Well, here we are again, back in California visiting with our family. We have one granddaughter graduating from college and one graduating from high school. It's hard to believe that they are getting that old and we continue to stay the same (ha, ha).
We had a great trip north this year. The weather could have been a bit nicer, but aside from that it went smoothly. We were only held up for 3 or 4 days because of bad weather, and it worked out that we were able to stop at some of our favorite marinas and wait it out. It usually takes us 21 traveling days to make the 800 mile trip from Palm Coast, FL to Norfolk, VA. I know that it sounds like a long time, but when you consider that we only make about 50 to 60 miles a day traveling 6 or 7 hour days it's not too bad. We just get too tired if we travel longer days, especially if we travel several days in a row. We aren't usually in any hurry...so why beat ourselves to death.
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| Historic Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine, FL |
As usual on our trip north, we stopped in Elizabeth City, NC with the intent of doing the Dismal Swamp again. We love this trip and do it almost every year. By the way, we are in the process of finishing our 7th year of full-time cruising on the ICW. It's hard to believe that after dreaming of doing this trip for 20 years, we have actually been doing it for almost 7 years. We have realized our dream, and there is more to come because we are still having a good time! After we completed the Dismal Swamp, we traveled a short distance to Portsmouth, VA where we left Diamond Girl for a month while traveling to the "left coast" and attending the graduations.
We are definitely proud grandparents!!
After all of the festivities here in CA, we will return to Diamond Girl and continue our dream. We are going to spend the summer in the Chesapeake Bay again, and then we will make our usual migration down to Florida for the winter and spring. OH!!!!What a life we live. We always say "somebody's got to do it and it might as well be us."
Stay in touch, and please let us know what's happening in your lives. We hope that everyone is having as good a time as we are.
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Bud and Elaine
Diamond Girl
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