean and Sandy’s, 65th
wedding anniversary. No, that is not a typo, 65 years! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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was a wonderful celebration with our Paducah family as they shared memories and
funny moments. We are so blessed that God chose them to shepherd us many years
ago; they have weathered life’s storms with us for more than 27 years.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">Before
we knew it, it was Quilt Week.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">It
was such fun having our South Carolina friends, Lee and Carol, with us for part
of the week.</span></p>
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Carol and ABN were occupied with the quilt show, Captain and Lee reminisced
about old times. When we say “old” we are talking 46 years of friendship.</span></p><p class="Body"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">Sew
Powerful</span></i><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">,
a faith based charity we work with, returned to the Quilt Show this year. ABN
worked at their booth in the Bubble (aka vendor’s center)</span></p>
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Captain shuttled the volunteers to and from their hotels.</span></p>
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two volunteers remained at the end of the show, but we had an “after party”
anyway.</span></p>
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to know more about </span><i style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sew Powerful? </i><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">ABN is always happy to share, with
enthusiasm, the details. Or you can click </span><i style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://here.">here.</a></i></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">As busy as April was, we made time for <i>Tipsy
Tuesday.</i></span></p>
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is now May and time to get started on the home improvement project. While we
dread the chaos we are looking forward to a craft studio and wine cellar update
and a dry basement.</span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-73885327308093342022023-03-31T19:39:00.003-05:002023-03-31T20:26:23.518-05:00Six days on the road…….<p><span style="font-size: large;"> its a long way from Tucson to Paducah!!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_a1NQ8LWxasSQK2_V-iWMAPjYoFIzpuNRL6nfm9s6rjsMrcPwFJEzZXRW4aZmxDyRv_M9y3_KqF_JV9_UV4sZZEPOpjR13czL9YLucpVZai-SbaJ9-hpMaNh4vjveTI4xfIOYeK4XcRUngHoR0QlVi37wtNbD9_hgoOb40mZUjWETGMQ2UjBzAvXew/s800/home.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="800" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_a1NQ8LWxasSQK2_V-iWMAPjYoFIzpuNRL6nfm9s6rjsMrcPwFJEzZXRW4aZmxDyRv_M9y3_KqF_JV9_UV4sZZEPOpjR13czL9YLucpVZai-SbaJ9-hpMaNh4vjveTI4xfIOYeK4XcRUngHoR0QlVi37wtNbD9_hgoOb40mZUjWETGMQ2UjBzAvXew/w640-h412/home.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Day 1</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Leaving <i>Catalina State Park, </i>we started the long, boring drive home, once again, on I-10.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">At the end of the day, along with 7 other rigs, we spent Saturday night at a <a href="https://harvesthosts.com/" target="_blank"><i>Harvest Hosts</i> </a>winery near Las Cruces, New Mexico. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg098n7A7ZN_QJNjFjD8WU-CHVvWuYPMP0xVt3VPlNtKMXe1ywJdJ9g3pW8FIF8kDgU3jnlwme9bfzmtmJvQQpcQBovT6UEZCjI77zLbIqG7JYZjrZFMUBvKyhy-8UjtbfC7tQTGY2cejzgMDG6qvtImQLf8Gipz0RXxV3v641P4dr96rqH2YjlzwoWZA/s800/Untitled-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg098n7A7ZN_QJNjFjD8WU-CHVvWuYPMP0xVt3VPlNtKMXe1ywJdJ9g3pW8FIF8kDgU3jnlwme9bfzmtmJvQQpcQBovT6UEZCjI77zLbIqG7JYZjrZFMUBvKyhy-8UjtbfC7tQTGY2cejzgMDG6qvtImQLf8Gipz0RXxV3v641P4dr96rqH2YjlzwoWZA/w640-h480/Untitled-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">With ample parking, decent wine, friendly staff and a fun atmosphere with live music, we highly recommend a stay at <a href="https://www.riograndewinery.com/" target="_blank">Rio Grande Winery</a> near Las Cruces, New Mexico.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The main reason we search out </span><a href="https://harvesthosts.com/" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Harvest Hosts </a><span style="font-size: large;">stays is the opportunity to meet fellow travelers. Joining us in the tasting room at <i>Rio Grande Winery</i> were a couple of truly adventurous travelers. We are not talking U.S. travel, but many out of the country experiences, like South America, Iceland, Antarctica . See for yourself on their travel blog at </span><i style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://marnieandstevetravel.blog/">Marnie and Steve Travel Blog</a>.</i> <i>(Kind of reminded us of our hometown friend, Nancy.)<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: large;">Living in Prescott, AZ, Marnie and Steve spend about 10 months of the year traveling. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Day 2 was pretty much uneventful which isn’t always a bad thing when traveling. Taking I-25 from Las Cruces to Albuquerque, we picked up I-40. Y’all, there is a whole lot of empty space in our country!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">At the Walmart in Edgewood, NM, we gathered a few supplies, watched our home church sermon (delayed), and settled in for the night. Around midnight the driver of an an 18-wheeler decided, with an almost empty parking lot, the best place to park was next to us. After about 30 minutes all was quiet again and we returned to sleep. When we woke on Monday morning the temperature was 28 degrees. We were grateful there was no disconnecting or hooking up to be done!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Day 3 started back on I-40 which took us across the state line, through the wind farms in the Texas panhandle, and back into the Central Time Zone. We happened upon the iconic <a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220" target="_blank">Cadillac Ranch</a> near Amarillo.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0nfkD-ZJFIOBfzKugBr4tJOP7YlrsV8mi3pVOCn_iKchlc9XlR-633U07sf88SIPFN_kqJFun4rIW_qXpP9y7Pto5t3rO8rtk-hFy24ffolBl35A9V8_beptJ3LesHLjQEW7xCnvzeANXaYHQH6UAolrMtAKDhNTgGob1zh3aN6vw9ukH9Rav27gmw/s800/Cadallac%20Ranch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0nfkD-ZJFIOBfzKugBr4tJOP7YlrsV8mi3pVOCn_iKchlc9XlR-633U07sf88SIPFN_kqJFun4rIW_qXpP9y7Pto5t3rO8rtk-hFy24ffolBl35A9V8_beptJ3LesHLjQEW7xCnvzeANXaYHQH6UAolrMtAKDhNTgGob1zh3aN6vw9ukH9Rav27gmw/w640-h360/Cadallac%20Ranch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Our <i>Harvest Host </i>for the night was just south of Amarillo in Canyon, Texas. <i><a href="https://www.barzwines.com/" target="_blank">Bar Z Winery </a></i>is closed on Mondays but graciously<br /> opened their parking lot and tasting room for <i><a href="https://harvesthosts.com/">Harvest Hosts</a> </i>members. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSYl60wrA9X_waUGxw8m6yYc2ygScnUpafNEIlFYF3LhO_6CoMBJPtfLcBEcUmoBYQJwTI6FanN-AQZfRg7nTaFBo_wDnxpDHDSlDHoW-QM56DPYyfz-d8_gyaLFmR1sqYLlhp0FfBEL_yxL0267mIX4gchb_GUac2gMtun_dOLLZdYkifGeuo-K3MQ/s800/Bar%20Z.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSYl60wrA9X_waUGxw8m6yYc2ygScnUpafNEIlFYF3LhO_6CoMBJPtfLcBEcUmoBYQJwTI6FanN-AQZfRg7nTaFBo_wDnxpDHDSlDHoW-QM56DPYyfz-d8_gyaLFmR1sqYLlhp0FfBEL_yxL0267mIX4gchb_GUac2gMtun_dOLLZdYkifGeuo-K3MQ/w640-h480/Bar%20Z.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-size: large;">For a short while we literally had the tasting room to ourselves but were delighted when three couples (also <i>Harvest Hosts </i>members) from Upstate New York joined us. Soon two more couples from Minnesota appeared and we had a <i>Harvest Hosts Party.</i></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqGv6nxY0R7O6So8m6GSmYP7JDYDjh_YDFkYpBm697h6JlOb9F5_r7faY2kceWPeooaIGG2gnOsfYhUD6tUNPn6yEMeRDa86OeA6z-TIyRqEiLaFzH4m4IM6aQfARgwJyg1LEtCufAAtV5Ce7AtbyAIDAPNoaQ9hLYuQa_7gaRQXKc3GOIIP7-vXCZQ/s1200/Bar%20Z%20Winery.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqGv6nxY0R7O6So8m6GSmYP7JDYDjh_YDFkYpBm697h6JlOb9F5_r7faY2kceWPeooaIGG2gnOsfYhUD6tUNPn6yEMeRDa86OeA6z-TIyRqEiLaFzH4m4IM6aQfARgwJyg1LEtCufAAtV5Ce7AtbyAIDAPNoaQ9hLYuQa_7gaRQXKc3GOIIP7-vXCZQ/w266-h400/Bar%20Z%20Winery.jpg" width="266" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We were having a great time getting acquainted, sharing travel stories and tips as we sipped some very good wine when the tasting room host said she had to close the tasting room. It was too windy to sit on the lovely patio so we strategically positioned our RVs to block the wind while we continued the party outside.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While <i>Bar Z </i>wines are a bit pricy, we think they rival those we have found in California. As we sit on our porch at home sipping the Tempranillo and Sangiovese that came home with us, we will remember another wonderful <i><a href="https://harvesthosts.com/" target="_blank">Harvest Hosts</a></i> experience.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Day 4 greeted us with sunshine and 28 degree temperature. <i>(Whose idea was it to take the northern route home!?) </i>The long drive on I-40 took us through more of the Texas Panhandle wind farms, into Oklahoma. We found our <i>Harvest Host, </i>Anthem Brewery in Oklahoma City. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrZlTEOfr5_rgdCOCu08kVYctxIhXmIquzZyczOS39NaU4xuzKwWSfdwmdu3aS7Zdc-P3CT--_oKBvd3ikJUsEzfGQzm5hZw6PujanOXhl_MrZ8Mzy2WqUwsuVxeNlG5NpcAdHj3L-TS-WMJKu1I5kKWZegVMuwKNdVmgkSxlLZXgkRnHQCf1btjs_Q/s1200/Anthem%20Brewery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrZlTEOfr5_rgdCOCu08kVYctxIhXmIquzZyczOS39NaU4xuzKwWSfdwmdu3aS7Zdc-P3CT--_oKBvd3ikJUsEzfGQzm5hZw6PujanOXhl_MrZ8Mzy2WqUwsuVxeNlG5NpcAdHj3L-TS-WMJKu1I5kKWZegVMuwKNdVmgkSxlLZXgkRnHQCf1btjs_Q/w426-h640/Anthem%20Brewery.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">After sampling some nice stouts, we settled in for a quiet evening.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Day 5, waking to 36 degrees and sunny was a bit better but still chilly. I-40 was, well is just I-40, lots of trucks but nothing else. As we traveled east we noticed more green. Red buds were in bloom as well as a few Dogwoods. Maybe, just maybe, spring will greet us when we get home. Our stop for the night was <i>Petit Jean State Park </i>in Arkansas. Finally we could sip wine while sitting outside.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClvJAc6fC7idsyiga41BJpBQEDFa7uduxic_kQ5BKBzAE9FKh3gzvSBWF_hGHZbHroi5lWM8xxoV6zOd4Zv3SMS3T8pk4q04YKgpM6swuin8Kzh9G-C0ne8dVNjwJfKQILio7xkBBXFH21XQGPnJwKrDAi3-MLMg9Iv3JVWek4hM0m3Q6Ere4r6oqCg/s4032/8A6615D7-4177-4D44-9DBA-3F492D94CA1E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClvJAc6fC7idsyiga41BJpBQEDFa7uduxic_kQ5BKBzAE9FKh3gzvSBWF_hGHZbHroi5lWM8xxoV6zOd4Zv3SMS3T8pk4q04YKgpM6swuin8Kzh9G-C0ne8dVNjwJfKQILio7xkBBXFH21XQGPnJwKrDAi3-MLMg9Iv3JVWek4hM0m3Q6Ere4r6oqCg/w640-h480/8A6615D7-4177-4D44-9DBA-3F492D94CA1E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It truly is a small, quiet, lovely state park. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Day 6 brought in the clouds and 48 degree wake-up temperature, Having traveled the I-40 to I-55 route probably a hundred times over the years, we decided on a different route and avoided Little Rock and Memphis. It was an easier drive with less traffic but the scenery </span><span style="text-align: left;">was pretty much the same, flat farmland. Arriving at the Walmart in </span><span style="text-align: left;">Blytheville with about a dozen 18-wheelers, the temperature was 71 </span><span style="text-align: left;">degrees. Now that is what we have driven across the country to find!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Arriving home on Friday morning, we enjoyed sunny temperatures in the 70s. We rushed to unload the essentials before the predicted storms with tornado potentials arrived. Yes, spring has arrived! </span></div></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><i><br style="text-align: left;" /></i></div></div></span></div></div>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-38203858875244559042023-03-26T08:34:00.001-05:002023-03-26T08:34:49.574-05:00Back to our favorite Arizona state park.<p><span style="font-size: large;">We would like to say our 10 days at Catalina State Park near Tucson was paradisiacal but actually it was disappointing. Thank you, Mother nature!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeQ43QKvd9ZfEMxiUvmgyXfsN6G1m5JMqTQ6HGTjedvmfEBS9fz-eY6ZxqlV3AbaQrbahCGtGt2ih_Uuz4Sm-pqEg5lqzpv1Tw6Z3PiqbPZyGDvtQVXJ3gEOcqP7gGWKLYlPOBWq-tdZFEGLcpwC-coYBgPdn-TDGX5KV1wJ-n8_g8uK0pjmk27ygLw/s800/Mexican%20Poppies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeQ43QKvd9ZfEMxiUvmgyXfsN6G1m5JMqTQ6HGTjedvmfEBS9fz-eY6ZxqlV3AbaQrbahCGtGt2ih_Uuz4Sm-pqEg5lqzpv1Tw6Z3PiqbPZyGDvtQVXJ3gEOcqP7gGWKLYlPOBWq-tdZFEGLcpwC-coYBgPdn-TDGX5KV1wJ-n8_g8uK0pjmk27ygLw/w640-h480/Mexican%20Poppies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">While we were able to hike most days, it was rather cool, windy and wet.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We would start off bundled up,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUGk4qioiZEvXbr1ovxq1qTds5K6chVNFRF1LjgJzqDY1jwo9kbM2XWKuKFJGocY3_7ZbqIacbd1bX_kyF-17ebKW-127INiCjHsYygkZA_VSzzXcIRrCViNpLwDX431XOKcJ8WJWmuDA5m4N_kb7hQfn8RDDnYt1xT1GDqi8e5R_cStjxSLt9kvO_A/s800/bundled%20up.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUGk4qioiZEvXbr1ovxq1qTds5K6chVNFRF1LjgJzqDY1jwo9kbM2XWKuKFJGocY3_7ZbqIacbd1bX_kyF-17ebKW-127INiCjHsYygkZA_VSzzXcIRrCViNpLwDX431XOKcJ8WJWmuDA5m4N_kb7hQfn8RDDnYt1xT1GDqi8e5R_cStjxSLt9kvO_A/w480-h640/bundled%20up.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">after a mile or so, we were taking it off.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdoRNoy-U-GviQG1a62nrk1IdkkrAbHRostx9CBc1cSu34WXSE1SlzDcmWfKU_HZodESh0Eih-cbrtEUecYiCmPosuRxdisvU2aESMaQVVx4YhL3GYW0DjkMJuI7s25yEbeZgqUJNcLfeT2AHKoGaodFsHzn-sbvUNpEUbEyUKBYY89ZXExO3Ctcw6A/s800/taking%20it%20off.jpg" style="font-size: medium; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">A fire in the summer of 2020 left it's footprint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_hgxfQQJUAssdWLccoSddPtZ3kWwIvCql53Yn-Ad821xXm_AcGHpHLUUbVhYWkmcwpMEvCRFNjA9i7OBfqAqbwi-ZepBmUDvkr7XvYuer6qGmjHgfRlHmvThHv5xDgcdRdBVZfSQAyYGlpuxR4Gbn2jLVrLMQVUmH7IHhYC-3EO0ybR1nOUoiPdc_g/s800/fire%20devestation.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_hgxfQQJUAssdWLccoSddPtZ3kWwIvCql53Yn-Ad821xXm_AcGHpHLUUbVhYWkmcwpMEvCRFNjA9i7OBfqAqbwi-ZepBmUDvkr7XvYuer6qGmjHgfRlHmvThHv5xDgcdRdBVZfSQAyYGlpuxR4Gbn2jLVrLMQVUmH7IHhYC-3EO0ybR1nOUoiPdc_g/w640-h480/fire%20devestation.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our favorite hike, about a 5-mile roundtrip trek from our camp site was </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">Dripping Springs.</i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZOgGZnIVEUwGX91rA-cSbsKD57L2tTbrVzY0NfMZEdOZnDFX2YDV1faqFIZ3aSCnFNuCj5d5cV9LDSdBH-ivmyu4d_UApzFsUQvavkXjyNXu8jUFox9tWpZ-ha6OoSLlWyqdLjeQf7mfvXbfEtM2fuJPGe1z9YAIZXX_3lK9_YDX9mIPQq8yQuE3bA/w480-h640/IMG_2082.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">especially those from our travels, like Nancy from Estes Park, CO whom we first met at Catalina in 2020. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oOUq5skgNt_4Xx9AkithjCrNhDdnI2x7uFRnGOoyOI-ge9_SVS8LM8pcVnBMF9ZExTw5SVBEm_f421aY62Ofj21YYXJ6RCtpL8GZWTMX8a-CC-CNVmZ0nPEqfD2jC8RikcUMvFwPCnEAYqHzdqZXaZ5l14O3CQMVscwY06mwislRyVpcemJLbL0aSA/s800/With%20Nancy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oOUq5skgNt_4Xx9AkithjCrNhDdnI2x7uFRnGOoyOI-ge9_SVS8LM8pcVnBMF9ZExTw5SVBEm_f421aY62Ofj21YYXJ6RCtpL8GZWTMX8a-CC-CNVmZ0nPEqfD2jC8RikcUMvFwPCnEAYqHzdqZXaZ5l14O3CQMVscwY06mwislRyVpcemJLbL0aSA/w640-h480/With%20Nancy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">(We missed Bruce who was under-the-weather.)</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Catalina State Park </i>is conveniently located across the highway from Oro Valley Marketplace which, to ABN's delight hosted an Art and Craft Festival.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We are headed home to long showers, heated porch, haircut (for one of us), individual space, <i>Mellow Mushroom/Dry Ground, </i>Tipsy Tuesday, fast internet and in-person church. Give us a few months and we will be yearning to get away from home maintenance, constant internet and TV, heat and humidity, yard/garden work and neighborhood construction. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p></div>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-15285943465104388932023-03-19T10:17:00.033-05:002023-03-20T08:16:29.812-05:00Finally Delightful Weather<p><span style="font-size: large;">With warmer temperatures, less wind and plenty of sunshine, we had a most pleasant stay at <i>Lost Dutchman State Park </i>near Apache Junction, Arizona.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zmG4_N7qP2ryIMbHutTZn-uwbw9cWgBC4QEfhJfmzweY0eFggmq4fPD16nUaIJpXX_YaQ2exrsGynU_CY1I2HQMXqoQgkks5VD66pAhtxGG4YWEaxF-DdHA_9q4HKD-27ok3cwYQItkDH3W7Am3QXYoMWltH7SbqJ2ArwVTZCLbcyKDuX4xB0VsFqQ/w640-h480/IMG_1910.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nearby <i>Usery Mountain Recreation Area </i>also has nice hiking trails.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRL54KbmcqVmJG7AjhKccduPM9WVJOIhEbDlEIT3Zr0u2lSK_taHPxYOd4fcphteZ-X0PEmeSq8Hy5c_GiFj1VhWUKLTV_PEOEvKyOOe1fh7QGv93pIbDkbepgU_Z438jGpdsD1tKwnCZt-1Egey3kAcya_hdxedQFNuQEjCR3djXMiXHlZqJ9ch-_w/s2048/8F2A3ECA-A351-47E2-BE14-B78270DFCD4F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">While we loved the hiking, hanging out with friends and family was the best part.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">You may remember our friends, Steve and Adele, from previous posts, most recently <a href="http://livingrichlyinretirement.blogspot.com/2023/03/you-just-cant-visit-you-have-to.html" target="_blank">Bisbee</a>. They most graciously shared with us their winter home and life in Gold Canyon where we made new friends.</span></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmprQg5Stcy_nj8fL-T-ofxcT301Gtz_hiQFYSrCKz6Ioa-yPcLLoEsrtedEFwmVPa4a2SYMAbda23_XHVnkQXBkyJhRv452fDq2PSodXJxkMKhoGAEAAxUOieTRGs0z_pUmVNdFI3mSv8LZuipjrG63TiI_N6lwpGpnoY3_CijBCCKfJ_p_FO_6xKA/s640/roof%20top.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmprQg5Stcy_nj8fL-T-ofxcT301Gtz_hiQFYSrCKz6Ioa-yPcLLoEsrtedEFwmVPa4a2SYMAbda23_XHVnkQXBkyJhRv452fDq2PSodXJxkMKhoGAEAAxUOieTRGs0z_pUmVNdFI3mSv8LZuipjrG63TiI_N6lwpGpnoY3_CijBCCKfJ_p_FO_6xKA/w640-h480/roof%20top.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">with Rick and Paula from Grants Pass, Oregon on the Jackson's rooftop deck<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtyrl4uPB2416J0z1VxJOlFAC1pJMxlqPzPkA8s7xXTciI2dt09JJ8JsMRTjfIzyXTnqqb4dhoYsdwW-62_lM9mIVGaqyimBgy738nbXJnr4mKDCc6lcUMp_pD6a4ggZnDn1i8STLBO5JY-2Ze9DAHDwfR6imM9L3OQTcmaNmPlJcVw2sHpN0Okvoig/s800/wine%20tasting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtyrl4uPB2416J0z1VxJOlFAC1pJMxlqPzPkA8s7xXTciI2dt09JJ8JsMRTjfIzyXTnqqb4dhoYsdwW-62_lM9mIVGaqyimBgy738nbXJnr4mKDCc6lcUMp_pD6a4ggZnDn1i8STLBO5JY-2Ze9DAHDwfR6imM9L3OQTcmaNmPlJcVw2sHpN0Okvoig/w640-h480/wine%20tasting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A blind wine tasting at our camp site.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9_MHi8zLEFKvy4T5pjqJfbEfSSxCJj1BD2lf4G7gXnuVaNBROVJTRoMX-tPfNr0cx4_1pUfXAKdPQmzrVZXxoXZ2sW-S4WxTsBSR9PN-O6rhUbuyC9VYFwv4k59OUflaHePZGL01Dd5Gm-DZO84BAIOor4pZPfAbsfLX05bfSwWx511BwucOiXGdfw/s800/campfire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9_MHi8zLEFKvy4T5pjqJfbEfSSxCJj1BD2lf4G7gXnuVaNBROVJTRoMX-tPfNr0cx4_1pUfXAKdPQmzrVZXxoXZ2sW-S4WxTsBSR9PN-O6rhUbuyC9VYFwv4k59OUflaHePZGL01Dd5Gm-DZO84BAIOor4pZPfAbsfLX05bfSwWx511BwucOiXGdfw/w640-h482/campfire.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sister time is always special. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaVbS8Sa9WQcdWms0fdyWzfeseicG-TwvZ3vu984vqEkiVpbvQKNEMD8ktT-fonw8xbn6WmEryVd6xsGULNu8TquHT8Gc5dectbTWZ5GUKUGOQraPjqzobIW_I-tVVRUIh23K08bH5Nn9wvpCE4CAla_2mzUxtXf1glpzX2vvCncEU2kYE3q7S3_-xw/s1340/8DECF0DF-AB3B-4585-AD4E-098F571190F7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1205" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaVbS8Sa9WQcdWms0fdyWzfeseicG-TwvZ3vu984vqEkiVpbvQKNEMD8ktT-fonw8xbn6WmEryVd6xsGULNu8TquHT8Gc5dectbTWZ5GUKUGOQraPjqzobIW_I-tVVRUIh23K08bH5Nn9wvpCE4CAla_2mzUxtXf1glpzX2vvCncEU2kYE3q7S3_-xw/w576-h640/8DECF0DF-AB3B-4585-AD4E-098F571190F7.jpeg" width="576" /></a></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sister Mary with husband, Steve</span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mary also has that "Brooks' gardening gene," but her style is totally different than ABN's.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4SzjnR2Zwf0nx3F8ziIo4AkF4zUdlr7suPo6VH0XCz2p7JdeI_ylnzvWajGEo5hWK62BPn_yAMG64bUrKtrF6nB-L8_ce4khVwn9skm_n0OHVTCpyEhvT-UNwtC5xDYuhj7fdexoIihRMYHhf5EJLEBLkRWOk7IcJkiScHF75PWEE992DKFKYdjFcA/s800/landscape%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4SzjnR2Zwf0nx3F8ziIo4AkF4zUdlr7suPo6VH0XCz2p7JdeI_ylnzvWajGEo5hWK62BPn_yAMG64bUrKtrF6nB-L8_ce4khVwn9skm_n0OHVTCpyEhvT-UNwtC5xDYuhj7fdexoIihRMYHhf5EJLEBLkRWOk7IcJkiScHF75PWEE992DKFKYdjFcA/w640-h480/landscape%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrNiTuIKKDTU7FaaKdasIqzvYs_e86angwnUFvw4uoNq2B96Mf-kCc6Rg7UkE7wB-ua0mU3FHLP-iNa9ND2TrkLdd9i-Vz7cJ2EnhEgn2hgqED8JfvP2ZRC3sb4iSNZ4w3PrHL66ofnW78Rm5-EKpo_VmqVXMVb5OozGy07Zd1OOKEu8qfd9ZO8ed_Q/s800/landscape%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrNiTuIKKDTU7FaaKdasIqzvYs_e86angwnUFvw4uoNq2B96Mf-kCc6Rg7UkE7wB-ua0mU3FHLP-iNa9ND2TrkLdd9i-Vz7cJ2EnhEgn2hgqED8JfvP2ZRC3sb4iSNZ4w3PrHL66ofnW78Rm5-EKpo_VmqVXMVb5OozGy07Zd1OOKEu8qfd9ZO8ed_Q/w640-h480/landscape%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Currently we are enjoying nice temperatures, fantastic hiking and slow, intermittent cell service/internet connections. And that is why we are just now posting last week's stay in Lost Dutchman. We can usually get a good connection before 8:00 a.m., after that it is almost non-existent. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-75604894415741415462023-03-13T17:52:00.000-05:002023-03-13T17:52:02.489-05:00Patagonia Lake State Park<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Leaving Bisbee, we stopped at Patagonia Lake State Park </span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoCIIoa9WYXSi3qVivnU0qnxW6Le8GGsgKkBczbJFmKPRNM1_zbF4maAHKI57Yjt-svC9zEthUAmV51-1z0XDzIa7FebvgQMxs-oiWX9fEYuqmRI34FdPqaQzzMXehl9tZg9mNGjKkDsomac0QEHYEiZw3XH4wR4-Vvuuec8S8hZvjF2DauJVhSsH0A/s4032/5E7F32F3-2BA2-4F12-A2B9-8AF4FE186F25.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoCIIoa9WYXSi3qVivnU0qnxW6Le8GGsgKkBczbJFmKPRNM1_zbF4maAHKI57Yjt-svC9zEthUAmV51-1z0XDzIa7FebvgQMxs-oiWX9fEYuqmRI34FdPqaQzzMXehl9tZg9mNGjKkDsomac0QEHYEiZw3XH4wR4-Vvuuec8S8hZvjF2DauJVhSsH0A/w640-h480/5E7F32F3-2BA2-4F12-A2B9-8AF4FE186F25.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">for a couple of days. It is a lovely place to relax and do a bit of hiking and is in close proximity to the Sonoita area wineries.</span><p></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">By mid morning the temperature had warmed enough for an easy, pleasant and muddy 3.5 mile hike along Sonoita Creek</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrOSqx1EHUiFDMsIaOtA6D2LyqzLezM96t_qn1oyB7ProgUr2Paim4OhNFI5C4c5JwUdw7h96Pa8CrfKFTt1dJ40YwB2sbNCiLT3KuGzBHvZp9ZPnZDGO7TJwyvV6xOij8wM-HV0LOaYCjlPCOwdqEw2KKkJexBddlZjW4gtR0dIpiBKb4CvKjmFqEQ/s4032/D904DB47-A7AC-4A99-8166-4AA04AA0826B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrOSqx1EHUiFDMsIaOtA6D2LyqzLezM96t_qn1oyB7ProgUr2Paim4OhNFI5C4c5JwUdw7h96Pa8CrfKFTt1dJ40YwB2sbNCiLT3KuGzBHvZp9ZPnZDGO7TJwyvV6xOij8wM-HV0LOaYCjlPCOwdqEw2KKkJexBddlZjW4gtR0dIpiBKb4CvKjmFqEQ/w640-h480/D904DB47-A7AC-4A99-8166-4AA04AA0826B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Revisiting a few wineries and the Copper Hop Ranch Brewery from previous years, we were disappointed to find not many folks were out on a sunny, yet windy Friday afternoon. However, Frank at Arizona Hops and Vines was out with all his glory.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_R4bs_uXT93mhB-iHP3Wj0de6sO5rk3RtSbL9Jz45akxb79CvW4WyiU83PVYtUwlc0df5Gpah_uGEanHcHa20zk_ZmaxxFoTm4UciXjwmnPZcs50zh8GJp3Ah4wRAa6veO-BLNCF3zgaw--kn8C_5JppxM-wrnzaRulakgiWj7ej0jDULs1HnbvPWVQ/s4032/ED5D2EEC-B5B3-4ADF-B0E2-3656B3E57DF8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_R4bs_uXT93mhB-iHP3Wj0de6sO5rk3RtSbL9Jz45akxb79CvW4WyiU83PVYtUwlc0df5Gpah_uGEanHcHa20zk_ZmaxxFoTm4UciXjwmnPZcs50zh8GJp3Ah4wRAa6veO-BLNCF3zgaw--kn8C_5JppxM-wrnzaRulakgiWj7ej0jDULs1HnbvPWVQ/w480-h640/ED5D2EEC-B5B3-4ADF-B0E2-3656B3E57DF8.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Back at the Patagonia Lake we took a short walk over the bridge</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHAYeqYp1iM_oouEU_ShBUmfblOjmXlDSboWWzH9Sri-uARqt-8rL2RL65aS3quv0srWM_PPcuBE2dNW2g7BpX3JrXWLGO1ibpVyQoobIv9oAahY605JE3QNreqv_NfjcpNWiV2_6W2x67-TzOwmut1cgoyZU_HmCoHKGYLfIqcRJtd4TSExJ2NHSHg/s4032/91DEFEEE-7310-4E4B-8146-39D3DA45048F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHAYeqYp1iM_oouEU_ShBUmfblOjmXlDSboWWzH9Sri-uARqt-8rL2RL65aS3quv0srWM_PPcuBE2dNW2g7BpX3JrXWLGO1ibpVyQoobIv9oAahY605JE3QNreqv_NfjcpNWiV2_6W2x67-TzOwmut1cgoyZU_HmCoHKGYLfIqcRJtd4TSExJ2NHSHg/w480-h640/91DEFEEE-7310-4E4B-8146-39D3DA45048F.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and around the campground</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Taking advantage of the sunshine and calmer breeze, we had our evening wine outdoors.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXIvHq2fXMnyRLC3txmvmCI-N4SYDa-CD-I6bRzCoDkTAJF1Y4wyiHrqy8qtIuLBx6YE6e5VNNuirdW-dkKw4tHTBfkwDUU1UMyNXXxcoPWSO3v-h1mgMUyhX5dX_yHhhFjtu878BEv82jp5QLDr5nHbYelKoCdf-nZkondopzLPqgDyJH8r_MZHaPA/s4032/7238A2F1-ED96-4075-9DE0-7AFEE1614426.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXIvHq2fXMnyRLC3txmvmCI-N4SYDa-CD-I6bRzCoDkTAJF1Y4wyiHrqy8qtIuLBx6YE6e5VNNuirdW-dkKw4tHTBfkwDUU1UMyNXXxcoPWSO3v-h1mgMUyhX5dX_yHhhFjtu878BEv82jp5QLDr5nHbYelKoCdf-nZkondopzLPqgDyJH8r_MZHaPA/w640-h480/7238A2F1-ED96-4075-9DE0-7AFEE1614426.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">If you ever want to go “where the WiFi is weak” consider Patagonia Lake State Park in Arizona. It is also considered to be one of the best places for bird watching in the world.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We left Patagonia Lake about a week ago but due to a very busy week here in Lost Dutchman State Park we are just now getting the blog updated. More about that later</span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span></p>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-50391696574796183342023-03-02T10:09:00.014-06:002023-03-02T10:18:07.584-06:00A place you just can’t “visit”, you have to experience it.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_p5nM7Tsywx5_cs2hn3C-Ii48S5niqTLQsUcXzchM952sz-QH7YmUw2DN79BbT7R76-Dr7B5GEO_QvFRJrWMXRSAF-ZdEJSlvLulonD7u3YNN_IX6GSngP3469vMeBv0dw9618BV_Pe9RqENYg5bG_dZPRsRZzPRwgFZ7NRd0D8sybv-Cc-CdY4ECvQ/s769/title.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="769" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_p5nM7Tsywx5_cs2hn3C-Ii48S5niqTLQsUcXzchM952sz-QH7YmUw2DN79BbT7R76-Dr7B5GEO_QvFRJrWMXRSAF-ZdEJSlvLulonD7u3YNN_IX6GSngP3469vMeBv0dw9618BV_Pe9RqENYg5bG_dZPRsRZzPRwgFZ7NRd0D8sybv-Cc-CdY4ECvQ/w640-h312/title.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="Body"><br /></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">What draws us to return year after year to this quirky, little
bohemian town is the colorful little houses scattered over the hill side, the
unconventional residents, random art throughout the town, numerous music venues
with varied genres and finding the unexpected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRltmU0gxw5bhNQFGnIJ2XaiFBcQw_ljhWluo3ZrPn-YFhAzmc2MN8Fsms0zj5xnXsiqcyuhcRaKjSjyzWbFxVmIly7jYOJ5AdJTrugYsYCPZaM4PiZQn853A3uLWtTxZ7tkM3HKPeau8djfYfO7wvkx5wh7k7UnrskU6Yf0BagT7opdjH9rVSs_vLQ/s3264/Bruce.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRltmU0gxw5bhNQFGnIJ2XaiFBcQw_ljhWluo3ZrPn-YFhAzmc2MN8Fsms0zj5xnXsiqcyuhcRaKjSjyzWbFxVmIly7jYOJ5AdJTrugYsYCPZaM4PiZQn853A3uLWtTxZ7tkM3HKPeau8djfYfO7wvkx5wh7k7UnrskU6Yf0BagT7opdjH9rVSs_vLQ/s320/Bruce.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Returning after a four year hiatus, we were sad to learn our
self-described hippie friend, Bruce, had passed away. Bruce was the first
person we met on our inaugural visit. He introduced us to the music venues
throughout the town.</span></span><p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPD6HXrN-v4lcZ-M40BGY6sJxxBm1rAEmlac-EuRyAeRDqaUrpKkFyiC5W9kS_rXVRUD8n5CtSTSl-r2ToJPnjiCXY8lpHFnsuS3fJ-WIiMWV3uQGvC-kKXfY-5snXcIdE0yNVr3yZQZcRfzmDiCwyh4Qfqal1CjLZu51zwDbNScnYBByrIJxfahpiw/s432/Keith%20with%20suitcase%20guitar.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="359" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPD6HXrN-v4lcZ-M40BGY6sJxxBm1rAEmlac-EuRyAeRDqaUrpKkFyiC5W9kS_rXVRUD8n5CtSTSl-r2ToJPnjiCXY8lpHFnsuS3fJ-WIiMWV3uQGvC-kKXfY-5snXcIdE0yNVr3yZQZcRfzmDiCwyh4Qfqal1CjLZu51zwDbNScnYBByrIJxfahpiw/s320/Keith%20with%20suitcase%20guitar.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Through Bruce, we met Keith (aka The Blues Wizard,) whom we
learned has recently moved to Mississippi.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
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<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhW6-8x-GkRx-pioZrmv88u_yjPpskdkkscHcuhlLwKmBxMHw5xsjYje_vesKZm4KAnpHry8CYDSuvUOtf5OcZWd152Ud7aKWArV4CAcKmJM43eWillVMO9KCH0RcwfgE7GCqaa5PvCvz2S1XVAEjO8cbj-xh34AlXshRuWqvKjgi66iOxi3rp24mPA/s800/Jesus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhW6-8x-GkRx-pioZrmv88u_yjPpskdkkscHcuhlLwKmBxMHw5xsjYje_vesKZm4KAnpHry8CYDSuvUOtf5OcZWd152Ud7aKWArV4CAcKmJM43eWillVMO9KCH0RcwfgE7GCqaa5PvCvz2S1XVAEjO8cbj-xh34AlXshRuWqvKjgi66iOxi3rp24mPA/s320/Jesus.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Also, no longer in Bisbee is the blonde, blue eyed Jesus.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="Body"><br /></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">We found music choices were limited to only a couple of venues
during the weekend. The <i>Stock Exchange </i>closed after the owner had died
and <i>The Copper Queen was </i>doing a private event. But <i>The Grand </i>continues
to have music Thursday thru Saturday.</span></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fXpzdZcGH4C_votxXZxrd_jCd6qrqYVbVFoph3xc3-MtjSlYpYF9puNSVRAxAMdAfnFClD44UvK-n6SB716BNyc6hwB488N6tRBOChXG97sLL_Bjy2q3POOfHP6qnqkqkEfIt-AcFqYmKBJe_B1GRz4CKVz7aSYW6QDfKtgpFF9238U79RWvUIa3sg/s800/The%20Grand.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="800" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fXpzdZcGH4C_votxXZxrd_jCd6qrqYVbVFoph3xc3-MtjSlYpYF9puNSVRAxAMdAfnFClD44UvK-n6SB716BNyc6hwB488N6tRBOChXG97sLL_Bjy2q3POOfHP6qnqkqkEfIt-AcFqYmKBJe_B1GRz4CKVz7aSYW6QDfKtgpFF9238U79RWvUIa3sg/w400-h270/The%20Grand.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: left;">We miss the folk style we enjoyed on previous visits.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="Body"><br /></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">The vibe in Bisbee has also changed as it is becoming quite the
tourist attraction, with which many of the residents are not pleased. Overheard
in a conversation </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">(ABN is prone to eavesdrop on occasion)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"> affordable rent is
hard to come by as houses are increasingly turning to more lucrative short term
rentals aka AirBnB and VRBO.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Meeting up with friends, Steve and Adele from Colorado, we
revisited some of our favorite hangouts. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Like </span><i style="font-family: arial;">The Grand</i></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjght9KSy0tE0weZjWDc4z0pRIDMVN2X2Zgi7NFtSebGn3JLytWw-OnOqfNLsA_xkUXM16PoAZM8Z2rMC0ncQbGL1hFz9uabMmq7SzcdGf6w0J16E-e_0sTbR5ZmT7w20s8zRi-EcV8l4OIySrvWyG_OtXZHO3ZAFaM9u2sqnadPeAJq6SblOnLuor0Zg/s800/1573_0010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjght9KSy0tE0weZjWDc4z0pRIDMVN2X2Zgi7NFtSebGn3JLytWw-OnOqfNLsA_xkUXM16PoAZM8Z2rMC0ncQbGL1hFz9uabMmq7SzcdGf6w0J16E-e_0sTbR5ZmT7w20s8zRi-EcV8l4OIySrvWyG_OtXZHO3ZAFaM9u2sqnadPeAJq6SblOnLuor0Zg/w640-h480/1573_0010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">and the </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bisbee Coffee Company</span></i><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"> </i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">where ABN overheard a conversation about capitalism </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(the speakers
were not in favor.)</span></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">And, of course, the “hike to the cross.” ABN, knowing the hike
was above her current level of fitness, decided to wander around town as Captain
led our friends. Well, it should be said “he attempted to lead.” His 10+
year-old boots had blowouts before they reached the cross.</span></p>
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<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Taking the recommendation from “new friends” we met at </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">The Grand,
</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">passing the Lavender Copper Mine,</span></p>
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Wanderer </i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">when it is time for her retirement?</span></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Bisbee locals seem to think <i>The Hitching Post </i>over in
the Warren district is a great venue for music.</span></p>
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to be quite at home and the two dogs paid no attention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Being so close to the Mexican Border, it seemed reasonable to
check out “the wall” in Naco.</span></p>
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time for chores, like laundry. How convenient to find a laundry next to a
Brewery. The <i>Electric Brewery</i> hosts a
craft group every Tuesday. While Captain did the laundry, ABN slow stitched and visited with the locals. Perfect! (for ABN.)</span></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7vTkQ3Cja-e-YVipMIo3wafHs9OP5yrzULfpLx3yJCvE8E3eSeITPhw_BqBl90qn7BrcxZdTsbQ17MX6EYKOHHBX2Ugl15M427u9bSOG1P8RfM3iVtVYcSRk6p4vUCvVa0AegIf_4WDwZVFxzfvgQ5CLEyO8-P5HztdnKPuNCE4XARLyeDqxVTbciQ/s960/slow%20stitching.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7vTkQ3Cja-e-YVipMIo3wafHs9OP5yrzULfpLx3yJCvE8E3eSeITPhw_BqBl90qn7BrcxZdTsbQ17MX6EYKOHHBX2Ugl15M427u9bSOG1P8RfM3iVtVYcSRk6p4vUCvVa0AegIf_4WDwZVFxzfvgQ5CLEyO8-P5HztdnKPuNCE4XARLyeDqxVTbciQ/w640-h480/slow%20stitching.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="Body"><br /></p><p class="Body"><br /></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">To truly experience Bisbee, one has to walk; and walk we did.
Starting out with no plan or destination, we just wandered. At times we found
ourselves above the town</span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and at other times we found no street, just steps.</span></p>
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close to 25 miles over the week. Keep in mind, in these miles were many stairs
and hills.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Walking around Bisbee, this is what we found. (We tried to not
duplicate photos from previous trips. If you want to see more photos of Bisbee,
click on the links below.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsrlm5blEna1yi-RkjCF4T7c4D5cr7UxzFDtI1tUkmSQKh0m6lmGNZALZlwpL5HCpxEzcP0aEGSzEAl2odzumYM3D0_s1bc9p_m8JG7_1y7IYCwZ8n6R60g23N_RLNzbhoWcmGgB-tjoLB7Xps8J-M1aU8wO3mTfFgEyeYnyIaBSDEJu2dNhfIbBJsw/s800/IMG_5928.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsrlm5blEna1yi-RkjCF4T7c4D5cr7UxzFDtI1tUkmSQKh0m6lmGNZALZlwpL5HCpxEzcP0aEGSzEAl2odzumYM3D0_s1bc9p_m8JG7_1y7IYCwZ8n6R60g23N_RLNzbhoWcmGgB-tjoLB7Xps8J-M1aU8wO3mTfFgEyeYnyIaBSDEJu2dNhfIbBJsw/w640-h480/IMG_5928.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7HuS5WRk76WYSfM_FbeiW5AWRzZcHg68YKDXqYFpbWxaDUCh8C7yNCjykYAJ5Fgh1m3_c3sj0yh5QxcPWBMWNdE3eown8AsjPERyX696DoN4HtCtXYsTwb1LjNz-o-eBjQxZL1Q4dXeJ8rl-uccjTR_vCJmEcEKdeX04vkfDgLsH3Tr2cl4Kd0RLAg/s800/camper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Waking up to about 1 inch of snow this morning, we decided it is
time to leave Bisbee.</span></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKHkdh6o2SkOGhU84Tmn-I04qqW88nfFw1hDFmjBmGLfyqbXvahUlLP90PCBhjust_XCuAr-hSLiRscUC03dlYqoFelWmPYEUP6f12dxP_295PLuwa-q2g2W7TJ7xbuFFv0ef6QgmfiCVrcQc5-V_TGJe8496OJ9v3tp9jEL8Pw1N4Uuwt010wBZ6CA/s800/Snow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKHkdh6o2SkOGhU84Tmn-I04qqW88nfFw1hDFmjBmGLfyqbXvahUlLP90PCBhjust_XCuAr-hSLiRscUC03dlYqoFelWmPYEUP6f12dxP_295PLuwa-q2g2W7TJ7xbuFFv0ef6QgmfiCVrcQc5-V_TGJe8496OJ9v3tp9jEL8Pw1N4Uuwt010wBZ6CA/w640-h480/Snow.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">For more photos of Bisbee, click <a href="http://here.">here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.discoverbisbee.com/" target="_blank">Discover Bisbee Visitor’s Guide</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Please excuse the
inconsistency of the text in this post. Could be issues with the Blogger host
or (probably) user deficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-45131284486366114862023-02-24T00:07:00.000-06:002023-02-24T00:07:14.183-06:00A little sunshine and a little adventure<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">as we wandered across Texas.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8gSmJAEOKJMJWUuHrGDPd7kg-VBr6P5rfyoMlfvZbkNJ5mPqWI31Kzj2f846PyQg3MingFK3XMSFqFOklkcbQ72biYqJ8HlpSdjsKHDmenhKpTxtVP6TzEaUs-89TGWleLfu1UVjuAJPvrEMndI9Oej4Z8OO7T-IJ5Dkpjgo1eu1X41dvaXjSvC-ug/s800/Texas%20flag%20speed%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="800" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8gSmJAEOKJMJWUuHrGDPd7kg-VBr6P5rfyoMlfvZbkNJ5mPqWI31Kzj2f846PyQg3MingFK3XMSFqFOklkcbQ72biYqJ8HlpSdjsKHDmenhKpTxtVP6TzEaUs-89TGWleLfu1UVjuAJPvrEMndI9Oej4Z8OO7T-IJ5Dkpjgo1eu1X41dvaXjSvC-ug/w400-h245/Texas%20flag%20speed%20sign.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Leaving College Station, we wandered through Austin and Texas
Hill Country <i>(aka Texas Wine Trail)</i>. Along the way we met up with an old
friend.</span><p></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>In Fredericksburg we pulled off the road into the parking lot of
<i>Messina Hof Winery</i>, anticipating a glass of their </span><i>High Plains Malbec.</i></span></p><p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEtuoc6gLBS7orrcEy_W8OpcEtVBHhSmKlpSAW--Nt76GlAIMJfDyUM3ZeMQVy3GUFhsOLOTGMJRlt50GHWmWoxZalWdDVW7HadK2M0zBBoCTNY0AW9hDpCEoC0OnuKtXjcw5XTuhDfUDBYtc5X4WrKmQhN7lALmuB8vffjlxApCrpRlxw56JMgxq-Q/s800/Messina%20Hoff.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="800" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEtuoc6gLBS7orrcEy_W8OpcEtVBHhSmKlpSAW--Nt76GlAIMJfDyUM3ZeMQVy3GUFhsOLOTGMJRlt50GHWmWoxZalWdDVW7HadK2M0zBBoCTNY0AW9hDpCEoC0OnuKtXjcw5XTuhDfUDBYtc5X4WrKmQhN7lALmuB8vffjlxApCrpRlxw56JMgxq-Q/w640-h554/Messina%20Hoff.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfp2lmmjVDWM6x0D1ZIfATB84MTJxFYwJqDINebIbuuInhmkQgfhH_UWnKaEJTzdoatfL2SOwWjJBR_LDq8EjdrPIA9UJLK6IagsexF8-0lkCnkUJfaN9a2V2yeA5i8kd-G8juyv1MojVGkPHfAUqdE-E-fn27XNpFc_CgsAocMFMLRA3AUghlP9Sag/s800/Closed%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfp2lmmjVDWM6x0D1ZIfATB84MTJxFYwJqDINebIbuuInhmkQgfhH_UWnKaEJTzdoatfL2SOwWjJBR_LDq8EjdrPIA9UJLK6IagsexF8-0lkCnkUJfaN9a2V2yeA5i8kd-G8juyv1MojVGkPHfAUqdE-E-fn27XNpFc_CgsAocMFMLRA3AUghlP9Sag/w275-h400/Closed%20sign.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;">However we were allowed to spend the night in their parking lot.
Have you ever been a spectator to a party to which you were not invited? Yeah,
not much fun.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>We heard the </span><i>Grey Mule Saloon </i><span>down the road a bit (280
miles or so) in Fort Stockton served some outstanding wines from </span><i>Mesa
Vineyards. </i><span>So next morning we hopped on I-10 and headed to Fort Stockton.</span></span></p><p class="Body"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkctpoLdx-aXO4VqGO_WJI8EsWAAn4UYu1RgP6QzYJhF7F7E63BiNtDMDXfoXdJoNJPLRqAbHTNT784NiB83qIF6aaCFHT0Yp7z55RhUA_Mt9pZrw_xrWyAxcj7Rw84NAEM_D5pIJgg-_VQ0ETJRywmiwnxeVccCPGfIGXaZzQS_ky8wyfv3N11XxuQ/s1920/Nothing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkctpoLdx-aXO4VqGO_WJI8EsWAAn4UYu1RgP6QzYJhF7F7E63BiNtDMDXfoXdJoNJPLRqAbHTNT784NiB83qIF6aaCFHT0Yp7z55RhUA_Mt9pZrw_xrWyAxcj7Rw84NAEM_D5pIJgg-_VQ0ETJRywmiwnxeVccCPGfIGXaZzQS_ky8wyfv3N11XxuQ/w640-h480/Nothing.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I-10 in West Texas</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>Parking </span><i>The Wanderer </i><span>at the </span><i>Event Center</i></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;">After a quick tour around town </span><span>(that would be Main Street,) </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>we
headed back to </span><i>The Wanderer. </i><span>To our delight, a couple from Canada was
also parked at the </span><i>Event Center. </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span>We had a nice chat with Serge and Sandy,
sharing tales of travel, body part replacements, and differences in health care
in our respective countries.</span></span></p>
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crossing </span><s>the border into Mexico</s></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> . </span></p>
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<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxAnS5ONU1bZUJGrHX9dvzuYsCSz6-wyGfNzoU6oGZN0Oo76snsuEcCDW4bFi3u0t9P_2Y17NPo-aZyApdfPJjYgkrfkkv4xvse_81muMmLWlFnmeX5UbhmMjHfqDOVtUp1nuNSoLRrt321svaEqIYtPcyF9woBfDRpNlfOF5AUuf4i5ZfAeHnt7wow/s800/Beer%20description.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="128" data-original-width="800" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxAnS5ONU1bZUJGrHX9dvzuYsCSz6-wyGfNzoU6oGZN0Oo76snsuEcCDW4bFi3u0t9P_2Y17NPo-aZyApdfPJjYgkrfkkv4xvse_81muMmLWlFnmeX5UbhmMjHfqDOVtUp1nuNSoLRrt321svaEqIYtPcyF9woBfDRpNlfOF5AUuf4i5ZfAeHnt7wow/w640-h102/Beer%20description.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;">at the Icebox Brewing Company in Las Cruces and we parked for
the night.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WEPAIHHlrBYnAjxXYmtU_f070-qMa5XDygCwVhrrDb-jYgpM9ksw9kDhagR8LBZr3MEWyReAhXXCvtvSoqLuwQ9oqthdfSUreFUqtFaRRwfkkXhRQhtJdPbpfKhfzz80wtYuJXs_36sjtFoiK7vOibM8EoZ4eKzwO_oHnZFPCZ4m7q-qyP_3jahoiw/s800/Ice%20House%20Brewery.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WEPAIHHlrBYnAjxXYmtU_f070-qMa5XDygCwVhrrDb-jYgpM9ksw9kDhagR8LBZr3MEWyReAhXXCvtvSoqLuwQ9oqthdfSUreFUqtFaRRwfkkXhRQhtJdPbpfKhfzz80wtYuJXs_36sjtFoiK7vOibM8EoZ4eKzwO_oHnZFPCZ4m7q-qyP_3jahoiw/w640-h480/Ice%20House%20Brewery.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t let the photo fool you, it was actually pretty nice. We were parked near the back where construction was taking place.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Waking up to the sounds of construction made us feel right at
home!</span></p>
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with 30-40 mph wind, it seemed like we were being blown.)<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">We pulled into the parking
lot of <i>Lescombes Winery </i>to sit out a dust storm. After 5-6 hours of <i>The
Wanderer</i> rocking and the sound of the wind blowing, it finally calmed a
bit.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Going to the tasting room to make our Harvest Host obligatory
purchase, we found it<b> was closed </b>due to power outage (apparently from
the wind.) Along with 4 other rigs, we spent the night in their parking lot.</span></p>
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were back in one of our favorite towns!</span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In our last post we mentioned we were in search of sunshine and
adventure; we found a little of both. Thank you, <i><a href="https://harvesthosts.com/" target="_blank">Harvest Hosts</a></i>, for finding
these unconventional places to overnight; so much better than the Walmart
parking lot. <s><o:p></o:p></s></span></p>
<p class="Body"><i><s><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></o:p></s></i></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p></p><br /><br />Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-51509833272300405082023-02-19T17:16:00.005-06:002023-02-19T17:41:02.757-06:00How far would you drive to drink beer with friends?<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I suppose that would depend on the value of the friendships. For these friends, 800 miles was not unreasonable.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIcoP9CmQrBADOYhvJelWMKNt8pPi0YPTd_09vACdIOKhTQJfs52V8qFzqoelUrgqnNAVgqh65Fltj5dKdihNjFSgjLMKP9ta1Jqe5GZnQ5NDvu0KzjJnBS3w-35XSl6Gk_1SiQXCbig9kGpceGWL-qZs1Fh7hDcNp5syXYuCRQhSSRYTQxgpB9u2Hw/s800/book%20club.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="800" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIcoP9CmQrBADOYhvJelWMKNt8pPi0YPTd_09vACdIOKhTQJfs52V8qFzqoelUrgqnNAVgqh65Fltj5dKdihNjFSgjLMKP9ta1Jqe5GZnQ5NDvu0KzjJnBS3w-35XSl6Gk_1SiQXCbig9kGpceGWL-qZs1Fh7hDcNp5syXYuCRQhSSRYTQxgpB9u2Hw/w640-h386/book%20club.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><i><span style="font-size: large;">Book of the week,</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(for those that want to know,)</span></i></span><p></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5pigurstsn8kJR1cNd2L_TDEBj5Q1ojzd6h6tEbjhbmQLLx1NWpOa9kEGngaJwv1RUk5ugvTdgr1JJO7kVd7o8nzPBidgdYDEUmnLTDHlFoKtvm_IMW-McYzMuOkxpD_rmd2mlutA4rFPJt3IO6SH-4H0cHSNxImX4sIMmTG9lNjKbEt4Zr7b65GSw/s4032/IMG_5799.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5pigurstsn8kJR1cNd2L_TDEBj5Q1ojzd6h6tEbjhbmQLLx1NWpOa9kEGngaJwv1RUk5ugvTdgr1JJO7kVd7o8nzPBidgdYDEUmnLTDHlFoKtvm_IMW-McYzMuOkxpD_rmd2mlutA4rFPJt3IO6SH-4H0cHSNxImX4sIMmTG9lNjKbEt4Zr7b65GSw/s320/IMG_5799.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Great week of eating too much, drinking a bit and a lot of catching up. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We are now meandering across Texas, looking for sunshine and adventure. </span></p>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-15560775705812233482023-02-13T07:36:00.000-06:002023-02-13T07:36:09.790-06:00A Little Calm Before the Storm<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEims_oP5irKHO1Jn6f972qC9q5Hu6sqjy1u9NflldgdAeEv6qQu-6calgmunQ1gzxj7EBAVlMaBbym9RL4m-bmymPXpF1LhIVUWuD0pLmohT6SNK1k6CiiDn_jyIRBePKxVI6CpR8pWPmgG-F8ibT-ex2LmBp9EkHtIGDpbpiq_O7wXAVlpLCvU5caygw/s800/Sunset.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEims_oP5irKHO1Jn6f972qC9q5Hu6sqjy1u9NflldgdAeEv6qQu-6calgmunQ1gzxj7EBAVlMaBbym9RL4m-bmymPXpF1LhIVUWuD0pLmohT6SNK1k6CiiDn_jyIRBePKxVI6CpR8pWPmgG-F8ibT-ex2LmBp9EkHtIGDpbpiq_O7wXAVlpLCvU5caygw/w400-h300/Sunset.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The storm we are talking about is not the predictable rain, wind
and lightening. Our storm is about the frenzy to which we return every spring,
aka the neglected garden; the rush to get the weeds and spent plants removed
and get new plants in the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">We are expecting a stormier spring than usual since ABN, due to
shoulder replacement surgery last fall, was unable to properly put the garden
to bed.</span></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJkUOrOpxUaPTY8TcxjL_BS0yzN3nw9zj-PbasUOGRPuHuL-zbUd63KD-fPbK1Lg59C7I79VXjebi4-yruJ5o3sqNhLN0Txcp4yp1QvCxP455TLHu6gkuR7BT9ncKxYPJ1btCgAtbBGkPsgBrZBXso7yY9Zhf-7YaGhYzMuASivHWJuLfpEZYwXWK-g/s800/garden%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJkUOrOpxUaPTY8TcxjL_BS0yzN3nw9zj-PbasUOGRPuHuL-zbUd63KD-fPbK1Lg59C7I79VXjebi4-yruJ5o3sqNhLN0Txcp4yp1QvCxP455TLHu6gkuR7BT9ncKxYPJ1btCgAtbBGkPsgBrZBXso7yY9Zhf-7YaGhYzMuASivHWJuLfpEZYwXWK-g/w480-h640/garden%203.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Knowing these daffodils will be blooming in just a few weeks, ABN was a little reluctant to leave this week</span></td></tr></tbody></table><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">And we have a ballet to attend, quilters coming for Quilt Week, a
college graduation and the house renovation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">If you read our last post, you will know the renovation starts
with foundation work which is scheduled for the end of May. But first there is
packing, moving, and removing.</span></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The good news is it will take only 2-3 days and will not require
a French drain (the new landscaping will not be disturbed!) However, all that stuff we
pack will have to be returned and unpacked. If you are a crafter or married to
one, you know that is a lot of stuff! Yeah, we are talking about ABN’s craft
studio. And Captain’s wine cellar which will have to be rebuilt. This could take a while!</span></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Whew! We need a little calm before the storm! Texas, here we
come!</span></span></p>
<p class="Body"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></i></p>
<p class="Body"><i><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></i></p><br /><br />Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-85601420624333317612023-01-05T20:08:00.022-06:002023-01-05T20:53:30.478-06:00This old house<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2tAh8yoUcA6gOkjbSKSL2H9C82BBjMBh85p1F6YHl-3BOvJuaTbF04KLFIXPrCBniasHG7uyvEO_b2zkhNuBH35w73522UZsRwamD1WzqI6ULrTO39BhGCj9iwQf0_T00IJ9q5GYPFdpGYBDa1d_zS8s6AvFmEViencn0HN2RdXwNkcKs29hFl4oCA/s805/house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="805" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2tAh8yoUcA6gOkjbSKSL2H9C82BBjMBh85p1F6YHl-3BOvJuaTbF04KLFIXPrCBniasHG7uyvEO_b2zkhNuBH35w73522UZsRwamD1WzqI6ULrTO39BhGCj9iwQf0_T00IJ9q5GYPFdpGYBDa1d_zS8s6AvFmEViencn0HN2RdXwNkcKs29hFl4oCA/w640-h445/house.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">seems to have ears!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We don’t think we have ghosts.<i>
(However ABN is convinced that an old woman, who looks a lot like her
mother,</i></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">is</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">hiding in the house. She tends to hide things
and she jumps in front of ABN’s mirror. But we digress.)</span></i></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Like a lot of folks, over the New
Year’s weekend we discussed our plans for the year which include major
renovations to our nearly 100 year-old house. If you have been in our home
recently you may have noticed a number of cracks in our plaster walls. Over the
years we have applied bandaids (aka patched and painted.)</span></p>
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cracks have become larger. So to the root of the problem we must go.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">You guessed it! We plan to have
major work on the foundation, the walls replastered and, of course, repainted.
So, what does that have to do with listening walls? Two days into the new year,
we had roofers come to repair a leak in the ceiling. The next day the plumber
came to replace the guest room commode. It’s as if the roof and plumbing were
saying “Hey, what about me? I need an upgrade too!”</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(74, 120, 159);">Exasperating</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(74, 120, 159); color: #4a789f;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(74, 120, 159);">as they are</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(74, 120, 159);">, </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(74, 120, 159);">o</span>ld houses are charming and full
of character and ours is full of wonderful memories. Thank goodness the walls
don’t talk! <i>(Do they?)</i></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span>Wishing all our friends near and
far a peaceful New Year. </span><span><i>The Wanderer</i></span><i> </i><span>has plans to be on the road and
may be headed in your direction.</span></span></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-60804947308261194882022-10-17T06:29:00.000-05:002022-10-17T06:29:18.561-05:00The Perfect Way to End a Beautiful Fall Adventure<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Returning to
Western North Carolina and East Tennessee is a bit like returning home; we
never tire of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Once again
we parked <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Wanderer </i>for a couple days
at Lake Powhatan campground and took Roger (aka the pick-up.) to go exploring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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days does not satisfy but was enough to allow ABN a shopping spree at the impressive,
open-air outlet mall and also sample a few beers at our favorite craft breweries.</span></p>
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concerned, the tastings were only 4-5 ounce pours (mostly.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6-moff1zfIDt0PH7nOokl_rdCTTgEtrApVVX3fF0ZbnfeQ0tzqUvZNv0-z9O0lro0kTmMbvxen5UzpUM4_mZ8KLMAMPPElQO5zYPDgpAuDndySyoctDCdTUfqtcz5Q9TYwvhit9CkG_b-YttDYzmPD3sw3C7Kk_da6j9CInbfWqp2s8_7OHbqNO3Bg/s800/Our%20choice%20at%20Burial.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="800" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6-moff1zfIDt0PH7nOokl_rdCTTgEtrApVVX3fF0ZbnfeQ0tzqUvZNv0-z9O0lro0kTmMbvxen5UzpUM4_mZ8KLMAMPPElQO5zYPDgpAuDndySyoctDCdTUfqtcz5Q9TYwvhit9CkG_b-YttDYzmPD3sw3C7Kk_da6j9CInbfWqp2s8_7OHbqNO3Bg/w640-h324/Our%20choice%20at%20Burial.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>These Sacred Trespasses Against The Misunderstood </i>was an exception<i>. </i>Outstanding!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A beautiful
drive through the Smoky Mountains brought us to our friends, Roger and Jean, in
Walland, TN where we gathered with four other friends to celebrate Roger’s
birthday. A fun filled weekend with special friends, scrumptious food and excellent
wine in the magnificent mountains of East Tennessee was a perfect ending for
our Fall 2022 Adventure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We will
leave you with this,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Collect Moments, Not Things”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-12529984194484496462022-10-13T09:48:00.002-05:002022-10-13T09:48:19.278-05:00Have you heard about Harvest Hosts?<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDV1W2J_4bQqbA1jjaOIgN3nwTnQDkHwHbFzrFzyHYHEuz7343WqETDCcpwbnZln4lKIPFBTATcfV7EkbT4xfe79LQ1BwufYHBqEy0trhXLG8tyy7qBWoHoFX4rV9-LKuf28c5Uqov0EOaRpu688f2IdrKGhXGesm72FX0AOq75xDqWIREohfv3UXPg/s800/Lead%20Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDV1W2J_4bQqbA1jjaOIgN3nwTnQDkHwHbFzrFzyHYHEuz7343WqETDCcpwbnZln4lKIPFBTATcfV7EkbT4xfe79LQ1BwufYHBqEy0trhXLG8tyy7qBWoHoFX4rV9-LKuf28c5Uqov0EOaRpu688f2IdrKGhXGesm72FX0AOq75xDqWIREohfv3UXPg/w640-h480/Lead%20Photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barren Ridge Vineyards, Fishersville, VA</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="Body">If you have been reading our blog the past few years then, yes,
you have heard of Harvest Hosts. But do you know what it is? No? Well, let us
tell you.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body">Harvest Hosts is an organization in which RVers can purchase a
yearly membership. The membership allows RVers to boondock (that means no
amenities like water and electricity) overnight
at designated establishments throughout the country at no charge (of
course one is expected to make a purchase at the establishment.) Yeah, we know,
one can do that at Walmart or Cracker Barrel without a club membership. But
that is so boring and noisy. With Harvest Hosts we have stayed at wineries and
breweries (okay, maybe that is what initially got our attention.) We have also
parked at an alpaca farm, a sugar maple farm, a lavender farm, in a peach
orchard, at a car dealership, a date farm, and the list goes on. The best part
is we get off the interstate and usually into a small town or rural area. We
meet people in the communities and often other travelers. It just feeds our
adventurous souls.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body">This past week we had a fun time at the Orange County Distillery
near New Hampton, NY. In addition to spirits, they offer wine and beer
(including an outstanding Southern Tier Pumpkin Ale that was just right for a
crisp fall New England evening.)</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="Body">We listened to live music and chatted with the locals. <o:p></o:p></p>
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City! This is the third brewery at which we have parked in rural New York. The
folks are the friendly, blue jeans and flannel shirt types, just like us.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdlJ--BMcYbIODqRf1muM7BasWusI9aC_bWZpd3FaQ93tCiSlDbX-BVnye7ydwbE2fw0ZXKGwZo8ZqGFxkobq-bYVDfMi7DwM1xoDEOnFTR0jmn33sjp-2CWA9ODq_0AxP3pZkd7HLmFkGHxUBHSWc3e_uDl5whdwp3RiIT8O664yxllXGhAb-WQFSA/s800/Orange%20Co%20Distillery%20parking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdlJ--BMcYbIODqRf1muM7BasWusI9aC_bWZpd3FaQ93tCiSlDbX-BVnye7ydwbE2fw0ZXKGwZo8ZqGFxkobq-bYVDfMi7DwM1xoDEOnFTR0jmn33sjp-2CWA9ODq_0AxP3pZkd7HLmFkGHxUBHSWc3e_uDl5whdwp3RiIT8O664yxllXGhAb-WQFSA/w640-h480/Orange%20Co%20Distillery%20parking.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sharing our space was a couple from Canada.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="Body">Next we stayed at The Appalachian Brewing Company in
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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parking lot next to a Tesla dealership in a metropolitan area. The food and
beer was okay but nothing special. The staff was pleasant as one would expect
in a restaurant but no personal interaction.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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couple from Colorado but there was no common gathering place. It was pretty much like staying in a Walmart
parking lot.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body">The next night’s stay at Barren Ridge Winery</p>
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<p class="Body">We visited with a local couple as we sipped wine on the patio.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWKKJoHUzb_lOBWzmemXY_4CU1yz0XCh3kipnYJmkw-KieUSRWtY2JdW06sMXM6HLIyii-5EVeiGl1pfzIzDseMCEP4oP92fjZ8c7HVMW-CAUH59erDF-S2sk6k6KJIzd2mYXbFDNVbPhAS5vunQgdlbRMC6CeDKZjcp1kLVyBC1AcopoGCQaSg5LYA/s800/Barren%20Ridge%20Vineyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWKKJoHUzb_lOBWzmemXY_4CU1yz0XCh3kipnYJmkw-KieUSRWtY2JdW06sMXM6HLIyii-5EVeiGl1pfzIzDseMCEP4oP92fjZ8c7HVMW-CAUH59erDF-S2sk6k6KJIzd2mYXbFDNVbPhAS5vunQgdlbRMC6CeDKZjcp1kLVyBC1AcopoGCQaSg5LYA/w640-h480/Barren%20Ridge%20Vineyard.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="Body">Most interesting was Captain’s conversation with the owner. At
age 83 (yes, she revealed her age and also indicated Captain was not that far
behind her) she is still actively engaged in running the winery. She stopped by
the RV on her way home to invite us back the next afternoon to listen to a
musician from Sweden. Unfortunately we were already committed and couldn’t stay
over.</p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p>Driving through Massachusetts, Connecticut and the Poconos was
stunningly beautiful.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GfYxltRRGuM" width="320" youtube-src-id="GfYxltRRGuM"></iframe></div><br /><p class="Body">We could share about 6 hours of video but will spare you and show
only a clip that might inspire you to experience the Northeast in the fall if
you have not already done so.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p>We parked overnight in the driveway of our good friends, Steve
and Wendy.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4emm-vMrFztWT-0ni84x1-tWgmy0Ht4G0PCWhKohxrneNY9aG8734VjXNHHtU3e1jjZ1pGTgDjYBLa_Csyi_pafn295NH1te5Le7VgSU7Awvx3KcabSQ1Ee4oWxmoCjA2ZWMZuVtYWtiLJ_O3JnJtTajDLCRpGW55b5zjCaoBwN0rd9oHO1LLOUjF2Q/s800/The%20Cownes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4emm-vMrFztWT-0ni84x1-tWgmy0Ht4G0PCWhKohxrneNY9aG8734VjXNHHtU3e1jjZ1pGTgDjYBLa_Csyi_pafn295NH1te5Le7VgSU7Awvx3KcabSQ1Ee4oWxmoCjA2ZWMZuVtYWtiLJ_O3JnJtTajDLCRpGW55b5zjCaoBwN0rd9oHO1LLOUjF2Q/w640-h480/The%20Cownes.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><o:p></o:p></i><p></p>
<p class="Body">You might remember them from earlier posts as we have visited
them multiple times in West Texas. Recently they moved from Andrews, Texas to
Johnson City, Tennessee. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body">As an unofficial tour guide, Wendy gave us a tour of Jonesborough,
the oldest city in Tennessee.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="Body">Wendy is doing a great job as she has only lived in the area for a
little over a year and she now understands the challenge of finding parking for
an RV. (It was great, Wendy, thank you
so much!)</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body">We continued to enjoy the fall colors as we drove through the
Appalachian Mountains.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Body">Today we are back in familiar territory.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
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narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by
vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”</span><span style="background-color: #feffff; color: windowtext; font-family: Helvetica, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #feffff; color: windowtext; font-family: Helvetica, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Mark Twain</span></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p></p>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-35269462762970144672022-10-08T20:05:00.006-05:002022-10-08T20:10:03.829-05:00This is Alison<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHpZbj4wI5h324Yomrf0tpSennOBSGpV-DO7hoRwWA5Y-hJmV-YnnlZgePDMyTu7XZSDx8NWR2CwPipjB0u9R-wERWu9qB6tx0fOtko15JncFKJilD6PMZ7lpa4tSvRXx8HEmkpox5Z_POr1-kSRPjDvc3YRD006kBqMI43I00st6bwItJGRxp3-VOQ/s800/Alison.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHpZbj4wI5h324Yomrf0tpSennOBSGpV-DO7hoRwWA5Y-hJmV-YnnlZgePDMyTu7XZSDx8NWR2CwPipjB0u9R-wERWu9qB6tx0fOtko15JncFKJilD6PMZ7lpa4tSvRXx8HEmkpox5Z_POr1-kSRPjDvc3YRD006kBqMI43I00st6bwItJGRxp3-VOQ/w480-h640/Alison.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">and this is her world.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPjrFSrC8TiY4ZnK6YV41RBSkzR0uqTtASsdl-mKOXrjDJF-Nspn9XWMDv38oG9lItDBGNs61MjMf-1r1BgjVRCj3rwhb99ZhQqMCkCBlb6Vq9Kc8JNC7m_Ww7COZ6P6pLTOh8NBSICERcnvVFgOMT4IQrjV0n3JYVwfgBGG5adzfZSq8078swkaS5g/s800/This%20is%20her%20world.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPjrFSrC8TiY4ZnK6YV41RBSkzR0uqTtASsdl-mKOXrjDJF-Nspn9XWMDv38oG9lItDBGNs61MjMf-1r1BgjVRCj3rwhb99ZhQqMCkCBlb6Vq9Kc8JNC7m_Ww7COZ6P6pLTOh8NBSICERcnvVFgOMT4IQrjV0n3JYVwfgBGG5adzfZSq8078swkaS5g/w640-h480/This%20is%20her%20world.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2V78Y4iVujNTzENkICxDMO8y7F_3Kvv6G9f4mrEgUK7hQ6Bn0iYxbGF_qLiPloN4VqWVzGKSX0rB37_xZWXUwRpoMkh014nbdRUxDFSbBkuhJSFgKJhWFuIU43Ctu4erdTZxzT1UahMDi6enA8pW6zTUAsS9Jw7cnny5Sp9LuQTFy440fJKUzjI_qQ/s800/Salt%20Marsh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2V78Y4iVujNTzENkICxDMO8y7F_3Kvv6G9f4mrEgUK7hQ6Bn0iYxbGF_qLiPloN4VqWVzGKSX0rB37_xZWXUwRpoMkh014nbdRUxDFSbBkuhJSFgKJhWFuIU43Ctu4erdTZxzT1UahMDi6enA8pW6zTUAsS9Jw7cnny5Sp9LuQTFy440fJKUzjI_qQ/w640-h480/Salt%20Marsh.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salt Marsh<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Alison is our granddaughter. She is a marine biologist gaining experience as an intern at the <i><a href="https://www.ifaw.org/programs/marine-mammal-rescue-research">International Fund for Animal Welfare</a> </i>on Cape Cod. Her current focus is on rescue and rehab. It was SO MUCH FUN hanging out with her this past week. Friends who have young grandchildren, try to imagine what it will be like when they are adults. It is so cool!</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The first part of our week was like this</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ocqjwSn2EfupjbOXf3lg_HORybO0iZQ3N6CZUuPFP8YUML7c06p3oDezBrm4Bors2biri-taxXnQ3WR5FpBuTNRVjvVU9AlBDDxXwyHiIkdk7pIbIrZt-OulVP8c4sT3_SCCwdIS-fVX8EClI684lu6f0DhQ6PV7zC63_FVvFZ51N-qstN7BO7ZBsw/s800/Fog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ocqjwSn2EfupjbOXf3lg_HORybO0iZQ3N6CZUuPFP8YUML7c06p3oDezBrm4Bors2biri-taxXnQ3WR5FpBuTNRVjvVU9AlBDDxXwyHiIkdk7pIbIrZt-OulVP8c4sT3_SCCwdIS-fVX8EClI684lu6f0DhQ6PV7zC63_FVvFZ51N-qstN7BO7ZBsw/w640-h480/Fog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">But the sky cleared for a couple of days and Alison showed us around the Cape.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="601" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWINDk5zgy_zsb3zksIym6beOfdRWiyU_pCPMM_Gqrsa6Wsy4dpv4Vaiv8kSHTEmVaBspjslxjQz9a4LiEk9kn2xl8soV-5hPLxQjeFGNDZQZt5RyZTDJs7wUUjNdJts6fiWbeyIUcHWxoe-50pOtKIZlZFP1TFt77Q99n4cD_uvW9Hm695X2HwlsZQ/w480-h640/Cape%20Cod%20Brewery.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cape Cod Brewery<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">and we found a new favorite brew.</span><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQ3cey2GEhfmJSCNXAqOv6SOEC4H6pipuE9XtMYc7lQEu1eEBwL_3fZ37FfozdLR9sdz1dx0DKlJmiy9VWYieNdwWp-E5VTlZF_7LfVFN_EdlCUpMyg9xrtv_y_QYikqBtwwBxF_HFoA4_44n5nQSRdS3I3wquwGxiua23PhPiVDbb9HFky2PQsDzKA/s800/Coffee%20s'more%20beer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQ3cey2GEhfmJSCNXAqOv6SOEC4H6pipuE9XtMYc7lQEu1eEBwL_3fZ37FfozdLR9sdz1dx0DKlJmiy9VWYieNdwWp-E5VTlZF_7LfVFN_EdlCUpMyg9xrtv_y_QYikqBtwwBxF_HFoA4_44n5nQSRdS3I3wquwGxiua23PhPiVDbb9HFky2PQsDzKA/w480-h640/Coffee%20s'more%20beer.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">It does our souls good to know she loves her work and is living her dream.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Having been together in <i>The Wanderer </i>24/7 for the past 10 days, we were ready for a break. Captain explored the <i>Marconi-RCA Wireless Museum</i></span></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCpulxpZyl9ce26RHDFbkN1ncr9hzOv6g3L4MiT6RwaYJntME1BapCCR1ur8_lRS8es3B_iWj91VorTxMRVyGRN-04-Jn1LoJe4aLG36ERfku6iJwlfF_8Kwsh0O5JQCE96MjdW2jKNT6UrQcqdkIlNhyxwZBcIaJqV_dzoNvR-AKSTEXaI2C17s2mw/s800/Marconi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCpulxpZyl9ce26RHDFbkN1ncr9hzOv6g3L4MiT6RwaYJntME1BapCCR1ur8_lRS8es3B_iWj91VorTxMRVyGRN-04-Jn1LoJe4aLG36ERfku6iJwlfF_8Kwsh0O5JQCE96MjdW2jKNT6UrQcqdkIlNhyxwZBcIaJqV_dzoNvR-AKSTEXaI2C17s2mw/w400-h300/Marconi.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">while ABN poked around the shops in Chatham (and Alison was working.)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We are enjoying the beautiful colors of New England as <i>The Wanderer </i>turns southward.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-42400503117042959452022-10-03T20:21:00.000-05:002022-10-03T20:21:05.950-05:00We are here!<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySVcjTaU3qeT8MlLWLuQCKTTgbEJHhPlWpbxJzgcKTQTJJcxzM6qw-9EjROnV2BXyyqSgJjqUGbwNxO2w1KlNwp7oMk-lDpDF1pGviu2zGosh9X6Y2dYuKEqrBdsajr2eVfdvl8FzwjvlKJqPrYmRvcf2Mq6OVv9uZutYBytC7vfvyRcfDn16L26_AQ/s800/Cape%20Cod%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="800" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySVcjTaU3qeT8MlLWLuQCKTTgbEJHhPlWpbxJzgcKTQTJJcxzM6qw-9EjROnV2BXyyqSgJjqUGbwNxO2w1KlNwp7oMk-lDpDF1pGviu2zGosh9X6Y2dYuKEqrBdsajr2eVfdvl8FzwjvlKJqPrYmRvcf2Mq6OVv9uZutYBytC7vfvyRcfDn16L26_AQ/w640-h512/Cape%20Cod%20sign.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now to find that cute, little marine biologist!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The jaunt to Cape Cod took us through the beautiful fall colors in the Northeast </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01609-3YIDJl7nDyxTYhr3aDeZ8RnNNqAKG0exwQ4k7xTgBKUXx_FK7oV7wLrQKWmK00aVsz_5CmIig5vLVHgPW-FWP1JRqIgS2XDy2jxf9xIWBiRXR8cnmrLR8gm5INTcj5yZyXj3g0gBAQqYwKSRNd_2s3c39qQDIFW_sUZClpVrjRJka0kBG1gHg/s1920/Fall%20Color%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01609-3YIDJl7nDyxTYhr3aDeZ8RnNNqAKG0exwQ4k7xTgBKUXx_FK7oV7wLrQKWmK00aVsz_5CmIig5vLVHgPW-FWP1JRqIgS2XDy2jxf9xIWBiRXR8cnmrLR8gm5INTcj5yZyXj3g0gBAQqYwKSRNd_2s3c39qQDIFW_sUZClpVrjRJka0kBG1gHg/w640-h480/Fall%20Color%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNnQsE_UBuO3UMtfVcogYLgF3GjY4u6wAIklqDnwq1l4YpeTHGe2vw6V9-zqHxR6Y9MOoI2Ym_lBEQTOFLXoOp5waxztaa7YB4ZghVpkSoR66oxRhOGefx3q1c47Yns9eBK3lZk0hiFwSibYNlZMAIZZ0p2KBeWwvoFS_4Y7meXmsZ4SAhcL-uA7qsA/s800/Fall%20Color%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNnQsE_UBuO3UMtfVcogYLgF3GjY4u6wAIklqDnwq1l4YpeTHGe2vw6V9-zqHxR6Y9MOoI2Ym_lBEQTOFLXoOp5waxztaa7YB4ZghVpkSoR66oxRhOGefx3q1c47Yns9eBK3lZk0hiFwSibYNlZMAIZZ0p2KBeWwvoFS_4Y7meXmsZ4SAhcL-uA7qsA/w640-h480/Fall%20Color%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>and also to some interesting <a href="https://harvesthosts.com/join-now/?a=0/&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIi7Xs46_F-gIVEr3ICh2ZCwhDEAAYASAAEgKsi_D_BwE">Harvest Host</a> stays. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Our first night found us at </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">Wildside Winery</i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> in Versailles, KY.</span></div><div><p></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: left;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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<p class="Body" style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">We
were pleasantly surprised to find a couple of nice wines that pleased our
palates. Most of the wines we have tasted east of the Mississippi River, due to
the moisture, are too sweet for our tastes. While </span><i style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Wildside </i><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">has a nice
selection of sweet wines they also import grapes from the Lodi region of
California to make pleasing dry wines.</span></p>
<p class="Body"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJy2GxoozadHhblzRQlzthgNUyto3J-mC-K0OpuuorT0reZniLeQ8qI7uOYrFD241WPKQ6ewxtjk-o7YAfGxBE6yka0WGWCltrR_139VYCjWGgmCgiuuNPC57CNnAFSbN2ftLFsNWSNmE3cTOnnWwevnMjUfrvR2YiPvwkfYI2GpN5hahAWqv6TeDxSg/s800/TT%20at%20Wildside%20Winery.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJy2GxoozadHhblzRQlzthgNUyto3J-mC-K0OpuuorT0reZniLeQ8qI7uOYrFD241WPKQ6ewxtjk-o7YAfGxBE6yka0WGWCltrR_139VYCjWGgmCgiuuNPC57CNnAFSbN2ftLFsNWSNmE3cTOnnWwevnMjUfrvR2YiPvwkfYI2GpN5hahAWqv6TeDxSg/w640-h480/TT%20at%20Wildside%20Winery.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, we were there on a Tuesday.</td></tr></tbody></table><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">On
our way to the Eastern Seaboard last fall, we stopped at </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">Lambert’s Winery </i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">in
Weston, WV.</span><p></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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had a lovely time so we did a re-visit this year. As we tasted wine, we watched
the devastation from Hurricane Ian on TV as it hit Florida. We felt our host,
Debbie’s, anguish as she watched the neighborhood of her winter home wash away.
Nevertheless, she was gracious and had a fire built for us.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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stop, Pfisterville near Frederick, MD. (That would be the home of our good
friends, Juanita and Greg.) Of course that meant we had to pay a visit to Flood
Zone </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(not to be confused with Dry Ground.)</span></p><p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4tAc84yU92nCytQFR9XCPWu_zuafbJRwmofRc93__GR37b8NVXBrYyNIvAdV-xuhjJdU6wy2VV168zpVAqyfdIqIHDCK9vsNh7pVW6N7xwCVlbcdejvCsM9SUpn39JrXbDYhkW3n0RmBvx9vglPMly68gmwfv5aW1P0EgbmZbN-AOTAl9DyUwi8EQQ/s800/Pfisters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4tAc84yU92nCytQFR9XCPWu_zuafbJRwmofRc93__GR37b8NVXBrYyNIvAdV-xuhjJdU6wy2VV168zpVAqyfdIqIHDCK9vsNh7pVW6N7xwCVlbcdejvCsM9SUpn39JrXbDYhkW3n0RmBvx9vglPMly68gmwfv5aW1P0EgbmZbN-AOTAl9DyUwi8EQQ/w640-h480/Pfisters.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41lgs6u9QdAvck5X9yTwUQPxnjWoJmC6DXhCnE27dis1mjGSrc16iCGVrGYSU1FOpKsuMH75DFuHoOUOwouiUMVtS-52jq8aQUGt3LmW_W-MecmWjs1rn5KJhmfngxbfxmcEEGIanucCOSUQP6VBlRAN7hlFbS5GzFhmPfpJHMXSbikbQ5kKSn8LVmw/s800/Flood%20Zone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41lgs6u9QdAvck5X9yTwUQPxnjWoJmC6DXhCnE27dis1mjGSrc16iCGVrGYSU1FOpKsuMH75DFuHoOUOwouiUMVtS-52jq8aQUGt3LmW_W-MecmWjs1rn5KJhmfngxbfxmcEEGIanucCOSUQP6VBlRAN7hlFbS5GzFhmPfpJHMXSbikbQ5kKSn8LVmw/w640-h480/Flood%20Zone.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div><p class="Body"><br /></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Meandering our way through Maryland and Pennsylvania, we arrived at a <a href="https://harvesthosts.com/join-now/?a=0/&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIi7Xs46_F-gIVEr3ICh2ZCwhDEAAYASAAEgKsi_D_BwE" target="_blank">Harvest Host</a> in Staatsburg,
NY.</span></p>
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next to us</span></p>
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a young couple with a 6 month old baby on their inaugural RV trip. We had a
most pleasant visit while drinking beer and listening to a band at the brewery.</span></p><p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NItqJgxoSqWco5WuT3m5dQhCJNG47ehTqUZSwKN2yxDboDL3Us1xzYobgnPXlSKsdqky-vvcUKPk95uONhzAV6qH97SERLj9qdgmXkp_RKeIQidcUP4OevPvZyPThypbaSuSLxOVa6hQrhjwVP7kFU3iQnqi6W-LUMEJwIcD3M1HMDgbOwGsEcCw0g/s800/Young%20couple%20at%20Black%20Snake%20Brewing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NItqJgxoSqWco5WuT3m5dQhCJNG47ehTqUZSwKN2yxDboDL3Us1xzYobgnPXlSKsdqky-vvcUKPk95uONhzAV6qH97SERLj9qdgmXkp_RKeIQidcUP4OevPvZyPThypbaSuSLxOVa6hQrhjwVP7kFU3iQnqi6W-LUMEJwIcD3M1HMDgbOwGsEcCw0g/w640-h480/Young%20couple%20at%20Black%20Snake%20Brewing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Since
we were so close to Hyde Park, it seemed appropriate to drop in for a visit with Franklin and
Eleanor.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITmMaLiv1o-GLh2ZCB90EXyAVk8y9YZH_atstHn15uP4Tzw6Luhk8KiOIktiMuWZMTpBChj4eDC96adsEb44_WPDdKuzMoSn-EjfKxfgyNiO4fDT4DbVC6vU1LyDOEbbHK3F16dGnkldeCZDlmRXtGsNuhbcdTeAmQtskvSEwPucX1NrBiBgrODkFOA/s800/roosevelts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="800" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITmMaLiv1o-GLh2ZCB90EXyAVk8y9YZH_atstHn15uP4Tzw6Luhk8KiOIktiMuWZMTpBChj4eDC96adsEb44_WPDdKuzMoSn-EjfKxfgyNiO4fDT4DbVC6vU1LyDOEbbHK3F16dGnkldeCZDlmRXtGsNuhbcdTeAmQtskvSEwPucX1NrBiBgrODkFOA/w640-h466/roosevelts.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="Body"><br /></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">We experienced a bit of adventure leaving New York </span><i>(we still don't understand why Ms. Garmin thought it a good idea to leave the highway.)</i></p><p class="Body"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUhPr8aRfxd4VrGbeCV_ZrfpqlctNVcBIYoDaOtj_0NXFZbZQGZf3b4xUHBZe40un_oe8nohiPc6ugmNGcQuC87lFKSGVaingH1AaoSIqvLWumGFofD5HSY0GaV0ra2G0J2JBZCNxY_Pj4QI_MUX2PVJzG9_ZtuGvFF2vduJd-K-hFvOpGW9jyqSRXw/s800/Alternate%20Road.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUhPr8aRfxd4VrGbeCV_ZrfpqlctNVcBIYoDaOtj_0NXFZbZQGZf3b4xUHBZe40un_oe8nohiPc6ugmNGcQuC87lFKSGVaingH1AaoSIqvLWumGFofD5HSY0GaV0ra2G0J2JBZCNxY_Pj4QI_MUX2PVJzG9_ZtuGvFF2vduJd-K-hFvOpGW9jyqSRXw/w640-h480/Alternate%20Road.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Still we found the <a href="https://harvesthosts.com/join-now/?a=0/&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIi7Xs46_F-gIVEr3ICh2ZCwhDEAAYASAAEgKsi_D_BwE" target="_blank">Harvest Host</a> golf course in Rhode Island.</span></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzjG6tw2J72pSiuWERV6KWf4XnCET0ek_ev6_VSSIlnW_4bwmbNptbsyPnJhxEgJEBzaPLZloXFepzIAx_8TxSRVguVAIZzbzf3B0HYx9XbzJ03g6q98m7Fj95gkPdLqNVih14qLNco_XyrXiFDfFCjkFZqpbPgh7odgeQsEwc-cGtbBdoNQlSTN-gQ/s800/Laural%20Lane%20Country%20Club.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="800" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzjG6tw2J72pSiuWERV6KWf4XnCET0ek_ev6_VSSIlnW_4bwmbNptbsyPnJhxEgJEBzaPLZloXFepzIAx_8TxSRVguVAIZzbzf3B0HYx9XbzJ03g6q98m7Fj95gkPdLqNVih14qLNco_XyrXiFDfFCjkFZqpbPgh7odgeQsEwc-cGtbBdoNQlSTN-gQ/w640-h436/Laural%20Lane%20Country%20Club.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laurel Lane Golf Course, West Kingston, Rhode Island</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We
were anticipating a delicious lobster roll in their restaurant. Unfortunately
it was a cool, windy day that did not bring out the golfers, so they closed the
restaurant early. We pulled some vegetable soup and cornbread from the freezer
and settled in to watch a movie.</span></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Not
all was lost as we were able to check RI off our map!</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">We found her!</span></p><p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYFTJ8WzWxDnHj7wmhCOG_Gndjumg3gXC8v-BPeoUs54NTczVvsb11u1suAgPGQhUrN0yzCLZVPeU6pirydvfGL2oqk_J2RQTm5oX7DDZAn3NYaqSpZOLjpuwvbqHNA3v7cGMt-Mk7WhYVW7NYGSRkjLhIeUZsPjuA9ymwuE8cgtB-DbKN9cy070l8g/s800/G'ma%20and%20ali.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="800" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYFTJ8WzWxDnHj7wmhCOG_Gndjumg3gXC8v-BPeoUs54NTczVvsb11u1suAgPGQhUrN0yzCLZVPeU6pirydvfGL2oqk_J2RQTm5oX7DDZAn3NYaqSpZOLjpuwvbqHNA3v7cGMt-Mk7WhYVW7NYGSRkjLhIeUZsPjuA9ymwuE8cgtB-DbKN9cy070l8g/w400-h333/G'ma%20and%20ali.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="Body"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Now
for a fun week with Alison showing us around Cape Cod!<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><br /></p><br /></div></div>Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-19564113684144263222022-09-26T21:07:00.001-05:002022-09-27T10:25:50.239-05:00And we are off!<p> </p><br />
<p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6rg10rw9t0mb0-QtUkIMLtWgxFpjNYf123ziG-vOeryGlWj-E5jLfUXVdFN9R-X1wFelcE4HyX1uFi9NKSBAnC8RixgZy04kJnqhC3YMGX2r2u3CUTkOxvFXKhlr9JwgFcCP-7ZzA-jS96KRMCqFmGKEbFexDNkccUDoaQQmYMX5MEGznklgZRuFLA/s800/Lead%20Photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="800" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6rg10rw9t0mb0-QtUkIMLtWgxFpjNYf123ziG-vOeryGlWj-E5jLfUXVdFN9R-X1wFelcE4HyX1uFi9NKSBAnC8RixgZy04kJnqhC3YMGX2r2u3CUTkOxvFXKhlr9JwgFcCP-7ZzA-jS96KRMCqFmGKEbFexDNkccUDoaQQmYMX5MEGznklgZRuFLA/w640-h389/Lead%20Photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><o:p> </o:p><p></p>
<p class="Body">Landscaping project completed, hummingbirds have left, final
Tipsy Tuesday is in the books and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Wanderer</i> is packed. We feel a magnet pulling us Northeast (that would be
the cute little red head </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDnH7BVQ7EW3qTTgTpkXX3BXRqZifhBeW-68Dx0Jy2v6tmZvoYVoYEkuBBo6tX8f8xgn4UT5Xw1PEs9aot0gEARTk8yLFy7C8cH-MVKWs-ulO8rBmfQZsSqQmC6SDKr3Tj6s8su2F_p9OCXPv0QZe87zJS6dZdGeMnBnB8rArFtLF2r95NVA20gWp3g/s800/Fifth%20birthday.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="800" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDnH7BVQ7EW3qTTgTpkXX3BXRqZifhBeW-68Dx0Jy2v6tmZvoYVoYEkuBBo6tX8f8xgn4UT5Xw1PEs9aot0gEARTk8yLFy7C8cH-MVKWs-ulO8rBmfQZsSqQmC6SDKr3Tj6s8su2F_p9OCXPv0QZe87zJS6dZdGeMnBnB8rArFtLF2r95NVA20gWp3g/w640-h557/Fifth%20birthday.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5th Birthday, note the stuffed manatee.</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="Body"><br /></p><p class="Body">that is now a beautiful young marine biologist in Cape
Cod.) <o:p></o:p></p><p class="Body"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5j38QNrTtLPrKZZPnOsRUNn6TioPYMhcEvM0IlA2EOtVc0Fw1ALprSxF6ATkBvOF-s68XmqAphAJe1AtqwcwKFCr-APFlYj5e0dDIIHhRqn0gwwOL5Kgh1I5Es2mqwZve-Nh4vsgU_Mep-x_o7jrEQDuupDvkBAkEnYwx7FG7Ja-03A9b9BRqD0_2Q/s800/Dive.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5j38QNrTtLPrKZZPnOsRUNn6TioPYMhcEvM0IlA2EOtVc0Fw1ALprSxF6ATkBvOF-s68XmqAphAJe1AtqwcwKFCr-APFlYj5e0dDIIHhRqn0gwwOL5Kgh1I5Es2mqwZve-Nh4vsgU_Mep-x_o7jrEQDuupDvkBAkEnYwx7FG7Ja-03A9b9BRqD0_2Q/w640-h480/Dive.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galapagos 2021</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="Body">Of course we will be meandering our way, overnighting at
wineries, breweries and even a golf course <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Thank you, Harvest Host.)</span> First
stop, Wildside Winery in <span lang="FR">Versailles,
KY</span>.</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Body"><o:p> </o:p>We’ll keep you posted!</p><p class="Body"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Note to email subscribers</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,
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have in your contact list. <o:p></o:p></i></p><br />Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-89149475883599310172022-08-14T20:53:00.004-05:002022-08-15T17:02:33.468-05:00We have had visitors!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzVwPiQifZQpzTaTkUbboLuZdEcGpjE8_7UtqUgc42sF8Jw-PmWimuKeA4FNUwuyPbIn_loMNy0JDTdhMIgOIU2AC3aXD4z8qewQNd4p86abtFySdB1EOmDP4XdPEqJW10UUhKwVcEUBODexZjnRojt-vfvWF9k09GNeJnJezYsv8Rx25qGlEMp1Zuw/s800/IMG_4925.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="800" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzVwPiQifZQpzTaTkUbboLuZdEcGpjE8_7UtqUgc42sF8Jw-PmWimuKeA4FNUwuyPbIn_loMNy0JDTdhMIgOIU2AC3aXD4z8qewQNd4p86abtFySdB1EOmDP4XdPEqJW10UUhKwVcEUBODexZjnRojt-vfvWF9k09GNeJnJezYsv8Rx25qGlEMp1Zuw/w400-h319/IMG_4925.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: x-large;">Our daughter-in-law, Holly and granddaughter, Camille stopped by as Camille was returning to Indianapolis for her final year at Butler University. It was bittersweet as we realized we would no longer be able to look forward to these stopover visits.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This visit was extra special as we celebrate Holly’s completion of her Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Holly and Camille were not our only recent visitors.</span></p>
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The first week of August they emptied the feeders in a day, so ABN added another one (that makes about 5 1/2 feeders.) Recently there may be 6-8 one day and four the nest. But oh what fun it is to watch their shenanigans!<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">The Butterflies have arrive pretty much on schedule.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3zx2C0JEOzY2KJdV720fwoLOFxWLcbSSrhFu0WaYH-Is-3FL90tzD_GzOsCP8OdoIbOx1p0OH51zBXkM1gIlIiCC8kZ-8njDVjRcWeITH-zSShNsBEmCOVjbZCHrgQvJtnMprC-YJ3Tb5W95QyfetbxxrTYXeZsgNwJ2K0PLhlUvcEVq6qUrUhmF8w/s800/August%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3zx2C0JEOzY2KJdV720fwoLOFxWLcbSSrhFu0WaYH-Is-3FL90tzD_GzOsCP8OdoIbOx1p0OH51zBXkM1gIlIiCC8kZ-8njDVjRcWeITH-zSShNsBEmCOVjbZCHrgQvJtnMprC-YJ3Tb5W95QyfetbxxrTYXeZsgNwJ2K0PLhlUvcEVq6qUrUhmF8w/w640-h480/August%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August 1<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKGybN9B8Ln25hzwp-9xum1X8glWBN4oXD0hntbWJwYzxP_obI2tmLRPGZp_kChgIZ7ZwoWQnF7V0pZ49-So7TYjv0gOLn5H8pSmgcbl5kqhAGsWdzyZviUQgDpC4BNCHwYOS4piTbpcIBt2q8N4-Oq_SQYngxqIh6ixSVpy5iC_jab6HokXj6cysHQ/s800/Aug%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKGybN9B8Ln25hzwp-9xum1X8glWBN4oXD0hntbWJwYzxP_obI2tmLRPGZp_kChgIZ7ZwoWQnF7V0pZ49-So7TYjv0gOLn5H8pSmgcbl5kqhAGsWdzyZviUQgDpC4BNCHwYOS4piTbpcIBt2q8N4-Oq_SQYngxqIh6ixSVpy5iC_jab6HokXj6cysHQ/w640-h480/Aug%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August 11<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">Yeah, ABN has been spending a good amount of time chasing butterflies. </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like most of the country, it has been a hot, humid and dry summer here in Western Kentucky. The forecast for the near future looks good with highs in the low 80’s and lows in the 60’s. However we are headed to Texas where triple digit temperatures sound likely. Why on God’s earth would we do this? Let’s just say, we love our Texas friends (and family!) </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><br />Captain and "ABN"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08531479494242363550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155829152888844528.post-74915875083698437842022-07-29T08:20:00.000-05:002022-07-29T08:20:22.435-05:00Where is The Wanderer?<p><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">We know you are just dying to know. We wish we could say she is parked in Montana or Maine, but unfortunately that is not the case. Well, why not? It is because ABN is a slave to her garden which, if left alone for any length of time in the summer, gets totally out of control. For now, The Wanderer is waiting patiently in a storage lot. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The bounty from our garbage (aka compost) is always an unexpected surprise.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">When and where is our next road adventure? We are not exactly sure, but we do have reservations at Catalina State Park and Lost Dutchman State Park in Arizona for March! In the meantime, we will enjoy (with envy) photos of our friends in the Colorado mountains and those lucky ones on an Alaskan cruise. </span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Update, the hummingbird migration has begun!</i></span></p>
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