Sam poses with the Hoovers, just before they vacated the house that they lived in for 40 years. Lovely people. They left Sam a surprise gift in what will be her room. And now the house is all ours! (Oh my. Do we have a lot of work to do.)

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Somewhere under all that cloud cover, Venus was crossing the sun.

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None of us wanted to leave West Virginia. None of us wanted to stop being on vacation. So on the drive home we stopped for one last outing up to Humpback Rocks, off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Total walk was 2.5 miles and 1/2 of that was straight up to the rocks. Just as we reached the summit, the wind picked up and we …

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George Washington bathed here. So have countless others. Berkeley Springs, also known as the town of Bath, is the oldest spa in America. The bubbling hot springs are a constant 74 degrees Fahrenheit. We started with a soak in the 102 degree old Roman Bath. After that experience, the waters in the outdoor pools felt …

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To celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, we went on a mini-holiday to Berkeley Springs, WV.

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Can you tell it’s nearing the end of the school year? Today spring soccer skills class wrapped up their last session.

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“It’s at The Little Gym.” Sam and her classmates put on the show that they’ve been practicing for about 2 months now. It was really good. But the song they did their group performance to is still stuck in my head.

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I came home this evening to an enormous package on the porch. I figured it was a birthday present from someone. But what could be that big? And that heavy? I was really perplexed. This evening I opened it, since on my actual birthday I’ll be in West Virginia. And I was delighted to find a shoe rack! No more untidy …

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