Family Visit Time

 We started our trip with Christmas at our son James and his family in Washington DC and now we're back at close to the finish. They live in the Capitol Hill District which has some of the loveliest, although small, gardens around. We left "Baby", our trailer, at an RV Park outside the city and moved in with our son and daughter-in-law Morgen. Kolya is our newest grandson. He'll be 3 on August 1 and is totally adorable. We Zoom every Sunday so he does remember us - he calls us Mimi & Pa sometimes and other times Grammy and Grandpa. 

Kolya is showing off his "Stop" sign for his Brio train set.

Due to the Pandemic, everything is pretty much closed in Washington, and James and Morgen have had only one shot with their second ones coming up soon, so we stayed close to home. Of course, we visited the local parks and the Arboretum for outdoor play, but otherwise, our only trip was to Morgen's parents' home where we had a wonderful dinner outside in their beautiful backyard. Morgen's sister Claire and husband Bill joined us with their two children Grace and Nora. Karl and Kris had just purchased a one person (at a time) trampoline set. James and Scott helped Karl set it up and Kolya and his cousins took turns having fun!

Kolya enjoying the trampoline.

Our next stop was my sister Paula's in Maryland. Again, we left Baby at a local RV park while we stayed with her. She has also only received one shot, but hasn't been out of the house, other than that one time to receive the vaccine, in one and one-half years! We hadn't seen her in person since last October so it was wonderful to spend the week with her. We managed to go through a good-sized to-do list, a few every day, which felt good, Scott is a great repairman but we also managed to get in the complex's George to accomplish the rest! Of course, we enjoyed many great meals together and on Saturday James, Morgen and Kolya came for a lovely visit. We sat outside for most of the time and when inside, wore masks and kept the not totally vaccinated distanced. It feels SO GOOD to be totally vaccinated, but even having one is good. Scott and I managed one good hike during the week out at Rocks State Park up to the King and Queen seats - nice spot. 

My younger sister Paula and I 

But the end of our trip is now in sight. We left Paula and drove north to Mahlon Dickerson Recreation campground in northern NJ for one night to break up the trip home. It was Mother's Day and the weather held out for us to enjoy a late lunch outside before the heaven's opened up and it rained until the next morning. Today we drive home to Vermont. 

Our late lunch all set up at our last campground of the trip on Mother's Day!

This has to be the first time I managed to get 
ahead of Kolya - he's a demon scooter!

Fresh out of his bath with Mama!

I love this combination of the 
purple jacket and yellow boots!

Enjoying dinner at Kris & Karl's house (Morgen's
parents) here with her sister and brother-in-law,
Claire and Bill

James and Morgen

James makes great cocktails - here in their garden
we have Aperol Spritzers.

And he's a terrific cook too!'Pasta
with Peanut Sauce!

We had a fun outing to the National Arboretum, the
only thing open as all the museums are closed in
Washington. The azaleas were in full bloom!