They're Baaaaaack!!!

Faithful readers (if I have any left) will realize I have been grossly delinquent updating this journal. For this I apologize and promise to try to do better in the future. When I started this journal almost two years ago, it was very easy to write since everything we did and everyplace we went was new and exciting. Now, after traveling about 8 months per year for the last two years, it is not as new and exciting as it once was. Don't misunderstand, it's still wonderful to go to fabulous places and do fun things, but it has become more of a way of life and less something new and different. Consequently, it is harder to write about our adventures with the same fresh outlook. However, I have received feedback from at least one reader (who is still of the working class and very envious of our travels) that even a mundane report is appreciated, and it is missed when I don't write. So, I will strive to write more often, and to make these reports as interesting and entertaining as I can. Please post comments; it is motivating to know that you are out there.

For the Reader's Digest condensed version of our Spring Loop: We arrived home on Monday May 11 at 1:00. We had a doctor's appointment at 1:30. As you can see we are always reluctant to come home and usually wait until the last minute. After leaving northern Arkansas and the Buffalo River area we spent two nights at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas. After that we spent two nights on the Natchez Trace Parkway and explored Vicksburg National Military Park. From there we continued south to Gulf Shores AL to attend a Country Coach rally. Finally, we spent a week at Grayton Beach State Park on the Florida panhandle with friends from home. While there we enjoyed the beach and paddled several very nice creeks. We were away from home about a month and had a very nice trip.

Tomorrow we leave for another adventure. We are bike-camping on the C&O Canal National Historical Park. We will put in at Cumberland MD and pedal 185 miles along the Potomac River to Washington DC. Then we will u-turn and return to Cumberland. We will be carrying all our camping gear and much of our food and will be staying in campsites along the trail. We expect to be out 12 days. I will not carry a PC, so it will be a while before I can write (what else is new???). I do promise to write when we return.

Bon voyage.