“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. Take the road less traveled.”
Pennsylvania is one of the leading states with the remaining number of covered bridges and Columbia County, where Kyle now lives, is home to the states third largest concentration of covered bridges (23). Once there were 14,000 wooden covered bridges in the United States, today there are less than 900. Time and technology has taken its toll on the bridges. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Vermont have a combined total of 550 authentic covered bridges with Pennsylvania leading with 198. Many of these bridges are over 150 years old.
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Covered Bridges
June 24 – Bloomsburg, PA
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” ―Helen Keller
We’ve spent the last week helping our son and his family move and get settled into their new home in Pennsylvania. It’s a pretty little town and the surrounding countryside is beautiful.
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AC Unit vs. Jellies Part II
Rockport Harbor
A year ago I wrote about moon jellies clogging up the strainer on our air condition intake. This year the problem is worse, the culprits are larger…this year it’s cabbage heads. They’re too large to be totally sucked in, so they come apart and get stuck in the line. Pieces and parts of them get hung up in the thru hull…here’s a picture of what our thru hull looks like. A gooey slimy jellyfish can plug these up faster than Stan can clean them out! When the thru hull and strainer get plugged…our cool air stops blowing, that’s not a good thing in South Texas this time of year.
Tropical Vacations are Good for the Soul
Saltwater can soothe your soul…it’s a proven fact. Anyone who has spent time by the sea already knows that it does something to your body, mind and soul. For some of us that connection to the sea is even stronger and we thrive even more the closer we are to it and feel lost when we’re away from it for long.
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May 29 – Dundalk, MD
Anchor Bay East Marina
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
―T. S. Eliot
We had a beautiful day to travel up the Chesapeake to the Baltimore area. There were boats….EVERYWHERE. Between it being a beautiful Sunday and a holiday weekend the bay was full of sailboats, jet boats, fishing boats and cruisers…plus people actually doing a little work, like cargo ships and crabbers.
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May 28 – Annapolis, MD
City Mooring Field
“I hope there are days when you fall in love with being alive. I hope a part of your heart lives there forever.” –Anonymous
The swells coming into the harbor from the Chesapeake and the wind have made it very rolly and uncomfortable in the mooring field the last few days. So this morning we decided to move to a different mooring ball further up Spa Creek. It’s very peaceful up here surrounded by beautiful homes. We felt like we were in a small lake and we enjoyed watching the paddle boarders and kayakers enjoying the day…very calming and peaceful over the craziness in the front mooring field on Memorial Day weekend.
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May 27 – Annapolis, MD
City Mooring Field
I really enjoy walking around old towns, soaking in the sights and trying to imagine what it would have been like on that same street 50, 100 or even 200 years ago. Wondering just how the same old buildings looked and what life was like for those that lived there. Here are a few of the old buildings we have seen this week
A view from the State House over looking the harbor in 1906
May 26 – Annapolis, MD
City Mooring Field
“One must travel, to learn.” —Mark Twain
Annapolis has been home to the United States Naval Academy since 1845. It was established under Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft and is the second oldest of the United States’ five service academies, and educates officers for commissioning primarily into the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. Today we went to the academy to watch the color parade held at Worden Field. The Color Parade is the oldest parade at the U.S. Naval Academy, a tradition that began in 1867.
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May 25 – Annapolis, MD
City Mooring Field
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Blue Angels performance was this afternoon and the harbor was packed with hundreds of boats of all sizes, kayaks, canoes, paddle boarders and dinghies. Every boat was overflowing with spectators enjoying the beautiful day.
