Morrisville, VT

We left Stu and Mary Ann's home mid-morning yesterday and traveled up the spine of New Hampshire on I-93.  Beautiful mountains and valleys and the Franconia Notch area of NH is very scenic.  Although we missed the Lupine Festival, there were plenty of the pretty blue, spikey flowers in bloom along the highway.  Of course, we traveled in the rain and through construction, but that seems to be de rigeur for us on this trip.  Stay tuned for an accounting of a rare sighting of the sun later in the day (can you contain your excitement at the suspense?).  The really nice thing about the day was that it was one of the shortest driving days l- only about two and a half hours.

I meant to write in yesterday's entry that where Stu and Mary Ann live is near Squam Lake.  While you may not know it by that name, it is where "On Golden Pond" was filmed.  If you saw that movie, you'll know how beautiful the area is.  It's one of the few lakes which run east-west rather than north-south.  The Golden Pond comes from the way the sun reflects on the water as it rises (the sun, not the water).

Had lunch with Char & the boys and Tom, Katie and Danny in Morrisville.so we all had a chance to catch up and eat (both of which were good).  In the evening, we went to Katie's soccer game - she's playing on a community soccer team during the summer and it was fun to watch them play - even if they did lose 4-3.  The highlight of the day, however, was that the sun actually came out and shone!  Terrible pun - highlight - sun came out (hey what do you expect from a novice writer).  Tom and I had gone out in the afternoon and explored along the Lamoille River near the old power plant.  Got my exercise for the day.  River is really high and running fast (see aforementioned comment about lots of rain on this trip). 

Today (Thursday) is the big day for Danny.  The forecast is for sunshine and clear weather, so we're all hoping that the ceremony will be held outdoors as planned.  After the graduation, the seniors take off and have a drug-free, alcohol-free, all-night party.  How would you like to be the chaperone at that party?  Of the sixty-six graduates, we heard that about fifty-five of them were attending the party.  Pick-up time after the party is set for 5:00 a.m.!

I think today we're going over to Burlington to do some shopping and sight-seeing - may meet Char and the boys over there.