After disaster deployments that lasted too long, and repairs to the house that really couldn't wait, we're finally on the road for our annual autumn adventure a month later than we planned. When you live in the Northeast, the first leg of any journey west is about the same, and like last year by the time we'd cleared our eyes of sleepy seeds we were tooling down the Wilbur Cross and Merritt Parkways in Connecticut and enjoying the fall colors as well as the artistry of the many old bridges we passed under.
It's not like we haven't been anywhere or haven't had adventures since last fall--we've just been too lazy to write about them. But, in February we enjoyed a week in Florida with our friends Kent and Joanne, shown here with Mary Frances in a delightful candy store at St. Armand's Circle on Lido Key:
.JPG)
Sweets for the sweet.
Other enjoyments on that too-brief trip included a trip to Solomon's Castle in Ona, a weird but oddly delightful collection of amusing curios made from discarded trash where its creator toils to this day:.JPG)
.JPG)
Solomon's Castle -- sided with used printing foils.
It was a place so fascinating it caused our ladies to dance:
Mary F., Joanne, Ann and Cynthia
In May we traveled to Columbus to celebrate granddaughter Violet's 6th birthday:
A wagon load of trouble...and joy.
In July we rented a house near Scarborough Beach, in Narragansett, Rhode Island, and enjoyed the company of son Dana and daughters Karen and Heather and their families:
Victor Hatch, Elise Taylor, Bennett Taylor, Lucas Forman, Violet Hatch
Including a ferry boat ride to Block Island:
Ben, Elise, Violet, Lucas, Wendy, Victor
...and back:
Heather and Lucas
And decimating Rhode Island's sea food population:
Clockwise from left: Wendy, Karen, Mary F., Elise, Violet, Keith, Lucas, Bennett, Dana
Those are great memories. Tomorrow we'll wander about Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in search of more of them. Then on our way again, like this morning:
No comments:
Post a Comment