Travels and adventures in retirement
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Buzzard’s Rest
So we are staying at Buzzard’s Rest. It is a well laid out compact one-up one-down, which if it had a third floor and was located in Philadelphia, PA would be called a “ trinity”. It is attached to the host’ house and the entrance is up an outside staircase with a balcony to sit…
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Going Carless to Cornwall
1st July 2024 This July is my celebration for making it through three quarters of a century….very soon. I thought being an adult asthmatic I wasn’t expecting to get too far past my 60th birthday. But very close to 15 years later I am still here and thanks to Judith’s encouragement to stay fit I…
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Week 4 – 31 July – 5 Aug
A new week at a new home! So on Monday we gave Evelyn her birthday cards and then we all cleaned Susan’s beach house in Bethany Beach for a family arriving early Tuesday morning. When the laundry was all finished dried and put in the linen cupboards Judith and I moved on to Ev &…
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Sunday 30th August 2023
An adventure for Omi and Jayden. So for Evelyn’s 71st birthday she wanted to go Parasailing over the bay at Dewey Beach. After all the adults declined to go up with her, Denny booked a seat for their grandson Jayden. And Jennifer went on the boat as our official family photographer. Denny also booked a…
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Week 3 : 24th -30th July 2023
Just chilling at the “beach” Monday a former student and good friend Sue West came down from Absecon, NJ to visit and catch up with us. She is an excellent visitor arriving with her sleeping bag, pillow, towel and cooler containing her breakfast foods, and a bottle of wine to share. “I do my best…
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Sunday, 23 July at Freeman Art Centre Sunday was an open air concert at the Freeman Art Centre in Fenwick Island just down Rte 1. It is a large flat field with a stage, lights and video screen displays. It is also BYOC – Bring Your Own Chair. Dinner was tailgating in the car park…
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Week 2 at home – 17-23 July 2023
Relaxing at the beach Monday the 17th I practised my driving skills including going through the Baltimore Tunnel then an Interstate and finally Rte 1 South. And then we got off Rte 1 with it’s 6 lanes to drive through Dover and some little villages and much more scenic route. After arriving in Bethany West…
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A very Happy Birthday with my family – 15th July
74th birthday and grand start to my 75th year! So we spent the day around the dinner table each with a different stitching project during the day. Judith was stitching the binding on one of Sue’s quilts. Ev was stitching on the border of a single bed quilt for Sue’s beach house, and I was…
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Thursday & Friday
Thursday 13th July Friday 14th July We went to Lancaster PA to visit an old college friend and house mate from Kutztown College days (1968-1971), Beth Dunkelberger. She is a costume designer and has worked with several different theatre companies, films, and a puppet theatre in Lancaster. We had a relaxing day at Mike and…
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Wednesday in Washington DC – 12 July 2023
“You wanna walk!?!” We are getting used to American incredulity at our request for directions to walk to anywhere. So Susan loaned us her car and I drove us down to Glenmont Metro Station for a trip to National Museum of Native Americans. We got on the Metro at Glenmont Station and traveled to Judiciary…
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