In Tennessee

We are well on our way now.  Our first stop after we left Maine was in Annapolis, MD.  Here we camped at the Naval Academy Campground.  It was well into spring here, however, in Maine spring had just begun.  The trees were just beginning to bud and it was still quite cold and wet there.  Maryland had well established leaves on the trees and temps in the upper 70's and 80's. 

Tree  just budding as we are leaving Maine in mid May

Our camper set up at the Naval Academy campground



From Friday thru Sunday we stayed with our good friends Pam and Skip in McLean, VA.  While there we went to the new Air and Space Museum Annex near Dulles Airport.  We saw a SR71,  a space shuttle, the Enola Gay, a Concorde, and many, many more.  It was great for 2 retired Air Force officers (one pilot and one navigator) to spend a few hours exploring.  Staying with Pam and Skip is always a lot of fun.  We ate lots of great food and toasted to good friends and good times several times!  Pam's gardens are beautifully in bloom.  Chico got to chase deer out of her yard after they ate rosebuds and other tender shoots.  He became her hero that day.

While in Annapolis, Bill and I ate breakfast at one of our favorite spots near Ego Alley, the Hard Bean Cafe.
It is called Ego Alley because boaters that enter into this narrow canal have to have a big ego to think they are going to turn around without hitting something.  It was unusual to catch this picture of no boats tied up there.

Ego Alley in Annapolis



  Staying in Annapolis also gave us a chance to get in one of our favorite past times, looking at boats.  Here is a picture of Bill at Port Annapolis Marine doing just that!

Port Annapolis Marina

On Wednesday the 25th of May, we headed to Fairfield Glade, TN, to visit my sister Paula and Terry. 

Mode of Transportation Change

The boat is still on the hard in North Carolina.  We left Maine at 6:00 this mrrning after spending 3 weeks visiting family and friends.  We stayed in our travel trailer most of the time and a few days at sister Laurie's in Kittery Point. Maine has had a very cool and wet spring.  It is past mid May and the trees are just starting to bud.  Yesterday's high temperature was barely 50 degrees and pouring rain.  We are very happy that there is no snow left, however. When we arrived in Waldoboro there was a large pile of plowed snow at the landing that hadn't melted yet.

In this short period of time Bill and I organized and held a yard sale at Mom, Loretta's in Damariscotta.  She has recently moved into assisted living in So. Berwick which is her hometown and near her 2 daughters and one son.  It was a very successful yard sale and we even sold enough of our stuff to support Bill's new habit: scuba diving.  He was able to buy a bouyance compensator (BC) and regulator with gauges.  That complees his diving gear so all he has to do is rent tanks to go diving and he is looking forward to diving in Okinawa with son, Dirk.  Nancy was able to buy a Kindle with the profits and very happy about that.  During this time I also had the opportunity to go to Bangor to visit my Mom, Elaine, who is also in assisted living.  Sister, Peggy, and I took her out to her favorite resturant for lunch and then on a shopping trip to her favorite clothing store.  She had a good time and laughed at our antics the whole time we were out. 

We are headed to the West Coast starting today to spend some time with son, Chad, and his family in Tacoma.  There we have 2 grandsons, Roland (5years) and Holden (soon to be 2 years).  Hopefully, we will be lucky enough to catch a military hop to Okinawa to visit son, Dirk, and his family.  There we have a granddaughter, Cece (9 years old).

You can follow us our adventures and misadventures right here on our blog.  That's all I have for now.  I'll try to be diligent keeping the blog updated.