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PAST Travels and Blogs
January 5, 2009 - HAPPY NEW YEAR - We spent New Year's in MD enjoying a quiet evening alone. Not much planned,
as far as travel, in January. A few trips to visit with Gene is about it. Since he put the 50 amp plug in his
driveway we try to get there as often as possible. On January 23, 2009 Susan will be having surgery
on her right foot. Most of you know her background with the Avon Breast Cancer walks and the many problems she has had
with her feet. Well... she plans to walk in another one this year but must have a bone spur removed from her right foot
before she can begin training. The recovery will be NO WALKING at all for 7-10 days (yeah right) then limited walking
for a month or so then - - look out! She will be ready to start training again. John has already volunteered to
help her train. November 10, 2008 - Still not much happening in the Hawley house. We did get away for a nice weekend at the
Urbanna Oyster Festival in Urbanna, VA. Sue joined us for a fun filled day of=n Friday and a rest filled day on Saturday. No
plans until February when we head south for the Alaskan RV Rally then on to Key West and Disney World!
2008-05-17 to 2008-05-18 College Park, MD - Backup Oncall Cherry Hill Park
2008-05-18 Culpeper, VA - Celebration of Life, Love and Family. Dave and Karen adopted a sweet little bundle of joy, Cesilia. Cesi is adorable. She really seemed to like all the attention. You could tell by the look on Dave and Karen's face that they are totally in love with Cesi. What a beautiful family. 2008-05-05 to 2008-05-11 College Park, MD Oncall - Cherry Hill Park
2008-04-25 to 2008-04-27 Hiking and camping on the Appalachian Trail in PA.(weather permitting)
Well, the weather was fine but as we were getting ready for our trip, we discovered that a robin built a nest on our radiator and laid three eggs since the Pork in th Park. Susan could not bare to kill the birds so we just stayed where we were, Cherry Hill Campground. Honestly, it would have been hard for John to kill the unborn baby birds too. Mommy robin is currently sitting on her nest. 2008-04-18 to 2008-04-20 Salisbury, Maryland, MD - Pork in the Park
The Fifth Annual Pork in the Park Bar-b-que Festival will be held at Winterplace Park on April 18-20, 2008! Great food, drink, crafts, live blues music, carnival rides and more - and - enjoy one of the nation&'s top ten bar-b-que festivals sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society. February 2008 2008-02-07 to 2008-02-24 FL
2008-02-08 to 2008-02-11 ALASKAN DISCOVERY RV TOURS Rally in Seffner, FL at Lazydays We had a GREAT time at the Rally. Caught up with Bob and Hope. Sally and Jim, and were surprised when Judy and Klondike Mike showed up. They were in the area waiting for their first grandchild to be born. It was so good to visit with everyone. F Our first afternoon was spent visiting and schmoozing. There was a "block party" in the middle of our section where everyone caught up with friends. At 5:30 pm Spike & Lindy's Pizza Night was a great success. Saturday the 9th our friends went to a 10 am class on "Stretching for RV'ers" and at 11 am a class on "Healthy RV'ing ". 2 pm block party again....then at 5:30 head over to the rally room for a catered BBQ/RIB dinner. More visiting with songs, awards, maybe a bunch of give-aways and a raffle. Most important is our time together reliving those Alaskan memories, making new friends and seeing all the new Alaskan photos in our continuous slide show. We spent the day looking at some really beautiful coaches. While many of them were pretty, none of them had the storage that ours has. We decided to keep ours! 2008-02-15 Clermont, FL
January 12, 2008
December 28, 2008
2007-12-24 to 2007-12-30 College Park, MD - Backup Oncall Cherry Hill Park
Since John was on call we stayed in MD for Christmas. Our friends Arlene and Marjorie invited us to have dinner with them. WOW! They went all out with turkey, ham, turnips, squash, and all the regular sides. Arlene out did herself by baking incredible apple and pumpkin pies. We ate and laughed and enjoyed a good time with good friends. 2007-12-17 to 2007-12-23 College Park, MD Oncall - Cherry Hill Park
Not much going on - we are hanging close to home. Susan continues to work at the Cafe Mon - Fri and John is using Metro to get to work as traffic continues to be a nightmare. He is looking forward to spring so he can get back on his bike! Susan attended the annual TU dinner, this year held at the home of Vanessa Kinsley. Wendy, Leslie, Nancy, and Gail were in attendance. We all figured out that we have been getting together for over 20 years and plan on continuing this tradition for 20 more years! Susan feels truly blessed to have such a wonderful group of friends. November 16, 2007
2007-11-01 to 2007-11-04 Gloucester, VA - Thousand Tails TT Chesapeake Bay
Urbanna Oyster (raw, roasted, fried, smoked, steamed, in fritters or in a stew) Festival and Scheduled events Oysters have always been linked with love. When Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, sprang forth from the sea on an oyster shell and promptly gave birth to Eros, the word "aphrodisiac" was born. The dashing lover Casanova also used to start a meal eating 12 dozen oysters. _____ An oyster produces a pearl when foreign material becomes trapped inside the shell. The oyster responds to the irritation by producing nacre, a combination of calcium and protein. The nacre coats the foreign material and over time produces a pearl. _____ Folklore says that oysters should be eaten only in months with "R's" in them -- September, October, November, December, etc. The notion that oysters should not be eaten in "R"-less months -- that is, months that occur during warm weather -- may have started in the days when oysters where shipped without adequate refrigeration and could spoil. _____ Oysters are not only delicious, but they're also one of the most nutritionally well balanced of foods, containing protein, carbohydrates and lipids. _____ Four or five medium size oysters supply the recommended daily allowance of iron, copper, iodine, magnesium, calcium, zinc, manganese and phosphorus. _____ Oysters help boost your mental energy and are mood elevators - they really are a "brain food". _____ It is believed that Chesapeake Bay oysters have been gathered by humans for over 6,000 years. _____ Chesapeake Bay oyster production in the late 19th century was over 111 million pounds; in 1980 it was 22 million pounds; in 1990 it was less than 4 million pounds. _____ The world's only oyster museum is on Chincoteague Island , Virginia. 2007-10-08 to 2007-10-14 College Park, MD Oncall - Cherry Hill Park
Saturday or Sunday, the full-timers at Cherry Hill Park are having a picnic... in October??? 2007-10-05 to 2007-10-07 Milton/Rehoboth, DE Visit Gene if he is in town. If not, it is an October beach weekend! CANCELED.
These plans had to be canceled too. The shop two day estimate for the repairs(Details and Pictures) took eleven days. Eleven days of living in a service bay next to a railroad track made us just want to get back to Cherry
Hill Park in MD and relax before John's two weeks of being on call.
2007-09-28 to 2007-09-30 Massannutten, VA - Cancelled because motorhome broken. :(
Visit Aug, Dianne and Angelina. Buzz, Leslie and family are considering a visit so a gathering of the clans is an exciting prospect. 2007-09-22 to 2007-09-24 College Park Collision Center - Getting our rear cap on our motorhome replaced. Details and Pictures
So much for the two day estimate to put the cap on. It is now Sunday, 09-30 and we are still in service bay but we should be out of here by Tuesday, 10-02. To complicate things, while in St.Clair, our parking brake failed to hold on a tiny incline so used chocks. While driving here, our brakes were barely stopping the coach. We managed to make it to College Park Collision Center but when we are done here, we will be getting our brakes fixed somewhere.:( 2007-09-19 to 2007-09-21 - Thousand Trails St. Clair, MI
Our trip to Round Hill, VA to visit Tom & Marlene at their farm... more like a ranch... was changed because Tom's planned changed. We will have to make it another time. :( 2007-09-15 to 2007-09-19 Holland, MI Oak Grove Resort Campground - Visit Chip, Lisa and Phillip in their new home!
John just spent time with his friend and had a great time. They worked out, went to the movies and conversed about nothing... just like the old days but without the booze! Susan worked on the coach. We both got a nice bike ride in, we did it separately on different days. The last night we were there, we went out to dinner... it was a great visit. 2007-09-08 to 2007-09-14 Goshen, IN Escapees RV Club Presents Escapade - We had a great time. John biked 41 miles on Tuesday, 60 miles on Thursday and danced for 3 hours at the Sock-Hop Thursday
night. He sweat, he was happy.
We learned about RVing in Mexico, our next extended excursion. We are considering driving to Panama City, Panama but we can not take the cats. :( We bought a couple cool RV product and met a lot of great people. 2007-09-05
2007-07-27 to 2007-07-27 Hershey PA - Thousand Trails Hershey Battle of the Sexes - - - Bring it on! Join the Recreation staff for a friendly competition between Males & Females. Relay races, trivia, tourneys, and surprise games the whole family can participate in. Dance the night away with the Dessert Wind Band on Saturday. The Family Circle singing group will be here on Sunday. 2007-08-06 to 2007-08-12 College Park, MD - Backup Oncall Cherry Hill Park
2007-07-30 to 2007-08-05 College Park, MD Oncall - Cherry Hill Park
2007-07-27 to 2007-07-27 Gloucester, VA - Thousand Trails Chesapeake The Thousand Trails Games - Start an annual rivalry with your friends in this contest pitting family teams against one another. Advisory: Not recommended for the mentally or physically fit. Serious injury may occur to those of sound mind and athletic physiques. At night, celebrate your victories, or simply surviving the Games, at the Dance at Dark. 2007-08-20 to 2007-09-22 Rehoboth Beach, DE - Beach Weekend Repeat! We had just a good time last weekend so....
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