We arrived home on August
31, 2012 and stayed for three weeks.
The to do lists
claimed our attention.
During the three
weeks we enjoyed a visit from our family.
It was fun to see how two of the grandboys had grown. Our oldest grandboy was working at McDonalds
and did not make this trip.
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Our son, Kevin,
wanted to explore the lots where three houses stood during his young days on
this street. These houses were in the
federal flood buyout and the land can have no structure on it ever. One lot is next door to us.
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On September 27 we left for
Pennsylvania for 3 weeks of Maestro activities and returned home on October
19. This time we are here for six weeks
before leaving for our winter home in Leesburg, FL.
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Gettysburg and York,
PA were our destinations for the first two weeks in October. Charles directed the Frustrated Maestros
during a week of Music Camp in Gettysburg October 2-6, 2012.
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The group then
caravanned to York, PA for FMCA (Family Motor Coach Association’s) area
rally….Greater Eastern Area Rally.
During the morning coffee hour we saluted Music of the Civil War in songs
with a slide show presentation that Roxie made.
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Click on this link to see the Greater Eastern Area Rally that Charles directed.
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We returned home
through East TN and stopped and visited with Charles’s cousins and some family
members in Dandridge. Camping was on the
beautiful Douglas Lake at the Headwater Campground. Here we enjoyed the beautiful water with the
Smokey Mountains in the background and excellent walking places. At this location we are just 2 miles from
relatives.
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Another 8 miles put
us in Dandridge, TN to visit a good friend who was in our first high school
band! Janie and Danny live on Douglas
Lake with a view of the Smokey Mountains, also.
Janie’s folks took us in as family in 1964 and loved pampering our infant
son. That was 48 years ago!
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We are now in
Franklin for approximately 6 weeks.
Neighbors won’t know what to do with us.
Of course, we now have 3 vacant lots owned by the city as a result of
the federal buyout of flood properties.
The lot next door to us has taken a bit of adjustment seeing
the empty space. Still one last house is
slated for demolition within weeks. The
flood was in May 2010.
We continue our
therapy dog visits here and are half through 10 visits for October and
November. We will jump into Therapy Dog visits in Florida.
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Lulu our resident
neighbor’scat is always happy to see us when we arrive home. She gets lots of kitty hugs and kisses. When we are away Lulu is cared for by her
owner across the street. She has a kitty
window, heat or AC, lights and a radio. 
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Keep going down for more pics.
We “enjoyed-braved”
and rainy cold night at the Brentwood High School football game October 26,
2012. Our mission was to watch the band and
the son of a former student, David
Caldwell.
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Nov. 30 we will land
in our winter home at Holiday Travel Resort in Leesburg FL for 4 months. Here we will dive into our activities of
volley ball and computer. Charles
manages the v ball season. Roxie works
with a super team of 3 men running the computers for the park, teaching, and
helping with the weekly help sessions.
We look forward to being back in our Florida neighborhood of 9 years
with neighbors that we enjoy.
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