Branford, CT

This is our first trip ever to Conneticut. The ocean is supposed to be about a mile away - but we haven't seen it yet. We flew into Hartford and drove here (about an hour drive). Very pleasant drive. We'd like to see it in the spring or summer instead of that end of winter brown. It's been sunny but cold. We have a nice suite in the hotel with plenty of cable channels but not much else to do while Rita works. She did take us to a nice Thai restuarant last night, the Siam Orchid. She said she might take us swimming in the pool, but you know how she is, work, work, work. We haven't taken any pictures yet.

More later.

Later:

Got to take a drive to Stoney Creek on the water. Beautiful day. Here are some pictures.

Back in Marine City

Wow! We just had two beautiful, warm, sunny days!

Athens, OH

So, we're back in Athens again. We were here last week and nothing went right and the manager had to leave for the weekend so they sent us home and now we're back. Things are going better this week but not much time for sightseeing. The weather was very nice today, sunny and warm. Athens is in the southeast corner of Ohio, with lots of hills and trees. Wish we had time to see some of the countryside. This is the home of Ohio University. Just had a quick drive through downtown. Looked like there were a lot of interesting shops and restaurants. We are in a hotel just outside of town. We took a few pictures that are still in the camera with the pictures from Kansas. Rita's next job in Arkansas was canceled, so we're driving back to Michigan Saturday. We'll be home for a couple of weeks and then we get to go to Connecticut (our first trip to that state).

One the first trip we had a little time to stop in the town of Nelsonville just north of Athens. Nice downtown.

Independence, KS

Well, Rita has been very bad about letting us out to post, so we apologize that we're behind. We spent Feb 1 to the 7th in Kansas. This was our first trip to Kansas, no tornadoes, thank goodness. Very nice hotel and very nice people. Rita lost her voice for the last couple of days, something going around. Soon as we can get her to download pictures we'll post some for you.