ON THE ROAD AGAIN
We left Wilson
Lake on October 3rd after 2 days of frantic packing during the
daylight and visiting with friends in the evenings. With Maine in the rearview
mirror we head south to Florida having planed several stops along the way. Our
first day was the longest drive, stopping for the night in Cabela’s parking lot
located in Hamburg PA. This worked out great, as we didn’t even have to unhook
the trailer. This rout avoided all the craziness of the greater NY metropolitan
area. The next day was a more reasonable distance stopping in Charlottesville,
VA. Here we spent 3 days visiting the homes of 3 of our “Founding Fathers”
Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and James Madison. Learning about these people
and how they impacted the early years of our country was most interesting.
From
Charlottesville we took a meandering rout on local roads through the hilly
countryside south to the Raleigh, NC area where our niece Mary was getting
married. This visit was made extra special as both Zach and Abe were flying in
for the event. We appreciate these rare and special times that bring us all
together. The wedding was a grand event affording us the ability to visit with
many friends and family members. After the wedding we were able to spend
several days with Marg and Dave, old friends of Diana’s from when she lived in
Durham NC.
The next leg of
the journey brought us to Savannah, GA to spend several days with Mike and
Carol, the father and mother of the bride. From there we worked our way to
southern Georgia to Crooked River State Park giving us a great place to stay so
we could visit Cumberland Island National Seashore. The island has miles of
undisturbed ocean front beaches and many trails throughout its wooded interior.
Tomorrow we will finish up this southerly journey arriving at our home in
Titusville, Florida.
We have arrived!
That is one week ago. Things have been hectic. Cleaning, moving in, getting
cable and Internet, furniture delivered, multiple trips to Lowes, cleaning and
visiting with friends. Off to Iowa tomorrow morning for David's 40th Class Reunion from Veterinary College.
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| Rainbow behind our house greeted us our first night there |
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| Living Room |
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| bedroom |
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| Dinning Room with Kitchen in background |
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| Trailer Parked Under Port |
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| loaded up and ready to go in Maine |
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| Our first night on the road parked in cabelas parking lot |
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| Monticello |
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| James Monroe |
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| Archaeologic dig at Montpelier James and Dolly Madison's home |
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| Falls Lake before the wedding |
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| American Oyster Catcher Cumberland Island |
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| Cumberland Island National Seashore |
