At the end of May, we traveled south to the Houston area. We stopped by to see Patti H., Tom's neice who graduated from high school, and plans to attend U.T. in Austin in the fall.
Then we attended Donald and Becca's wedding. (Donald is my son, Darrell's, oldest son.) He and Becca had a beautiful outdoor wedding on May 27th, their sixth anniversary of their first date! So sweet! I enjoyed being with my son and his family for this special day in Donald & Becca's life!
It is Summer in Texas! It actually hasn't been that hot yet, however today it may reach 100 degrees, and we haven't had any rain here at our house in a couple of weeks now. Unbelieveable to us is the fact that Tom has not yet watered the garden this year. We were blessed with regular rain showers until now. This is a first for Tom, because he can't ever remember a year that he did not have to water the garden! We have really been blessed this Spring!
There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about my Thru-Hike on the Appalachian Trail last year. I began on March 13th last year, so this year on March 13th, I began to read each day from my handwritten journal from the Trail, to remember and relive each day whatever I was doing on that day last year. I am amazed how much I recall (that I did not record) each day as I read my journal. I was so tired at the end of each hiking day, after walking up and down mountains carrying "everything I needed to survive" on my back, that usually I was barely able to hold my eyes open long enough to write as much as I did in my journal. But now as I read each day's journal account of that day, I think about all the things I left out.
Today,(a year ago), was the sixth day of Tom's visit with me on the Trail! Together we hiked 4.6 miles, and made it to PenMar Park (before lunch), which is on the border of Pennsylvania/Maryland. Tom toughed it out over some very difficult, boulder-strewn trails for 23 miles in Maryland with me during some very hot days!
Tom's visit really lifted my spirits and made me even more determined to finish so I could go home! I missed him so much while I was on my Hike!
I'm happy to be home this year with my Sweetie!
Wow love the veggies! We are hoping to have some of those red tomatoes by September if we're lucky. We have been enjoying fresh strawberries lately though and will have raspberries in another month or so.
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