Memories Around the World

 

Greg and Michelle's 2023 trip home was a memorable trip for all. They got to see many old friends and friends of the family. They spent lots of time with us, hanging out at home and going places with Bob and I. Like last year, we stayed 2 days with them in Dulles, traveling back and forth to Winchester to visit our favorite places-a favorite restaurant on Old Town Winchester plaza, Middletown shops and stopping at mills. This year we went to Locke's Mill Store (a new place for them) and we all enjoyed the state park in Paris, Virginia. 

Pictured at the covered bridge in Kirby, Pa. 

Sweet Love

 For Bob's 69th birthday, he chose the Princess Restaurant in Frostburg for lunch. There we had the perfect waitress. We ate every bite of a light lunch (we shared his cole slaw), followed by a perfect piece of coconut cream pie. The trip along Rt. 40 and 68 was pretty, some of the fall colors were perfect. For dinner, I made one of his favorite items-ham loaf. We had a nice day.

September 27, 2023

Vicki

 

My lifelong friend Vicki is living in Florida these days and visits "home" twice a year. She and I always meet.  Throughout the year, we send each other small tokens via snail mail.  I made a pocket page to keep the kind notes and cards she sends me.  The picture is from our recent visit to High Country Creamery in Grantsville.  We always have so much fun.

September 2023

 

Smoky then Sunny

The Canadian wildfires produced skies of smoke near our US home. Visiting Gettysburg in July, the skies were so smoky. A few weeks later, we were so happy to see a clear sunny sky on our trip through the Catoctin valley from Lancaster.    

The smoke at Gettysburg was evident, but Bob reminded me that the battlefields were like that 160 years ago with cannons and black powder weapons filling the air with their smoke.  Hallowed ground.

2023
 

Betty

 

Betty was a cashier at WVU hospital whom customers praised that "watched over them". She was always there, with spotless uniform and great attendance for nearly 40 years. Betty made the best coffee. Every afternoon she got up on her stool and reached down into the tall urns and scrubbed the sides. Not easy for anyone and she wasn't very tall.

When asked why she liked working at the Health Sciences Center she answered: "I fell in love there!".

2023

The Parkway

 

In addition to the vistas, the Blue Ridge Parkway featured many of those things we love-wildlife, flowers, historic structures and a few rusted relics.

2023

You Got Me a Lake!

 

It was an unstructured vacation. We knew the starting point was the southwestern Virginia line and we would drive north on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We knew the number of days and that it wasn't going to rain. The trip was perfect, starting at a 50s style lakeside lodge. When Bob asked me, "How'd I do?" I replied, "You got me a lake!" (a perfect 10).

Peeks of Otter, 2023