NORTHERN EXPOSURE

Suzy and I traveled north with the camper to the Sheep n Wool festival in Rhinebeck, NY, then on to the Daileys in Delmar, NY and finally to the Snyders in Becket, MA, before returning home to Manassas. Lots of Fun, Foliage, Friends, and Family

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Virginia Beach Camping Trip

We ventured to 1st Landing State Park in Virginia Beach, VA and enjoyed visits with Sarah, and then Paul and Sue Smith avec wine and sumptuous finger foods.

Cover-up............the yellowed floor

"Lick em and stick em". Suzy and I made short work of our ancient kitchen floor after a quick trip to Lowes.

Dueling Tractors..........."farm boys"

You are what your roots produced, and the "apple doesn't fall far from the tree"

Roger and I share mowing time at the Sandpatch (Mance) retreat venue.

The "tractors" are appropriately colored for college history.

HERSHEY.....1st camper trip.

Suzy, Tululah and I ventured forth the day AFTER Labor Day to Hershey Highmeadow Campground in PA. The place had flushed out the day before and we were among 15 or so campers in a 300+ space campground.

NEW TOYS..........for new adventures.

Saddled up for an excursion to Hershey, PA, waiting until the day AFTER Labor Day when things will be quieter.

Scrap Craft(ed).....wine tasting

Mance hot tub launches new water sport........"catch me if you can" wine floaters

The "Volunteer".....tomato

Suzy pulled this "weed" from a crack in the driveway. It smelled like tomato, so she scooped out a hole and inserted it in the ground. It is now 5' tall and still growing. She has named it the "volunteer", and it produces tomatoes within arm's reach of the deck dinner table.

NEW TOW VEHICLE

The 205,000 mile RAV4 is being retired and replaced by a Hyundai Sante Fe as a tow vehicle for our new (to us) pop up camper.

Sandpatch revisited

The color, this year, at Sandpatch had to be provided by Michaels. Oklahoma trips and a hot, dry summer doomed the real thing!

The local ice cream stand in Meyersdale has better treats than spellers!!

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Oklahoma has intrinsic beauty .........and beasts. I spotted this guy (RATTLESNAKE) three feet from my bare legs and ankles when I was out on the grassy brush looking for wild boars

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Oklahoma again

Small farms just don't make it in Eagle City, OK. Don,t know how to pronounce that name on the combine, but it didn,t survive.

Maine(ly) Smith.......KENNEBUNK.ROAD TRIP!!

July 19-22 provided us a summer respite with Laura, Lindsay, Sophie, and Charlie in Kennebunk, ME.

Sunrise walks on the beach (avec dogs) and sunset thunder storms from the porch (sans dogs) made the delightful days of pool fun, pub fun, and sun fun, all the more memorable

Seagulls attacking our pizza in Old Orchard Beach called for evasive action.

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