On Thursday evening, September 20th, Tammy and I "set sail" for Block Island on the Point Judith ferry. It was a 55 minutes trip; and when we arrived at Old Harbor, we headed to our room at the Sheffield House.
Friday morning, we took an hour taxi tour of the island to get the lay of the island. Following that tour, we were dropped off at the South East Lighthouse for a tour. This is the lighthouse that was moved back from the eroding Mohegan Bluffs which we visited as well while there. We then walked a mile and some back to Old Harbor where we picked up two bikes and headed to Rodman's Hallow for an afternoon of hiking.
On Saturday, we had a tour of Abram's Animal Farm. After that we biked to New Harbor and had a two hour kayak tour of the Great Salt Pond. Sunday was a tour at the Historical Society and head home on the 1pm ferry.
Pictures with some descriptions are to the right.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
From the Have's to the Have Not's
I am now pool-less.
Before our vacation to NC, the pool pump went. I also knew I needed to purchase a new pool cover for this winter. I was the only one really using the pool and was spending more time caring for it than in it. Still it was not an easy decision to get rid of the pool and had I known all the work in that decision I may have made it differently.
It has taken three full weekends to remove all vestiges of the pool. The first weekend was spent draining the water and then dismantling it ($5 cost to dispose of the scrap metal from the pool). The second weekend was spent filling the hole with 6 cubic yards of sand one wheelbarrow at a time ($63). The third weekend was filling the hole with 5 cubic yards of topsoil ($106).
The majority of the work is done as of this writing with the exception of the upper deck still needing to be taken down. My neighbor showed interest in taking it for use with his pool. If not, there will be the cost of a dumpster. We also would like to put in a stone paver patio where a portion of the pool had been. I have three requests in for quotes.
Will update as those decisions are made,
Sunday, September 9, 2012
7YA + 7OA + 7D = ?
Since school has began, I thought I would start with a math question of 7YA + 7OA + 7D = ? . Anyone....Anyone.....Anyone. It equals 1 Great Vacation in NC.
For the week of August 25 through September 1 (making up the 7D in the formula above), we rented a house on Lake Nantahala in the mountians of NC. The we included Tammy and I, the VT Grandparents, the IL Grandparents, Tammy's brother (this makes up the 7 Older Adults), Jaclyln and Lizzy, two Beauchmin nephews, Lizzy's boyfriend, Jaclyn's college girlfriend Brookann and her brother Blake who is now dating Jaclyn (this makes up the 7 Younger Adults -- they did not like being called the kids).
We left early Thursday morning with a caravan of three cars. We took our car, the girls took a car to use at college, and the Beachmins brought their car for college. All went well until we hit a fourteen mile backup in VA that took us three hours to get through. During the time in traffic, I noticed the girls' brake lights were not working. When we got through the traffic, we pulled into a gas station to discover the car would not go into park. We called VT Grandfather who visiting my sister Robin and her husband Jeff in NC. They recommended to pull off the negative battery terminal cable to reset the car's computer. It worked. To make a long story shorter, we were able to get it to a dealership the next day in Asheville and have the brake switch replaced with 500 miles left on our warranty.
After that though, we had a great vacation. The weather was good. The house was very nice with four bedrooms and four and a half baths. The food and company was great. We swam, boated (motor boat, canoes, and kayaks), tubed, fished, played cards, did 2 jigsaw puzzles, and ate alot. Some of the "young adults" went golfing, hiking, and horse back riding.
After the week was over, the young adults headed off to PCC for the fall semester. Jaclyn, AJ, and Brookann beginning their senior year, Lizzy and Stas their sophmore year, and Jordan his freshman year.
For the week of August 25 through September 1 (making up the 7D in the formula above), we rented a house on Lake Nantahala in the mountians of NC. The we included Tammy and I, the VT Grandparents, the IL Grandparents, Tammy's brother (this makes up the 7 Older Adults), Jaclyln and Lizzy, two Beauchmin nephews, Lizzy's boyfriend, Jaclyn's college girlfriend Brookann and her brother Blake who is now dating Jaclyn (this makes up the 7 Younger Adults -- they did not like being called the kids).
We left early Thursday morning with a caravan of three cars. We took our car, the girls took a car to use at college, and the Beachmins brought their car for college. All went well until we hit a fourteen mile backup in VA that took us three hours to get through. During the time in traffic, I noticed the girls' brake lights were not working. When we got through the traffic, we pulled into a gas station to discover the car would not go into park. We called VT Grandfather who visiting my sister Robin and her husband Jeff in NC. They recommended to pull off the negative battery terminal cable to reset the car's computer. It worked. To make a long story shorter, we were able to get it to a dealership the next day in Asheville and have the brake switch replaced with 500 miles left on our warranty.
After that though, we had a great vacation. The weather was good. The house was very nice with four bedrooms and four and a half baths. The food and company was great. We swam, boated (motor boat, canoes, and kayaks), tubed, fished, played cards, did 2 jigsaw puzzles, and ate alot. Some of the "young adults" went golfing, hiking, and horse back riding.
After the week was over, the young adults headed off to PCC for the fall semester. Jaclyn, AJ, and Brookann beginning their senior year, Lizzy and Stas their sophmore year, and Jordan his freshman year.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)