We have been staying at the Ashaway RV resort now since June. Guess what, it isn't as much fun living in the RV when it's not moving around the country. The condo is really taking shape. With walls roughed in we can better see what it will look like. The builder was hoping to have us in by year end but we doubt that will happen. The campground closes on October 15 which is fine as we are both ready for a change of living venue.
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| Coffee on Quonnie Pond |
The condo association has been including us in events of which there are many! A few we are attending are a dinner club luau, Men's Breakfasts, Genealogy, and Deb joined the book club. We met a great couple in the campground, Karen and Jack, from Massachusetts who spend several days a week here kayaking, hiking and visiting family. We look forward to seeing them even after the camping season is over. We have been hiking and kayaking on our own and with The Westerly Land Trust but especially love breakfasts on the beach or while kayaking Quonochontaug (Quonnie) Pond. Our RV and truck are too heavy for the sand road to Quonnie Beach Campground BUT there is one we can get to at Ninegret Beach and we look forward to trying it out! The miles and miles of shoreline salt water "ponds" and beautiful ocean beaches means seeing few people on our walks.
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| Quonnie Beach Camping |
Deb has been spending a lot with her family, including a couple picnics at Esker Point where we used to go when our kids were little. Zoe probably doesn't remember at age 2 when Aunt Sherrie and Aunt Dee took her to the Groton Fair after a long day of beaching. In her pink tweety bird shorts with yellow shirt, she rode an elephant and had her face painted like a tiger. They carry her in to gramma's house very tired but happy as a clam, sucking her thumb while Deb freaks out as she was FILTHY from head to toe! While John golfs and writes articles (two on Wargaming getting published in War College Review), Deb helps Aunt Norma purge closets and drawers at her place and in between a couple of root canals continues work on tile, cabinet, carpet, paint, and new furniture. She has changed her mind 1,000 times!!!
While watching the Rio Summer Olympics, John is reminded about his fathers Olympic disappointment. He was an All American Long Distance Runner while at Dartmouth College. During a beer ballgame he injured his ankle which took him out of contention for the Olympics.
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| Jack, John and Evelyn |
Jack takes a break meeting up with his best high school buddies in Savannah and Charleston, then up to North Carolina for a college friends wedding. Wow, realize our kids are getting older when you seem them with their friends babies. But somehow, we don't seem to age:)
Zoe is still cranking away on her dissertation, to break the monotony of statistical analysis, she continues to participate in the field work while hiking Washington State mountains. She and Gabe had a great road trip to Yosemite where they saw lots of wildlife and observed wolves feeding after a kill and took their canoe on challenging multi day adventures.
