We've been pretty busy since we got to Silver Spring. The first weekend we were here, we went to a Kentucky Derby party with Jocelyn and Dan. I won $11.00 for chosing the winner Orb! (Actually Bill told me which horse to bet on and I actually listened to him!)

 

The Happy Winner/s!

 

 

Bill and I drove to Baltimore to see the Baltimore Orioles play the San Diego Padres. Unfortunately the final score was Padres 8, Orioles 4:-(

As you can see, we enjoyed ourselves anyway!

 

 

That same week, we visited the Boonsboro Museum which was a fascinating collection of Civil War items as well as collections of china and religious icons. The owner, Doug Bast, lives at the museum and has collected all of the items over many years.



http://www.boonsboromuseum.com/

 

That same day we visited the Chrystal Grotto Caverns which were discovered in 1920. http://www.crystalgrottoescaverns.com/

I was somewhat leery of being underground in a small space but we had a great tour and saw some amazing stalagmites and stalactites which I've never seen in person before!

 

 

 

We've attended 3 of Talli's concerts: 2 choral concerts and one instrumental. Here's TJB playing the trumpet!



 

Last weekend Bill and I volunteered with the Out of Sight Dragon Boat Team who were racing on the Potomac. I'd heard about but never been to Dragon Boat races and we had a great time. The Out of Sight Dragons are literally without sight! A group of blind and visually impaired people with the oldest woman aged 86 and the oldest man aged 85! It was a great way to meet some cool people, guide the paddlers to and from the boats and scream my head off! There are 20 paddlers per boat, a drummer and a steerer. The OSD team filled 16 of the slots and then had other paddlers fill the remaining 4 slots. They raced 3 times on Saturday and they met their goal of bettering their time each race! Very exciting!

 

THE OUT OF SIGHT DRAGON TEAM

 

That's all for now!

Cappy

 



 

 





 

Some great pics!

Papa Nick and Nana Cap with Lucas and Ty the day before we left Gainesville!

Mother's Day photo with Jocelyn and Talli! Two of my favorite Sweet Hearts!

More to come!
Cappy

We kept busy during our last 10 days in Gainesville, FL.
Lunch and coffee and walking dates with new friends, a local arts festival, UF Gymnastics championship, our daughter-in-law Angie's co-ed soccer game, and taking Lucas and Ty to the Hippodrome to see the play Robin Hood which we all enjoyed immensely. Cappy and new friend Lanier after a morning walk!

We packed up and left Gainesville on Monday, April 16th after a wonderful 4 month visit!

Bill and I spent the next two weeks in Atlanta. Bill played golf and tennis with old friends while I went to doctor/dentist appointments, caught up with our godchild Shannon and her Mom, walked and had coffee with several friends, had two visits to Atlanta Habitat, attended St. Luke's, went to a fund raiser for TACC - St. Luke's Training and Counseling Center and went to my book club meeting! During a trip to the Atlanta Botanical Garden, a friend and I delighted in this sculpture!

And at the same time, we were looking at potential places to rent or purchase on our return to Atlanta in late September! I get exhausted just remembering all of our busyness!!

On Monday April 29th, we drove to Chapel Hill, NC as the first part of our journey to Silver Spring, MD. We had dinner with my niece Quaker, her husband Mark and handsome sons, Samuel and Alex. We arrived at our third new home in 8 months on Tuesday, April 30th.

We like our new apartment which is quite a bit larger than our tiny graduate student housing place in Gainesville. Here is Bill posing outside of The Aurora!!!

 

Talli and Dan brought us dinner on our second night in town! You can see how excited we were to see each other again!

 

 

We're REALLY HAPPY to be together again!

 

More later, Cappy