Leaning Forward

Our children and grandchildren all returned safely to Virginia after their brief visits to "Paradise". We thoroughly enjoyed having them here. We hope they will come again next year.

We have a plan to leave Crystal Lake April 15 to travel to Virginia. We had a similar plan to leave April 8; we changed that plan. The trip home will likely take three days. The Hodges left here Monday and arrived home in Fawn Lake Tuesday afternoon. We see this as cruel and unnecessary punishment.

We will celebrate Easter Sunday at church and will have a late afternoon dinner with the Lohmans. They are leaving April 25 for Denver and then to Whidbey Island, WA until fall.

Motor homes are leaving Crystal Lake everyday. Our perfect weather is not holding people back from the cold and rainy weather in the north. Everyday here is one less day there. The Bodens left today for Michigan; it snowed there Sunday. Have you noticed that once you seriously consider going home, a momentum and anticipation develop, and you feel like you are ready to "be there". We talk of staying longer, but need to move on to new challenges (yard work) and opportunities (upcoming trips).

We'll resume the blog after we get to Virginia.