Wednesday

Sunday

Here I sit on a quiet Sunday Morning, Kiwi and Peanut are kind of worn out from yesterday's activities. Mom, Michelle, and I drove to three graveyards, and Kiwi and Peanut flew behind us the whole way. Kiwi is not in this picture as he was sucking for air carrying Peanut all over the place. I said they could ride with us, but neither wanted to wear a seat belt, and they decided to fly to put flags on the graves of family members who served. 

There was a Geocache just outside the Arnettsville Cemetery that Michelle walked down and found. Fridholf was just outside the graveyard, and the graves closest to it were the Koon family graves in that back corner. Michelle was all smiles when she walked out of the woods. 

From there it was to Dad's grave where we cleaned it up a little bit and we found a second Medal of Honor winner in the East Oak Grove graveyard (this one from the civil war). 

Finally off to see Grandma and Grandpa Hall and see if we could find the buriel site of my great-grandfather, who may not have a marker. I left a message for the lady who maintains all the records, she is a friend of Trish's Mom Pat so hopefully I will hear back from her this week. 

We took a weed eater with us, which was a smart decision as some of the tombstones really needed cleaning up. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit on a quiet Saturday Morning, I'm the first one to wake up although this is a a little late for me to get up. I have to admit that I went to bed a little early as well last night and pretty much slept straight through. I must have been tired, I usually don;t sleep that long or this late.

We were talking last night about grabbing our small portable grill, packing up a small cooler, grabbing the camera and all the GPS's and heading out on the road for a road trip. Michelle mentioned Black Water Falls since she has only been there once. I mentioned OhioPyle but now Im starting to lean towards Michelle's train of thought. I've only been to Black Water Falls myself a couple of times myself, so that may very well be our destination today.

We might even do a little geocaching and try get ourselves lost today. No matter where we go, we're going to try to make it fun, relaxing and memorable.

Have a great day.

Early Sunday Morning

Here I sit once again in the early AM, I'm the first one to recover from getting my butt kicked by that dreaded Sandman last night and am up watching Man of Steel on HBO. The Household is quiet as Michelle and all the animals are in dream land.

Well we had a pretty good day yesterday to say the least. We started off with doing a little bit of Geocaching, including doing a little bit of maintenance to our own Cache. We have another one set up to go, a larger one that we have had ready for a few years, we just have never put it out yet. We also have a couple of travel bugs that we need to set up and put out as well.

We both agreed we need to do a little bit more geocaching this year, we did a grand total of six last year and we already have three this year. It's time to get those numbers up a little ...LOL

Yesterday afternoon we finally broke in our Kettle Grill. We put a couple really thick and juicy New York Strip Steaks on the grill and I have to say they turned out amazing. I used to like my steaks well done, but that was overcooked. Then I liked Medium well, cooked all the way through but still juicy. Now I'm at a point where I am liking medium, still has pink in the middle but oh the taste. The older I get the less cooked I want it. This was the first time cooking with the Kettle Grill, the large Gas one is still under the tarp from the winter, and I have to say I really have gotten a whole new appreciation for charcoal cooking. We absolutely love this grill.

Have a great day

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit once again in the early AM, the first to recover from the butt kicking I took from that dreaded Sandman last night and am up already watching Top Gun on HBO and collecting my thoughts on the day.

Weather permitting today I would like to get out and around for a little while. I think the best way to do that is maybe start Geocaching for the year. It's a hobby that we do love, but really don't do enough of and it is great exercise. There have been a large number of Caches added to the Morgantown area over the past year, maybe this will give us something to do today, weather permitting.

I think we are ready to finally break in our Webber Grill sometime today. It was our Valentines day gift to each other, but have yet to give it its first workout, much less the first grilling of 2014. A much welcomed event after the long drawn out winter that we have had. You can see that our daffodils have already sprung and have said screw this winter crap, our turn!

I do have to say that I love this time of the year, it's when everything wakes up and is renewed after a cold and freezing period. It's a time of shorts and sandals and outdoor activities. It's a time when you don't have to warm your car up in the morning before you go to work or have to remove any snow from any vehicles.

The weather is supposed to be beautiful in DC this coming week, hopefully we hit the Cherry Blossoms at their peak and get some great pictures. I'm looking forward to it.

Have a great day and enjoy your Saturday!!!