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| Marilyn, Rich and Us |
Time continues to fly by. Summer seems to be a distant recollection of recent past. We're busy planning for the next leg of our journeys, which will start on October 19. We leave then for Massachusetts to visit the Ipswich clan one more time, then on to Connecticut where Consuelo is taking classes at
"Stitches" through the weekend. Then we'll start our southern slide, with arrival at Jekyll Island to start November 1.
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| Runaway boat |
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| Ready for some zip line, while Consuelo hides in the car |
August had us busy with visitors. Paul's family visited early, then Liam and Amelia stayed on until Thursday, when we brought them down to Ipswich and stayed for an evening concert at the Crane Estate there. The next week, we tripped over to New Harbor, the next Maine point, and had lunch there with friends Clive and Sandy Henery who we see at Jekyll. The following day, we had a fine visit from my cousin Marilyn and Rich who stayed a couple of wonderful days with us. Marilyn delighted me by giving me our grandmother's camera which she has had in her possession forever. I was thrilled to add it to my small camera collection.
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| Pensive Porter |
A day later, TJ, Luna and Porter arrived for a week long visit. Soon after they arrived, we got a call that our pontoon had broken away from its mooring and was high and dry on the shore in Hatchet Cove. We secured it for the night, then floated it off on the next high tide, and moored it somewhat better. No harm done.
We did some boating on a very foggy day, which made for an interesting tour.
One day TJ and the kids tried out the zip line at Monkey C Monkey Do. We tripped down to Pemaquid on a sunny day and enjoyed the rocks and the scenery. We played games and read books. We were sorry to see them leave.
We caught our breath for a few days, then Deb and John Wilkinson arrived for their 3rd annual visit. John and I moved the back door to make space in the kitchen for the refrigerator, then we waited out hurricane Irene as it plodded it's way through New England. Aside from losing power for a couple hours, it was a non-event here.
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| Pemaquid Point Lighthouse |
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| Moved the back door |
The rest of New England was harder hit by the hurricane, and a few days after the Wilkinsons left, the Red Cross called and asked us to deploy to Southbridge, MA, where they had set up headquarters for all 6 states. Vermont saw the greatest damage, but each NE state had relief efforts. After a week there, and as things were starting to wind down, we were redeployed to Hazleton, PA, where Irene's impact was capped by TS Lee, which pushed the Susquehanna River over its levees in several towns. This became the largest relief operation ever in the Northeast for the Red Cross, with nearly 100 ERVs out feeding and 900 volunteers helping out. We spent 2 weeks there, finally returning home on 9/26. As with most Red Cross deployments, we got the crud, appearing as a cold which lingers still.
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| Parked with Red Cross in PA |
I was pleased to find out that Escapees Magazine had honored me with the cover photograph in the Sept/Oct issue, which included an article that I wrote about Jekyll. I have to set a new, higher goal for my photographic efforts now.
