Traveling North on Vacation
This July, my husband
and I took our first vacation in about eighteen months. We drove from Atlanta
to visit our son in Willimantic, Connecticut, 1000 miles each way and passing
through 10 states along the East Coast. This journey partially replicates our
moves over the past
On the outbound trip, we spent five days sleeping in a tent at two different campsites. The campgrounds were almost empty.
The left picture on the header image at the top shows our first
campsite in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia. It’s across a stream from the
road though the campground and quite private.
The most exciting event
occurred when we were driving along a quiet stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
A black bear cub jumped into the road in front of the car and quickly
retreated.
We climbed Sharp Top
Mountain. The heat with temperatures in the low 90’s made the short, steep ascent
of about 1.5 miles more difficult.
Images of the view from the top of Sharp Mountain (above) and the peak (below).
We drove north to
Pennsylvania and camped at Caledonia State Park. Again, the weather was hot
with occasional rainstorms. Luckily, we escaped the rain while we were preparing
meals and the tent kept us dry at night. We hiked on a trail near the
campground. When we returned to camp, we had a burst of heavy rain. We just sat
in the downpour in our rain gear and I opened my umbrella. The rain stopped
quickly.
The image shows a stream we crossed on our hike. I paddled in the water and we saw some small trout in another stretch of water.
We returned via
Harper’s Ferry and Asheville for a dose of history and culture. The image on
the right of the header has a view over the Potomac River from Harper’s Ferry. I’ll
describe our southbound trip in a second post.
An alien spy on the run.
Two
human sisters chosen to train as astronavigators.
Their
paths are destined to converge.
Psychic
sensitives, Holly Moon and her sister Rosie, are chosen as candidates for
Warrish training as hyperspace navigators. The sisters are eager to promote
humanity’s advance into space. Will they succeed? They must pass a series of
rigorous tests and adapt to the alien neuro-implants.
Alien
merman, Baswin Kenton Tallis, Second of his Triad, lives on Earth disguised as
a human. When Earth agents discover the secret identity of his older brother,
Bas must flee to the Warrish embassy in the Pacific Ocean.
Holly
and Baswin are swept together on an island in the Pacific Ocean, but their
destiny lies farther away and many forces threaten to drive them apart. Can
they overcome the obstacles and find a haven?
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