Excursions

In which Bob goes to San Francisco for two weeks of training at SCS Global Services – February 2 – 17   FLYING IN   Verdant hills and rich farmland.   HENRY    How nice to have a good friend on the other end! Henry, one of Bob’s high school roommates at TASIS (The American […]

Bob flies to Cologne, Germany to attend classes in ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) for his new career in auditing – October 7 – 14, 2018   GETTING THERE    Planes and trains, but no automobiles.   GETTING AROUND    Bob booked a room at the hotel where he would be taking classes and walked

In which Camille helps her brothers move their mother’s stuff from her apartment into her new home – September 17-23   SORTING IT OUT    Brother Michael goes through mail on the card table that has served as his parent’s dining room table for ten years, while brother John sorts through the kitchen, both doing

Two nights at the lake house, a birthday well celebrated, dinner out, day tripping on the Jersey shore, and three childhood homes revisited – June 4-6, 2018   CAMILLE’s 64TH Celebrated in high fashion by Kathryn and James, with cake, candles, ice cream, flowers, gifts, and cards. Yeah man! They will still need you and feed

Visiting Mom, picnicking with brothers, hiking the woods, and dinner with the gang – June 8 & 9, 2018   MOM AT 85 Brother James took this photo of Mom outside Shippensburg Health Care Center. She has lost a lot of weight and is too weak to walk, but loves her wheelchair and keeps her

In which Bob and Rose drive down to Middendorf, South Carolina for sugar cane syrup – November 18, 2017   SUGAR CANE FOR FAIR GAME     Fair Game Beverage Company is located at The Plant in Pittsboro, NC. Bob has jumped in as the Administrative Elder, but sometimes adds his shoulder to other facets of

In which Camille and her good friend, Pamela go to a college football game – September 9, 2017   SAINT JOHN’s UNIVERSITY    Pam and Camille find humor in a syphilis poster inside the school. St. John’s University is noted for its melodious bell tower, a modern structure with ageless big-bell appeal that was designed

Pamela and her parents whisk Camille off to northern Minnesota for a weekend at her family’s lake house – September 9-11, 2017   NATURE’s WELCOME    After a hard-hitting football game (see Collegeville Football), and an interminable drive, Pam and family reach Scott and Linda’s lake house. Camille (she’s the one with the pea-sized head)

In which Camille spends a week in Minnesota with Pamela and her family, cooking, eating, pulling tomatoes from the garden, going for long walks, and sitting on the deck watching animals rotate through the yard – September 7-14, 2017   WOODSY CUL-DE-SAC Pam’s parents, Duane and Shirley, live at the end of a wide, winding

Basking in vacation mode at Jim and Kathryn’s Lake House – May 15 and 16, 2017   ROUNDABOUT COTTAGE    So named because it sits beside a little traffic circle, or roundabout in a cozy, tree-shaded neighborhood.   LAKE FRONT    Beyond house and  home, Roundabout cottage is a place to slow your pulse and