Another Season Comes To An End

Abe and David White Mountains

Acorn Woodpecker

California Coast

David and Eamon compare tattoos

Diana and Marg in Duke Garden

David, Charlie-Diana'Dad and Diana

Diana, Bill and Maggie

Dry Creek Vally California

Fall Colors Wilson Lake

Fenway Park

First Snow Wilson Lake

Islands off Maine Coast

Big Sur Coast

Semipalmated Plover

Stellar Jay

Sunrise Wilson Lake

Zach and Diana

Another season comes to an end. We can’t believe that it is time to head south again. It seems as though we just pulled down Finch Road with the sights, smells and sounds of spring around us. Based on the current weather it could be said we should have gone well before now!

This summer has been filled with many great times and some not so great. The bad times first. Diana was diagnosed with breast cancer the end of July. The journey has been tumultuous but is culminating with a soft landing. The good news is that after lumpectomy and sentinel lymph node removal her surgeon declared her cancer free. Further tests indicate that chemotherapy would not have any added benefit. Radiation therapy will finish up this week and should reduce possible reoccurrence.

The fun stuff included a visit from Eamon in June and Abe in July. Shortly after getting back to Maine we flew out to the west coast to visit with Zach in Los Angles and then on to Petaluma to visit with Diana’s sister and her family. In addition to great times with family we did some exploring in the Big Sur area. The scenery was spectacular; the hikes offered everything from waterfalls to magnificent vistas and large coastal reewoods. One of them afforded us a great view of several California Condors soaring through the air. We were close enough to see the wing tags with our binoculars.

Upon return to Maine David went back to work at The Down Maine Veterinary Clinic for the third summer. It was great to see some of my long-term clients.  Work lasted a little longer this year because Tatiana, a Veterinarian at the practice just had a baby Boy.

For the most part the weather this summer allowed us to enjoy many out door activities. Most days David was able to ride his bike to work. We were able to get the kayaks wet many times; on several occasions as members of the Wilson Lake Plant Patrol where we monitored the lake for invasive plant species. For one 1 long weekend we traveled way Down East to Washington County and did some hiking along the Bold Coast Trail.

It was great to be able to visit with friends over the summer and we will miss them but look forward to getting down to Florida and catching up with our southern friends.  This winters adventure starts with picking up our new to us Airstream Trailer. We hope to spend some time getting used to it and the pushing off to our nomadic travels.