How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Well it was a wonderful trip home. I so enjoyed seeing everyone and getting to spend some time with you. I wish that I would have gotten to see all of you but time ran out. I spent the largest amount of time with my Grandparents, it was time well spent. I miss you guys. Thanks for putting up with me.

I also spent some time with friends when I went to James and Jessica’s Wedding. Congratulations you two!

It was nice to spend some time with old friends as well as making some new ones. I had fun.

 

Nick came to Woodward and spent a long weekend. It is the first time in close to 9 years since Mom had both her kids underfoot. I think that she enjoyed it, since that is what most of the pictures on the camera were of.

 

 

I made a few trips to the casino with the Grandparents and in the long run I came out ahead, which it also nice.

Mom, Uncle Dan, and I went to Nightmare in the Country. It was creepy, fun, and definitely memorable. I still owe you UD!

Saw Rylie in the Homecoming Parade.

It wasn't all fun and games being home though. I also did a little bit of work while I was there. WORK?! On my Summer Vacation?!  I know. But it was necessary. Good thing I didn’t call ahead and let them know I was coming, I would still be working on the list!

 

And I spent a lot of time on the computer trying to talk to Ryan. Stupid Internet! It is so frustrating to be cut off in the middle of a conversation.

I also got a brief visit with Aunt Nancy, Aunt Kay, and Uncle Hubie when their plane came in. It was soo good to see you guys! You look great! I hope you have fun during your visit.

Also brief visit with Sophie and Jaime. Sorry that I couldn’t make it back over to visit. It sucks not having your own wheels! Glad I got to see you at least once though. Sophie you are getting soo big!

And I want to say a BIG Thank you to Tyson and Connie for everything including letting me crash at your place and for getting me to the airport on time! And Thanks to Uncle Dan and Leslie for getting me to Woodward and keeping a secret so I could surprise Mom and Grandma.

I miss you all, maybe even more than I did before.

Thanks for a great SUMMER VACATION!

LOVE YOU!

Internet! Sweet Abundant Internet!

Yea!!!!!! I have forgotten how nice it is to have Internet at your every beck and call. I thought about posting and was able to do it. Crazy!

In addition to having Internet I am enjoying a nice visit home. I have missed everyone so much and I am glad to be back for a little while. Sadly though I am hard to please...Now I miss Ryan, Sissy and the boat. Sigh. It's a hard life.

I will be home for a little while longer so you should look me up while I'm in town if you want a visit. I don't have a phone and I am trying to make the rounds but if I haven't made it to you yet, you can reach me at Mom's or send me an email with a phone number.

Not much going on here just saying hi to everyone. Maybe I will get some pictures on here in a couple days of the family. I can't believe how big all the kiddos have gotten.

Luperon is a Groovy place

Ryan and a few other musicians have began getting together for a little bit of “jam time”. The band is very diverse in it’s skills as well as it’s instruments of choice, but still sounds great. The boaters and locals have come together once more and blended the two into a one of a kind experience. The selection is eclectic to say the least, they play anything from Rock and Roll, to oldies, some country or Dominican Love songs. You never know what the next song will be. Not only is Ryan playing right along with everyone he is picking up a few pointers here and there and getting better as he goes. This week he decided to pick up the guitar and try to learn that as well.  I didn’t get pictures from last nights session but they had about 10 musicians; several guitar players, a couple banjos, a harmonica, a flute, drums, a squeeze box, and many talented people. And there were several people missing! Great job to everyone that made it I look forward to the next show.

Just getting warmed up.

(This is a picture from their first night out. They have played several times since and the “band” gets bigger each time.)

Look out Jimmy Buffett, Ryan is on the rise!

Luperon Road Trip

We rented a car for a week and traveled the D.R.

The most interesting part was the motorcycles and scooters. They put EVERYTHING on them. It became a game trying to get pictures of the crazy things that they carry.

This scooter has a big bag of feed and two people. The guy in the back is sitting on top of the feed, swinging his feet. This one has 3 people and the back 2 are drinking beer.

There is a scooter under there somewhere.

Later we had to wait for the cattle to travel through town so we could continue on our trip. This was one of the places that we stayed the night at. It was right on the beach and owned by a French guy. The view from our room. Another night we had trouble finding a room, we ended up staying here. They had a little garages attached to your room. And a guy would come and open the door for you. Later we found out that they rent the rooms by the hour and the garages are to hide your cars. Interesting to say the least. We didn’t sleep well either. But as Ryan aptly put it “ Your not supposed to sleep in a whore house.”  

The entire trip was memorable. None of us speak very good Spanish. And we had no idea where we were going. But we still managed to see some interesting things and have some fun.

The salt mines.Motorcycle Ferry.Road side cafes.And ever changing scenery.

It was a beautiful trip but we were glad to get back home.

A Day in Luperon

This is an older entry that I wrote and then didn’t post. I am working on one about our road trip and will post it as soon as I get pictures off Marilyn’s Camera.

Things are good here in the DR. The town is a little, okay, a lot more primitive than we thought it would be, but we are adapting to it quickly, learning to do without a lot of things and make due with others. For instance we no longer go to the grocery store. Mainly because they don't really have one; at least not in the same sense as we are use to. So we A) eat our meals at Steve's place for a whopping 100 pesos each (That is about $2.73) or B) we get supplies from Steve's to cook on the boat.  The last is a little more involved and it’s still cheaper to just eat in the restaurant. The plates are big plates and I never leave hungry, plus I don’t have to clean the dirty dishes! The other day Marilyn and I were craving sweets and found a bakery. The directions were: Go down the street until you get to the green door. And that’s the bakery.

I got a dozen “donut holes” they were very yummy. We may have to make another trip.

Once again we are without a gen set so Ryan caved today and bought a portable Honda. Hopefully I can turn on a light without the power nazi shutting it off halfway through a project.

I think we may have a movie night to celebrate our independence.

Otherwise things are quiet here we are still enjoying ourselves and the company of all our new friends.