This morning we awoke to a changing weather environ. Yesterday was very cold, temps in the low 30s and high 20s. Windy and damp! Today’s weather forecast was indicative of a fairly heavy rain, with some thunderheads booming in the afternoon. Not sure we will get that weather, but not a problem for me.
On this 22nd day of December in the year 2022, we are finalizing our plans for travel up to Northern Virginia, the township of Ashburn and a Christmas eve day spent with our children and grandchildren. Perhaps even a friend or two might drop by my daughter’s home which is where we will have our holiday gathering as we have for several years, the pandemic exception noted.
Our major concern at this point is the forecasted drop in temps for Saturday, our day of travel to and from my daughter’s home in Northern Virginia. If the rains continue and the ground is wet, the drop in temps to the mid 20’s and 30’s might cause problems. The drive to visit with family and enjoy the Christmas spirit with great times is almost 200 miles each way. If the roads are icy, we may have to stay home, but indicators are that we will have a decent environment for the trip up and back, so fingers crossed.
Well we got some rain, and tomorrow is calling for high winds. If things go well for us, the wind will dry out all the wetness on the streets and highways so our Christmas trip to our kids and grand kids will go well.
Keep good thoughts for our voyage.
Wishing you all a very happy season, love and family.
Well, forgot to send this to the blogosphere. So, a bit of an update.
Today is December 23, the temps have dropped considerably and as that old standard Christmas/Winter song said, Baby it’s cold outside. Things brightened up though. We had a fast moving rainstorm come through about noon or slightly earlier. Didn’t last long and the skies brightened up to a beautiful clear blue skies. Oh but there’s more, the temps dropped from the 40s down into the 20s.
Charlotte drove the car over to the local Target to pick up a grinder and some espresso coffee beans to make espresso powder for her cake baking. The crowds and traffic were horrendous, but she persevered and brought home the products. Now comes a great Chocolate Cake for the old man’s Christmas feast.
We will spend the day tomorrow on the road to the Christmas gathering of our family and then returning to our home in Newport News. About 5 hours of driving, plus several hours of family, good food and warm familial love. So looking forward to that!
Okay, time to stop, get this blog entry published and then have a bite to eat before bedtime. Hope for a great holiday season for all of you, regardless of your faith or celebratory activity. Take care and have a great new year.
Old Harv
Author: harv1941
Just a summary, I am 84 years of age, retired in July 2013 and settled down to promoting the dangers of bacterial meningitis, which killed my beloved son, Mike in 2009. My wife, Charlotte, and I embarked on an adventure of live aboard cruising, aboard a large Blue Water motor yacht. While our beginning was rather fraught with hurdles, we continued to look forward to the day we moved aboard the Misty Lady and cruise the eastern seaboard and associated waterways. After more than four years of life aboard this Bluewater Motor Yacht, I developed an advanced problem due to interaction with medications and experienced rather frightening balance problems. Therefore, getting on and off the yacht was fraught with danger of falling between the docks and the boat's hull. Walking the docks was also problematic considering that our yacht club docks were all floating docks and my balance problem was a danger during the walk from our yacht's docking slip to the clubhouse or out to the DC Wharf facilities and our car housed in the yacht club's reserved garage. SO, we had to regretfully put the Misty Lady up for sale and move back on shore. We moved on shore, first into a condo apartment in Alexandria, then after two years there, we relocated to the city of Newport News, in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Our original desired location was in the city of Hampton, Virginia, which is the oldest English-speaking settlement in the United States having been established originally in 1610. My ancestors came to this country through this settlement in the mid 1600s and lived in that area for around 100 years before beginning a migration of one portion of our family toward the west.
I looked forward to moving back to this area and exploring the roots of my family, both maternal and paternal ancestry, but we found a great house in the Newport News area and became ensconced in the terrific neighborhood of Kiln Creek. My wife, being still actively employed, received a substantial offer in a position with a government contractor firm back up in Northern Virginia. So we put the Newport News house up for sale, receiving and accepting an offer withing two days. We then relocated back up to the city of Alexandria and into another high rise condo. My wife reached a point where considerations for retirement were becoming very important. She indicated that she really didn't want to retire in Alexandria, so once again we began a house search in the Tidewater area, this time in the City of Williamsburg and in a community restricted to 55+ age owners. We found the ideal location, initiated the sale and closing for our retirement home. We then put our condo on the market. Alas, the market was not as robust as before so we had to change asking price a couple of time, but finally the Alexandria Condo was sold. Now we are set to enjoy the great locations found here in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area, considering that we are history buffs and there are literally hundreds of historical sites in this segment of our nation. Of course living in Williamsburg is the epitome of history living life.
So, now we are in our retirement home, in a great retirement type community. A great clubhouse with a fine dining restaurant, a grill/pub, an award winning PGA designed golf course and miles of walking trails. Looking forward to my wife's eventual full retirement and the two of us visiting all up and down the east coast historical spots.
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