Long Time

Sorry to be so long away from a post: The summer came and went. Plans were made and quickly changed as circumstances dictated.
- The BCMA went to Beach Haven, NJ for a fantastic week end. We posted our photos on Shutterfly.
- Our trip to Vermont was postponed indefinitely as we went instead to the Little League's Eastern Regional Senior Girls Softball Tournament. Hannah's team became State Champs and did well in Massachusetts. they were 2 and 1 but did not advance because of the need to use the point system. Great time, though.
- Cathy and I have been walking in the Susquehanna State Park and in downtown Havre de Grace. We're in training for the AT. We hiked a bit near the Nolichucky River in Erwin, TN and also in the Shenandoah National Park in VA. these hikes sandwiched our annual trek to the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN. what a wonderful event. Such great storytellers this year. This is something I look forward to every year and each year I anticipate earlier and earlier. I start thinking about it in mid July. The past few years we have been able to stay later and travel back on a Monday. This has been great but this year we got the bright idea to also take off an extra day before and what a difference that has made. The 8 hour drive doesn't seem so bad now. We kept commenting with surprize that we didn't feel so tired. We will definitely do this from now on. We have one more year to take both the day before and after and then the calendar shifts and we will have to be back the Monday after to attend our staff in-service day but we will definitely continue to take the extra day ahead of time.