It's 2008! Time to start blogging!
It would be fun to start with something like, “By overwhelming popular demand, I am restarting our BLOG.” But that would be stretching the truth. In fact a few folks have wondered when we would start the again. Not that ours is a boring life, but writing a daily blog of life on Amelia Island would make for a dull read!
Now that it is nearly the end of May 2008, I thought it would be good to start again. At least so folks will know that we’re posting – at least occasionally – and let everyone know what’s been happening and our plans for the rest of the year. Scary, isn’t it, to have plans for the next 6 months!
The photo is of the courthouse in Forsyth, GA. Those of you with good memories will recall a similar photo of the courthouse taken last year (almost a year to date!).
In mid January, we took the RV to Forsyth, GA for 4 nights. It was a chance to play golf with my old golfing buddy, Rick. Needless to say, I played as usual – poorly! Because Forsyth is north of Macon, we were relatively close to Atlanta. We took the opportunity and went for the day, starting with a visit to IKEA where we picked up a desk for Margaret. Then off to Trader Joe’s and serious wine shopping!
Although there are six Trader Joe’s (as of mid-January) in Atlanta, there are none closer in the southeast. We asked a clerk if he knew of any plans to “invade” Florida – like Orlando or Tampa. But he had not heard of any such plans. So we stocked up – fortunately the Saturn VUE has a roomy storage area (with the back seats down). We put in eight cases of Two-Buck Chuck (six Cabs and two Chardonnay). After the staff helped load it, I realized there was room for three or four more, but I decided to stick with what I had.
An amusing footnote to this wine story. The next night we had dinner with friends in Macon. The server announced their liquor license renewal hadn’t been renewed. For once I had not only a bottle of wine – I had eight cases! At first they didn’t want to let me bring it in, but after we made motions to leave, the manager relented. I offered him a bottle for his trouble, but he refused.
In mid February, we drove to D.C. via Wilmington, NC. The purpose was for Margaret to meet with various Red Cross folks regarding her on-going project. We elected not to take the RV because we wanted to stay downtown in relative proximity to the Red Cross headquarters. While there we had an opportunity to have dinner with some old friends from our California days.
I will be posting for a few days, trying to catch up on what we've been doing and where we've been. Particularly, I want to devote a separate post to our most recent RV outing to O'Leno State Park in Florida.
Regards to all our "loyal" readers. As the guv would say: "We're Baacckkkk."
Wayne
Now that it is nearly the end of May 2008, I thought it would be good to start again. At least so folks will know that we’re posting – at least occasionally – and let everyone know what’s been happening and our plans for the rest of the year. Scary, isn’t it, to have plans for the next 6 months!
The photo is of the courthouse in Forsyth, GA. Those of you with good memories will recall a similar photo of the courthouse taken last year (almost a year to date!).
In mid January, we took the RV to Forsyth, GA for 4 nights. It was a chance to play golf with my old golfing buddy, Rick. Needless to say, I played as usual – poorly! Because Forsyth is north of Macon, we were relatively close to Atlanta. We took the opportunity and went for the day, starting with a visit to IKEA where we picked up a desk for Margaret. Then off to Trader Joe’s and serious wine shopping!
Although there are six Trader Joe’s (as of mid-January) in Atlanta, there are none closer in the southeast. We asked a clerk if he knew of any plans to “invade” Florida – like Orlando or Tampa. But he had not heard of any such plans. So we stocked up – fortunately the Saturn VUE has a roomy storage area (with the back seats down). We put in eight cases of Two-Buck Chuck (six Cabs and two Chardonnay). After the staff helped load it, I realized there was room for three or four more, but I decided to stick with what I had.
An amusing footnote to this wine story. The next night we had dinner with friends in Macon. The server announced their liquor license renewal hadn’t been renewed. For once I had not only a bottle of wine – I had eight cases! At first they didn’t want to let me bring it in, but after we made motions to leave, the manager relented. I offered him a bottle for his trouble, but he refused.
In mid February, we drove to D.C. via Wilmington, NC. The purpose was for Margaret to meet with various Red Cross folks regarding her on-going project. We elected not to take the RV because we wanted to stay downtown in relative proximity to the Red Cross headquarters. While there we had an opportunity to have dinner with some old friends from our California days.
I will be posting for a few days, trying to catch up on what we've been doing and where we've been. Particularly, I want to devote a separate post to our most recent RV outing to O'Leno State Park in Florida.
Regards to all our "loyal" readers. As the guv would say: "We're Baacckkkk."
Wayne
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