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Time to head north with Fort Worth, Arlington, and Bedford in our rearview. We parked the T@B in Patti's driveway on Wednesday evening and indulged in several days of visits with family. Mark and Brian and a friend had left that morning for hiking in NM traveling west...
On our Honeymoon in September 1973 the two of us visited Karen's Great Aunt Jo on her 70th Birthday at her home in Oxnard, California. That day 43 years and 9 days ago, we met her daughter Joanna. We've stayed in touch through the years, through Christmas cards and...
Several members of Karen's family gathered in Fort Worth this evening to celebrate her Dad's 90th birthday. Thanks to technology we were able to participate too. Ed sent an audio file of a conversation with Dad about his maternal aunts and we were able to interject...
As night was falling over the South Dakota plains we heard a voice call out to us. It was Paul on his bicycle with his trusty canine companion, Marvin. Knowing that Paul had  put in a full day of teaching until 9:30PM Sunday and needed to be back in for orientation...
After a most pleasant afternoon of conversation, double solitaire, and rubber band bracelet crafting with Dave, Riley, and Peyton, we repaired to T.D.'s in Canton for a dinner cheeseburgers for the girls and shrimp or fish tacos for the bigger people. The real purpose...
And then we joined the girls and Dave at their home in Canton today for some marathon game playing that started with several rounds of Hungry Hungry Hippos then progressed to Hi Ho Cherry O, Connect Four, Pass the Pigs, Go Fish, and some lessons in how to play Double...
It's a tradition that started last year on the Sunday after Tearstock. This year we did it on the Saturday before. Dave and the girls joined us at Atwood for a n afternoon of fun and games. We played Uno at the picnic table, checked out the playground equipment,...
Dave and the girls have a Friday night tradition of pizza and a movie. Tonight we got to join them for pepperoni and olive thin crust pizza and Treasure Planet. Because it's a special day we added in cupcakes, ice cream, and a birthday song!
Once upon a few decades ago Karen made some matching blue flannel shirts for the two of us. More than a dozen years ago CJ adopted Karen's shirt. This photo of her wearing it was taken upstairs in our Woodlawn house was taken by her friend Emily on Leap Day 2004 and...
Our location in northeastern Ohio this week gave us the opportunity to meet up with Dave for dinner. He chose The Rail, a local eatery that specializes in local burgers at Summit Mall in Akron. Yum! It gave us some time to catch up on his life, make plans to join him...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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On our first visit to Iceland we did a self guided walkabout in the center of Reykjavik.
Our adventure in Halifax was an extremely informative visit to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic coupled with a beautiful walk from the ship and back again.
Departing aboard the Norwegian Pearl on a repositoning cruise as the first leg of a three month adventure.