Home again, Home again...You know that stuff!!!

Well we made it home today from Peg's. The weather was great and the traffic was very light. We come home the way Steve makes the trip.
We checked our MPG for the trip home. The first day it was 28 Mpg, yesterday it was 27 MPG and today it was 26.7 MPG. I think the reason todays was lower is all the stops and starts and little towns with lower speed limits and lights.
It has been a great trip and we had such a good time and were able to party with so many wonderful people.
I have no idea when I will be blogging again cause we going back to our everyday boring routine.
Has anyone heard from Heather??? I haven't seen any !!!!!!! in quite a while.
Love.

At Peg's

Just wanted to let everyone know we arrived at Peg & Steves OK. today was the first rain we have seen since we started our trip. The rain was not constant, but it was hard some of the time.
Last knight I checked my gas milage for the day doing 65 MPH or less. It came out to 28 MPG. This was from Re's to Harrisonburg, VA. I was a little disappointed, sine I checked when I first got this car and it was 27 MPG. I really thought it would much more. Maybe I'm expecting too much from my car.
I have been looking for Heather's weekly blog. Could it be that she is not blogging every Saturday like she promised? Ihope everything is all right with her. I really miss the !!!!!!!!!!!.
Love.

In VA!!!

Left Re's this morning and made it to Harrisonburg, VA. the weather so far on this trip has been fantastic. For August, it is even somewhat cool. The traffic was fairly light. My experiment with traveling 65 MPH or less is still on going. After I get off this computer, I'll check my MPG.
Looking forward to seeing Peg & Steve tomorrow. We are a little over 5 hours away, so we should be arriving early afternoon.
I hope Peg is able to get home. I saw on the news this afternoon, after we checked in, that there was a computer glitch with the FAA and it was affecting all flights all over the country.
Will be home sometime on Thursday.
Love.

The Jersey joint!!!

We ar at Re's house for the night (Monday). Just had a late lunch with Re & Dot. It was a nice mean.
Yesterday was a really great day. Kate & Joe had a gathering at their house and there were a lot of the family. We got a chance to talk with so many relations and the food was outstanding. Kate's house is so well laid out for large gatherings. Everyon there sends their greeting to our whole family.
I am on Re's computer and although I read all the outstanding blogs, (Peg, Katie & Jim) I am not able to comment on them.
Tomorrow we will be off to Harrisonburgh VA for the night. Wednesday we go to Peg & Steve's. I'm really looking forward to a visit with them ( I hope Peg gets home before we get there.
Love.

Back from th"Dead Fred"

Here it is, Sunday morning (late) and we are back at Kate's house. There will be a gathering of some of the clan later today. Nan is busy making a 'Tomato Pie' for later and El is busy in the kitchen along with Kate.
Last night was "Dead Fred's " party and it was a great time for all It was good to be with so many old friends and meet some new ones. There aere 3 young people there from the modern Battalion, and 2 of them sat at our table. One is already retired and the other is a current member. The unit is being activated for deployment in Iraq. They leave on September 19 for Camp Shelby Mississippi. I gave the young Leiutenant my E-Mail address and he promised he would keep in touch, I hope he does.
This morning we had breakfast with my friend Robbie and his significant other before Mass.
So now we are getting ready to meet the other relations and enjoy each other.
Tomorrow we will motor (I hate that phrase) to NJ to visit my sister and my sister in law. I should be able to blog from there.
I just finished the book "The Last Lecture" and it is spectacular. Thanks Sue. This is a book for all ages and as soon as Nan finishes it, it will be up for grabs. It is wonderful reading.
Love.

In Philly

Today was another calm and quiet day on the road. The traffic was not bad and the weather was great.
I am writting from Castle Kraher tonight. Kath and her mother send their love to all.
I'm not sure I will get a chance to write tomorrow because of the party, but I will definatly write on Sunday.
Love.

Still going

Well the first day was a good one. We are safe and sound in Roanoke VA. We just had dinner in a lovely Mexican restaurant on the premises. The traffic and weather were both very good today. The only delays were getting out of Gwinnett County. There were school busses and rail road crossing and of course the traffic.
Just wanted to let you all know that things are well with us. (Thanks for the check call Bill.)
Love.

Here we go again!!

As usual, I'll try to catch everybody up. It was good to hear from Mike again. I knew he was still around because I saw him at church.
Last Sunday afternoon, we went to the Aurora Theater to see "Dam Yankees". It was a well done, good performance. A bunch of us then gathered at the "Sweet Tomatoes" restaurant to make the day just perfect.
Tonight we went to Smoke rise Baptist Church (it is Wednesday after all) to watch our neighbor's children in a show. It was "Willie Wonka Junior" with all kids. It was well done and very enjoyable.
Tomorrow we will be leaving on our trip north. We will be in Roanoke tomorrow night, then at Katherine's Friday night. Saturday night is 'Dead Fred's Party' so we will be in Holiday Inn, then it's back to Katherine's for Sunday night.
Monday we will go to Jersey to visit Re & Dot. We will leave Re's on Tuesday morning and spend the night in Harrisonburg VA.
Wednesday we will drive to Peg's and spend the night with her. Then it is home on Thursday and back in our own bed.
I'm putting all this in writing so all you kids know our schedule and don't call our friends looking for us.
Love.