Wow, what have I been thinking, it has been well over a year since we moved into our retirement home and I have basically been remiss in keeping this blog up to date. Spent a lot of time on the other, Old Virginian blog though, so sorry to any readers out there. Though I doubt there are any or not many at all who still read this blog since we had to sell the Misty Lady and moved back on shore because I my physical constraints.
We truly miss all our friends and acquaintances from our days afloat. Since selling our home in Northern Virginia and moving down to the Tidewater area, specifically into Williamsburg, VA, we have not been able to keep up with too many of those wonderful folks we lived among during our motor yachting days. We truly miss the comradeship and just plain friendly folks on the DC waterfront and the Capital Yacht Club.
Our retirement home is in a 55+ community and is a three bedroom, two/half bath two level town home. This is the largest home the Bride and I have ever owned. The closest was a town home in Leesburg, VA but the majority of our former homes have been condo apartments. A friend from Arlington, when he found out about our new home said that he was amazed, because seniors approaching retirement opt for much smaller quarters and we went the opposite. We like this place, because the entire community is composed of senior citizens, with extensive community facilities for all of the owners. We have a fine dining restaurant and a pub/grill in our community Clubhouse and a champion designed golf course and facilities.
We are within easy reach of the history triangle of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. Additionally, we are very close to Hampton, the oldest continuous English speaking settlement in the country, having been settled initially in 1610 and occupied as a town/city ever since. Being a history buff, the old man is in tall cotton with all the great historical places to visit.
While I miss being close to my kids and grand kids, (140+ miles), we still get a chance to get up that way quite often. Seems like I see them more since we have been down here in Tidewater than we did when we were in Alexandria. We have a great car to make the round trip, our new GMC Terrain SLT SUV. We finally decided on a name for our girl, (yeah, we do name our cars, boats, etc). We name our SUV Boomer. She is a bright (Volcanic Red) red four door, AWD 2024 GMC and has many travel aids for old folks like us such as the driver assist, enhanced cruise control, and other goodies that make it a joy to travel in. And NO, I am not a paid person for GM. Just love my GM vehicles, especially because of that OnStar system. That system has saved out bacon a number of times.
Well, I have rambled on but hopefully brought some update info on our lives ashore, (we still hope to one day buy another motor yacht and go back on the water).
So, for anyone who still actually reads these words, thank you and please drop a note or just say HI! In a later post I hope to include some photos of our new home and special sites.
Till the next time, the old Curmudgeon signing off.
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