3 months

It's been 3 months now since our wedding. I'm very happy and look forward to each day with Mark. Since the wedding we have been to NYC twice and Dallas. Married life is great!!

Home Sweet Home

We left Savannah at about 8:30 this morning. It was a beautiful day for a nine hour drive. We put the pedal to the metal and traveled about 560 miles. That brought the total for the trip to 2,062. The cats were a little standoffish at first, they did accept treats however. Now all three of them are sleeping in the living room, two on the sofa with me and one in Mark's recliner. So far I've given two head rubs, Little Bit is holding out. I'm sure we will spend quality time tomorrow morning. We stopped again at South of the Border. We had neglected to take pictures of the 6' flamingos, which our friend Ellen pointed out. So Ellen we now have pictures of the flamingos. We made good time and although the traffic was heavy it kept moving until we go north of Richmond, then is was stop and go for a while. When we got to Stafford Mark suggested we stop at Mom's Apple Pie Company in Occaquan ( this was the place we got the pies for the wedding). So we stopped and got a blueberry pie. Of course we carried part of the lemon meringue and peach pies, that were left from the wedding, on the entire trip. We were always too full at night to eat them. They seemed to have survived the trip pretty well. As much fun as the trip was it is good to be home. We had a great surprise in the mail when we got home. Our friend Patsy had sent us a CD of the pictures she had taken at the wedding. Thanks very much Patsy, they are great. I've also downloaded the pictures I took on our trip.

Savannah

What a great city! We walked all over this morning and a good part of the afternoon. We walked along the river. First Saturday is a big time along the river. Then we went to the Mercer-Williams House (the setting for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil). Then we just walked around ending up at the History Museum. Both of us being of advanced maturity we decided to go against Mark's natural inclination and take a tour. We got to see a lot of the city sitting down. It is a small world, the guy who took our bags to the room yesterday also works for the tour company and sold us our tickets. He remembered us. Tonight we did more walking, looking for a place to have dinner. Back to River St. without success. The restaurants were mostly seafood, which didn't give Mark many choices. We went to Pirate House which had an hour wait. Then we did some more walking and ended up at the Casbah, a Moroccan restaurant. Our wedding seems to have a Moroccan theme, complete with belly dancers. We had our rehearsal dinner at the Moroccan Palace in DC and then finished our honeymoon at a Moroccan restaurant in Savannah. Dinner was very good and once again I'm stuffed. When we get home I'm going to avoid the scales for about a month.

The Trip Continues

We left Sarasota yesterday and made our way to Savannah, GA. What a great city. We walked around for about 2 hours after we got here. At dinner last night we decided to stay another day so we checked with the hotel when we got back and although we can't keep the same room (not sure why) we are staying one more night. We'll be doing much more exploring today. It has been a great trip, getting to meet more of Mark's family, seeing our friend Jean, and especially sharing it with my new spouse.

The journey continues ...

Here in Sarasota, I did survive the drive over the Tampa Bay bridge despite high winds and out-of-control acrophobia. Wild overnight thunderstorms in Sarasota, and beautiful beaches and a reunion with Jean Lagunoff, my friend since 1975 Kuwait days. Spent a wonderful afternoon yesterday on the beaches of Siesta Key with Frank and Jean.

Today a bit of business at the local Cancer Support Community affiliate here and then back to vacation/honeymoon again. More wandering around Sarasota County. Frank really likes it here, though it's VERY Republican! Maybe more beaches today though it has been so overcast it isn't likely we'll have anything like a tanline.

4 days 19 hours 15 minutes

Married life is great! We made it to Sarasota yesterday. As we left the Tampa area we both got tornado alerts on our phones. This just as we were about to go over a very high, very long bridge. As we crossed the bridge you could feel the wind moving the car. We got to Sarasota without incident, walked around a beautiful park and then on to our hotel. We spent a great evening with our friend Jean, one of the highlights of our trip. Last night just as we got back to the hotel we had a serious thunderstorm. Today it is supposed to be cloudy and rainy. We are going to spend some more quality time with Jean. It has been a great trip.

Day Two

Not nearly as eventful as SOB, but a very nice day. Started out in Santee, SC with a temperature of 36 degrees. Ended in Safety Harbor, FL with a temperature of 81 degrees. It's shorts time. The drive today was made much more exciting by watching the thermometer on the dash continue to rise. Not the engine temp but the temp outside. We started out with the heat on and ended with the AC. We arrived at Safety Harbor at about 3:00pm. Took a walk on the main street and then around the resort where we are staying. Tonight we had a very enjoyable dinner with Mark's cousin Bonnie and her husband Gary. I really enjoyed meeting them and spending the evening with them. One problem I had coffee after dinner and am wide awake. Mark has faded and is trying to sleep. We are an old married couple. Tomorrow it is on to Sarasota and spending time with our friend Jean.