Lovin' her senior year @ Penn State

Clearly it's about academics ... with a little tailgating and football on the weekends thrown in for fun. This weekend did not disappoint. Photos from Carolyn.

Labo(u)r Day weekend in FL

We love going going to Florida. 

Our condo neighbors - always up for an evening together!

Typical late-afternoon summer sky.
The clouds roll in for a late storm - short-lived.

August visitors from the other London

Just had to document our visit from Arnie and Mary Lou a few weeks ago. To celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary they had booked a week at a seemingly cute, rustic resort in the Poconos that turned out to be more rustic than cute. After a few days of golf and plans to meet us for dinner, they ended up coming here early and spending a few nights. We loved having them.

To make them feel a little like they had extended their Pocono's holiday, we couldn't provide a heart-shaped bed but we did try for a little romantic ambiance! I'm sure Arnie read love poems to Mary Lou long into the eve.

We shared a lot of laughs and caught up on their lives and kids' lives over food and wine.

Mary Lou, Don & Arnie
They brought the food!

Happy 30th Anniversary!
We first met these two just weeks after their wedding at a baseball game.

We caught our dinner fresh at King's Grocery store.
I had a special request - no eyes.

And he's off again

After a year of working at KPMG and living in Brooklyn, Bryan decided it was time to travel again before he got too entrenched in work life. His trip through Europe last summer only whet his appetite for more adventure. We moved his few possessions back to our house and off he went.

This time he left on August 25th packed into a car with 3 high school friends and their luggage. One of the guys is starting college in Seattle so was moving himself out west and the others tagged along for the adventure.

Tim, Tom, Tony & Bryan packing up in our driveway at 5:30 a.m.

Their plan was to drive a day, hike a day, drive, hike, drive. The first night they stayed at a sorority house at Indiana University. Nice. The next day they drove to Badlands National Park in South Dakota where they camped two nights, and hiked the day in between. Don noticed reported temperatures over 100 degrees that day - adding a little challenge to the hiking!

Hiking in the Badlands

Bryan and Tim with a guy they met from Montreal and his dog.

From the Badlands, they visited Mount Rushmore (well worth it they said) and then drove to Yellowstone National Park for more camping and hiking. I have not received any photos from this leg of the trip. Again, Don noted temps of 40 degrees overnight - one extreme to the other.

And finally, by late Friday night, they pulled into Seattle to stay with another high school friend, Dan, who has been in a master's program and living there the past year. And luckily, Dan's girlfriend, Darcy, sent me this photo.

Darcy, Dan, Dan's friend?, Tom, Bryan, Tony and Tim

We just got a text from Bryan today saying he was en route to Vancouver with some PSU friends, Nick & Andrew, who also arrived in Seattle this week. They are visiting a PSU friend who lives in North Van for a few days and spending three days at Whistler.