A Visit With the Children - Carrie and family

When we left Texas in April, we had several purposes. One was to

quarantine in Pennsylvania so we could see my mother, now 98. The other was to visit our children, one in New Hampshire and two in Maine. We wrote a small post about our visit to Mom and my sister and husband, and now the posts of our visits to the kids!

The first one will be in New Hampshire. As we drove to New England the first stop would be my daughter and husbands house. The granddaughters names are Lyla and Sari, and her husband is Jason. We took some pictures of their home and want to share these with you.

The house

The back deck

Meme and Lyla

Sari and the pool

Sari and Lyla and a special chicken!

The chickens

Lyla

The goats

We had a wonderful visit to the Stein home. One dog, four cats, eight chickens, two guinea pigs and two goats! Jay worked hard for the family and we all ate the wonderful meals Carrie prepared. We did sing and danced and celebrated life.

          

Spring Images #2

While traveling from Texas to Maine to see grandchildren, we stopped in Pennsylvania for three weeks to visit Mom and my youngest sister and her husband. She waits on us and makes us feel so very comfortable. We walked and walked and also had some really nice outings.  Here are a few images from our trips:

                Spring Beauties

                         Tiger Lily

               Apple Blossoms

                 Pink Dogwood

            Jack-in-the-pulpits

Another treat were the little lambs playing in the barn and the field.

A great chance to see some spring birds too.

     Red-winged Blackbird

 Canada Geese parents with little ones

      Barn Swallow on Nest

                Bluebird - male

                     Snow Geese

Some typical architectural structures.

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When we left Pennsylvania, we headed for Linda’s daughter, husband and grandchildren, Lyla and Sari. And now for the picture of Lyla and her stilts. Birthday was March 12 but they waited for us to celebrate.

Finally, we crossed the border from New Hampshire into Maine and headed for Katrinas house. We stayed for a while, and we’re able to celebrated Mother’s Day.  It was had a wonderful visit with Latona and her children.

It was a happy day when she could put her arms around her son and daughter

at the same time.  Happy Mother’s Day!,

The Chicken Coop Project

When we arrived in Pennsylvania in early April, Dotty, my sister, told us that we had a project, if we wanted it. 

I was excited when she said that we could remove the old chicken coop and yard, and make it disappear. 

Latona was a great help! We made it disappear!

On the Road Again!

Here is the update for the Daicey Duo!  (Known also as Linda and Latona)

Well, we decided to leave Rio Hondo a bit early and head to Pennsylvania. Here is where my sister and her husband live and where my 98-year old mother resides. We have been very careful as we traveled and have maintained social distance from Texas to here. We know we will shelter in place here and maintain a quarantine while we wait out the time to return to Maine.  Our sadness includes missing the friends we had hoped to visit as we made our way north.  Of course, we missed the spring migration and had to say goodbye to our Traveling Sisters Sharon and Pat.

We managed to pick secondary roads for the most part and thank God for Wal-Mart. Most places were closed tight as a drum and would not allow camping.  We thought we might find state parks and KOAs since our friends stayed in them just a week before as they headed north. But no luck except one night!

Several things happened as we traveled.  On our second night, first night was a Walmart parking lot, we followed the signs for the Natchez Trace Parkway beginning in Natchez, MS. We left Texas and planned to stop on the Trace.  We followed a sign that said “Campground A” and after several miles of rough road we found a place where there were about ten spots with several vacant sites. We chose #5 and found that this was a full hook up campground.  We dumped our tank, hooked up electricity and filled our water jugs. We waited for someone to come and collect our fee in the evening, but no one came. We thought in the morning someone would come but still no one came! What a gift for us!

Now on the Trace and having a great travel day!

It was wonderful to travel with spring!  We had loved it when we walked with spring on the Appalachian Trail. Now we were seeing Redbud, Dogwood, and May Apples as we drove.

The next day, in a Walmart parking lot, now in Tennessee, we had another treat. We love seeing the buggies when we travel in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country so what a surprise when I saw this.

We traveled along in Tennessee and stumbled upon Jack Daniels in Lynchburg.

We went into Kentucky and after lots of twists and turns, we went into West Virginia, the mountain state for sure. We did a bit of a marathon and made it to Hagerstown, WV and tried many places to stay. Again, we ended at a Walmart parking lot. Twelve hour day and I forgot to turn off the lights in the bright parking lot. The next morning was a call to AAA and after an hour we were off to Pennsylvania.

We had to skip my brothers house, but made it to my sisters house around lunchtime. Said hi to mom
but stayed clear for now. We are happy to be here and now will shelter in place and hope to keep everyone safe.

Here is a picture of where we are sheltering in place!

                              We love being with my sister and it is a good place to be for now!

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