Our Frysinger bunch!!

And our Fogle bunch!

As usual, we love to eat:)))

Walking with toddlers:))

They really enjoyed the pool!

Savannah, Skyler, Asher and Knox

Our great grandsons, Skyler, Knox and Asher!! We are truly blessed!

Then went to visit Uncle Frank. He will be 100 yrs old this coming January.

And he entertained us with his harmonica!!

Gordy with two oldest grandchildren

Savannah and Colton

Gordy and Kim( our first daughter)

Kim and her family

Colton, Kim, Bob, Savannah

Savannah and her family

Tyler, Skyler, Knox, Asher, Savannah

Our great grandsons

We always love spending time with Family:)))

We are in Maine for a few days, expecting Jen, Kathy and Beckett today. Lots of adventures scheduled!!

Gordy found a friend on the boat

Then had brunch at Jordan’s , world famous for wild blueberry pancakes! Delicious!!

Then Acadia National Park where we drove up Cadillac Summit Road. Beautiful views!

Next we hiked 1.2 miles up to Bubble Rock, it was quite the hike uphill and rough terrain.

Jen, Kathy and Beckett

Jumping on top:))

View from Bubble Rock

Next was Bass Head Lighthouse for sunset!

Then this is the steps leading down to view.

Needless to say, we were tired!! Dinner was a Lobstah roll with lots of buttah:)) Jen even ate Lobstah ice cream!

Took a Duck Boat tour!

They ask veterans to sign the top of the boat, Gordy was the only one on our boat.

Then he tried milking the cow in Boston Commons

Jen, Kathy and Beckett jumping for joy!!

In the campground, Jen’s first ever tailgate ride:))

We had a great day, walked over 12,000 steps!!

Kathy caught a few:)

Then into Boston Harbor for dinner.

Papa, Nana, Jen, Grandma, Beckett, Pa and Kathy

Dinner at Boston \240Sail Loft! Boston’s Best Fish and Chips!! It was delicious!

Dessert from World Famous Mike’s Pastries! Cannolis:)))

Race Point Lighthouse on Cape Cod Seashore National Park. Long walk but beautiful view.

Gordy and Tank on our walk.

This is Nauset Lighthouse. The one pictured on the bag of Cape Cod chips:)

Three Sisters Lighthouses

Watched seals play in the water.

Then Beckett with his grandparents at Chatham Lighthouse.

So blessed to spend this time with loved ones!!!

Beautiful night to watch the Red Sox

Us with Beckett:))

Fenway Franks

Jen caught a baseball for Beckett!

Beautiful sky:))

Over rivers:)

And bridges. Running alongside I-95

Thru tunnels. We were able to get in 10 miles on this beautiful day:))

Ending our evening sitting out by a campfire. God is so good.

Then today we went to visit my friend , Dawn and her beautiful family in Rhode Island!

Her sister, Lori prepared a seafood feast for us.Bacon wrapped scallops, mozzarella caprese.

Stuffed clams, clam balls and snail salad

And the best Lobsta/corn Chowda I have ever eaten.

Thanks for a great day!! Me and my girl, Dawn!!

Today we made a trip to Connecticut to visit my cousin Chris and his sweet family.

He inherited the Benson red hair. His Dad was my Aunt Lavonia’s son. He passed away at 58. Chris was so good to his Grandma and loved her so much.

He even put me to work helping make dinner! That’s a true Benson for you!!

This was his Dad, my cousin Waymon. He was in the Air Force during Vietnam and passed away from cancer caused by Agent Orange.

This is a pan that Chris has. It’s from the set of the Golden Girls tv show!

Family is everything!! \240So blessed to be able to visit with him.

Adventures begin here tomorrow:))

Thru woods

Over bridges

Nice spot for a rest.

Beautiful 3 mile ride on a hot, hot day!

Tomorrow we head for Canada!!

First thru New Brunswick.

Nothing but trees,

Lots of cliff sides,

Then we found this wonderful place called Tim Horton’s. Super good coffee, on my daughter, Kim’s recommendation.

One of the best cookies I have ever eaten, called a Reese’s Dream!

Made it to Nova Scotia:)

This is Lunenburg, NS. A beautiful little fishing village.

It’s been a great day. More adventures tomorrow:)))

This is Burntcoat Park and Lighthouse. It’s the site of the highest tide in the world.

This is where we will be walking, way down there.

Gordy in the Lighthouse.

This was the forecasted tides for today!! Yes, that’s 46 ft!!

This is low tide and those are people out there

This is where we walked down stone steps carved into the bedrock to get to the ocean floor

This is Flowerpot Island.

Looking up to where the lighthouse sits from the ocean floor.

Gordy and I with the wall of flowerpot island behind us.

We learned so much about the environment and creatures that occupy it. squid eggs.

Green crabs are invasive and kill off rock crabs

This is an animal, dead man’s hands:)

Rock crab

Flowerpot Island from other side

Our tour guides Kenan and Tristan! They did an amazing job!

Lunch at Mud Slide Cafe, delicious!!

Now, this is the site of a Tidall bore, where the ocean and river meet and fight for dominance.

Over 160 Billion gallons of water come into the Bay of Fundy with each tide change every six hours!

This beauty came to visit us, monarch butterflies were my Mom’s favorites and today was her heavenly birthday.

The Tidal bore

Back to Burntcoat for high tide.

These were the areas we walked in earlier.

This was an amazing day! Gordy and I feel so blessed to been able to experience this!!

Gordy watches “The Curse of Oak Island” on TV a lot. It’s about the over 200 yr search for a treasure supposedly linked to the Knights of Templar. It’s off the shores of Nova Scotia.The Island is closed to visitors cause they’re filming season 11 right now.

So, we went on a boat tour around the island, our captain and guide actually works on the show as a diver.

This is two of the guys on the show working. It’s a drill site that they’re exploring right now.

This was a bucket list item for Gordy!

Beautiful day and our guide was so knowledgeable!

Then back to USA. Going over thru border, Mounties were friendly, welcoming and polite. Coming home, our Border Patrol was curt, almost menacing and so unwelcoming. I was really surprised by the difference in attitude. Welcome Home!!

Past Mount Washington.

Into the White Mountain area.

It still amazes me at the beauty, peace and serenity this country of ours offers.

And at the power of Mother Nature. We are not in a badly flooded area but not far from us the streams are overflowing and very fast moving.

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

All the notes and pictures on the walls are pets that have pasted away.

Then thru a covered bridge on our way to Mt Washington State Park.To drive the Auto Road. America’s first man made attraction.

Mt Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6288.2 ft Elevation.

The stairs to the Observatory.

Our view when parked. It’s known for the notoriously unpredictable weather. It didn’t disappoint with that today.

Sunny at bottom, rained on the way up and then at Summit, so foggy and windy. We could hardly see where we were walking.

Started to clear a little on the way down.

Amazing views. The temperature difference from the bottom of the mountain to the top was 30 degrees without a wind chill factor.

We also needed routine maintenance on the truck, so while it was getting care, we found an old railroad line with a beautiful tressle they have turned into a bike/ walking path.

This is part of the White Mountain range, Jefferson Mountain.

Lots of stone work that dates back centuries, still standing. The old timers really knew how to build things.

We finally got in a 8 mile bike ride on the LeMoille Rail Trail. It’s a 93 mile trail in Vermont. We were not trying to go the whole way on that for sure!!

We are in New York now and guess what!!

IT RAINED ALL NIGHT!!!

Praying for better weather:)))

It’s been quite the learning curve but I’ve been able to do it. We are in a lovely place, nestled in the mountains in Pennsylvania! They celebrated Christmas in July this weekend. God is Good and prayers for healing.

A 225 foot high skywalk. The iron viaduct was once the longest and tallest railroad structure in the world . It was replaced by a steel viaduct which was partially destroyed by a tornado in July 2003.

In 2011 it was reinvented as a pedestrian walkway.

Then we stopped at the Kinzua Dam.

This little guy was really busy trying to pollinate all these flowers:))

Then Christmas in July at this campground.

Loving our time with Charles, Leann, Whitney, Charlie and Georgia

Pool fun

Foam on the beach

Then fun collecting sticks

Young kids sitting around

Old folks bike riding

Charles and family swimming

And a “proposal “

And acceptance:)))

This little girl doesn’t get too far away from her Pa:)

Then we had a visit with Gordy’s cousin Gene!! Great seeing him and Vicki!

Visiting my beautiful sweet cousin in Tullahoma, TN

The house my cousin Ricky and his wife Lori designed and are building.

The sunsetting on a great trip. 8,525 miles, 9 weeks, numerous bucket list items and lots of fun and memories made with Family!!!