FALL VISIT TO NEW ENGLAND
Richard and I had not been to New
England for a couple of years, so in September, 2011, we decided
to visit Ginny and Ron (Richard’s sister and her husband, Ronald Hogg). We
arrived about 4:00 p.m., and got a bus to Cape Cod ,
but it was 7 by the time we got to Ginny’s.
Wednesday,
September 21
It was a long, fun day. Ginny drove us through Boston to Melrose,
where we observed that the folk's house has now been changed from Brown to
white. (bet that took a bunch of paint) After looking around at the changes since
their last visit, Ginny and Richard were ready to go on to Marblehead, where
Richard was born, and spent much of his childhood. The day was beautiful, sunny, pleasant
temp. After time on the Neck, we went
through the town and to the cemetery, where Lee and Dick are buried.
We were looking for the Clam Box,
but it took quite a bit of back and forth driving for Ginny to find it (near
Rowley, where the Jewetts of 1836 first lived.
We found it, ordered Clam Dinners for all, and such a plate you never
saw! But we made a great headway. I was the only one not cleaning my plate, but
took the rest home.
Back on Cape Cod Ginny fed us,
Richard finishing my clams.
Wednesday, October 22.
Rainy, as the weather man said it
would be all weekend. The four of us
took a ride to find a shoe store. In
Sandwich we found one, and it had 9AA! And in Trotters! My favorite shoe....a 1 inch heel black
pump.
Lighthouse
and Coast Guard Station on the Cape Cod Canal .
Thursday,Sept.23
We decided to go to the mall in
Hiannis. There I found another pair of
shoes, sandals. We had separated, so I
waited in the food court for the return
of Richard and Ginny. On the way
home Ginny ordered Lobsters, which were ready at 5. They were delicious, but were nor filling out
their shells. (Better time for Lobsters
- Spring) We had a spare, and with what
I didn't eat, there was enough for lobster rolls on Saturday
I'm also getting a lot of reading
done on my Kindle.
Saturday, September 24 , 2011
G,R and I decided to go back to
the Hyannis Mall movie, to see "Contagion", Glynnis Paltrow, Matt
Damon, It was very close tothe book, but
the story could have been done better. Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sunday, September 25
Sunday, September 25
Scott and Stacey Hogg had invited
us to a cook-out at their home in Bridgewater.
But first we had to attend a junior football game, in which their two
older boys played. We sat with the
twins, who are adorable, friendly smart and cute.
Scott and Stacey bought a
foreclosure, which has four floors, including the basement, Six bedrooms, a
mother-in-law suite, and sits on 2 acres of land. It is beautifully landscaped, which Ron takes
care of, and has a nice pool. Best of
all, when they get to High School, the boys can walk. Their youngest who is just three took to
Richard, but all the kiids are super friendly, acted as if they had known us
for ever.
Carol (Hogg) joined us for
lunch. She lives only a mile from Scott.
Richard shows the boys his camera
pictures.
Monday, September 26
When I was packing the lid came
off some night cream, onto Ginny's dark blue comforter! I tried to get it off,
with towel, damp cloth and soap, but the residue stayed. I left the next morning without telling
Ginny, and worried about it after we got home for two days before I emailed her
about it. She assured me that it was a
duvet cover which came off and could be laundered in the washing machine. I was SOOO relieved!
Tuesday , September 27
It was a very long day. We left Ginny and Ron's house at 7:30 for our 11:00 o'clock plane, and had plenty
of time in the airport. Then we had to
change planes in Baltimore, with a three hour wait, so it was 8:30 when we got
home, (Ed and Heather met us) and went to FAT BOYS for dinner, but they were
closed, so we had wings at PG's (I had never been there before, although it is
close by the Kissimmee Post Office.
We truly had a great time.
I found a couple of books for my greats, which I’ll be sending.
Now we are planning a cruise with Carol and George, and DJ
Dillon. We leave the 23rd of
October 2011.for the Western Carribbean .
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