Hi gang! We arrived in Watertown, CT yesterday at 5:00 pm. Got our stuff out of the car and up into our room on the 4th floor! We used the elevator and got everything up here, then we heard later that it was broken. Can you say "over the weight limit"?? LOL
We had a terrific time going across the US...we went through Vegas (and we didn't even stop....aaaaaaaargggghh)up into Utah and stayed at Cedar City. Then we took off and headed to Evergreen, CO where Jack's son and family lives. We arrived there on Father's Day and had a fun time with them. Then we had lunch with a classmate of Jack's that he hadn't seen since graduation in 1961 from the Taft School. That was fun. We ended up in Lincoln, NE and then headed to Bloomington, IL where we stopped twice to meet some of Jack's ham buddies who purchased a few items from him. We spent the night there and headed to Clarion, PA which was the looooooooooooooongest day ever! Left Bloomington around 9:00AM and landed in Clarion about 9:30 at night. Not gonna do that again! Yesterday we left PA and arrived here. Phew what a drive. But we had such fun, laughing and talking and just enjoying each other. We didn't even turn on the radio because it was so nice. Once we put on Brad Paisley's new album and listened to one song while we sat in traffic. The weather was beautiful the whole way till we got in CT where we were following a dark cloud. But thankfully it didn't let loose until we were having dinner.
Gotta tell you a funny story. We were in Ohio and stopped for a potty break and found a little ice cream place. We had to try it out. Well they have an ice cream called "Buckeye" and I'm asking the gal, what is that? She said it is p'nut butter dipped in chocolate and added to vanilla with a chocolate swirl. Let me tell ya, it was D-licious. But I still didn't get the fact that we were in Ohio and I was eating Buckeye ice cream....get it? The Ohio Buckeyes??? duh me The name of the Ice Cream place is Handel's and they have one in Upland, CA on Mountain off the 10 fwy. Oh I'm going there alright when we get back!!!
We found out that the school will be again travelling to NYC and to Boston. This time the play they will be going to is "Tarzan". The kids start coming tomorrow and almost all of the faculty is here. We had a dinner with the faculty tonight and got to see everyone again and play catch up.
When we arrived yesterday and went to the office, we told them that we were glad to be back at our Summer Home in CT. They laughed and asked if we were happy with the way they had kept it up for us...LOL
I'm still looking for someone to "play" with since my friend didn't come back this year. I think I will contact the Long Island, NYC and CT Tall clubs and see if I can hook up with them.
Ok well time to get back to checking out the stamping website to get some ideas. I brought a lot of stamping stuff so I can make cards while I'm here.
Here is the website in case you want to still keep track of us:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=w4kh-2
George said he never got it....so someone please check with him to make sure he got it.
We took Jack's car to the Toyota dealer so we can get an oil change and a 30,000 mile check up. We didn't leave anything behind which is amazing since we had so much going on before we left. My dad is doing good and is planning on going back to work on Monday. Just depends on what the dr says.
Don't know if I had sent out an email or not, but Jack's mom passed away on June 8th. She was 91. Since the east coast tends to do cremations, we will have a memorial service the Tuesday after we leave here, which will be in the town she lived in for so long. Then we head up to New Hampshire where there will be a family reunion and a memorial service will be held there as well. The family plot is there and that's where her headstone is, next to her husband and his family.
Anyway, just wanted to check in and say hi, we made it!
Hugs to all of you,
Nancy and Jack
