Alison's blog in Virginia - Spring 2008

Tuesday 29 May 2007

nobody@vox.com(virginia49) — Tue, 29 May 2007 08:05:35 -0700

This is our last full day here so we are busy packing and cleaning. It is very hot again - thank goodness for air con!! We need to take books back to the library and deliver the last few things from the freezer to friends. Dan and Carolyn are ...

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Monday 28 May 2007

nobody@vox.com(virginia49) — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:50:03 -0700

Today is Memorial Day and in UK it is a Bank Holiday. Hope you are all having fun. I looked out of the window this morning to find that someone had put an American flag on all of the mail boxes, including ours! We have a real estate agent livi...

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Sunday 27 May 2007

nobody@vox.com(virginia49) — Sun, 27 May 2007 07:00:10 -0700

They say it is going to be 94 degrees today!! Church as usual, but it was sad to say goodbye to our friends. Eve was in tears so it was hard not to cry myself. We did have lunch with some of the church members as usual, and went to the Red L...

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Saturday 26 May 2007

nobody@vox.com(virginia49) — Sat, 26 May 2007 07:59:01 -0700

It was strange to see several aircraft carriers at the same time - that would not happen at home. The Iwo Jima was launched in 2000, it is the 2nd one of that name. We also saw the Harry S Truman and the Eisenhower which has just returned fro...

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Friday 25 May 2007

nobody@vox.com(virginia49) — Fri, 25 May 2007 06:43:11 -0700

This water tower at Cape Charles looked like it was going to walk towards us! This is NOT my husband! Gene and Nancy picked us up late morning and we drove down to Portsmouth and caught the ferry/paddle boat across to...

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Thursday 24 May 2007

nobody@vox.com(virginia49) — Thu, 24 May 2007 06:48:08 -0700

Greg wants to go to Charles City today because we have not been before and he is curious. Well after looking at the map etc, he decided there was not much there so we went off to the Virginian Eastern Shore which involves going from Lynhaven (Vi...

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Wednesday 23 May 2007

nobody@vox.com(virginia49) — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:17:09 -0700

I have been reading a couple of books about families who lived in Charleston South Carolina from the 1600s to the Civil War and it has whetted my appetite to see the area. We worked out it is just over 400 miles from here so maybe when we return...

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Tuesday 22 May 2007

nobody@vox.com(virginia49) — Tue, 22 May 2007 07:14:00 -0700

Heard last night that a good friend of ours Libby has been taken into hospital with heart problems and has had surgery last night. We have a friend called Libby each side of the Atlantic, this is the American one. She has 6 grown children and l...

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Monday 21 May 2007

nobody@vox.com(virginia49) — Mon, 21 May 2007 14:58:51 -0700

It seems we have been to Smithfield an awful lot this trip but Dan and Carolyn wanted to take us out for lunch and this is their favourite place to eat (Greg had done some work on their computer). It was a lovely warm day, not too hot and we wen...

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Sunday 20 May 2007

nobody@vox.com(virginia49) — Sun, 20 May 2007 06:37:04 -0700

Last night we went to Nancy and Bruce's house along with Nancy and Gene, and had a great time. Bruce cooked huge steaks on the barbeque and we had salad and baked potato. The evening was only spoilt by the news that Gene has not been accepted a...

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