RV Living, Conger Style: Spinning. . .My Head is Spinning. . .

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Spinning. . .My Head is Spinning. . .

I have been in such a whirlwind, physically and emotionally, the past couple of weeks that neither the inclination and the inspiration to post to my blog have been available to me!

I was in Lubbock Saturday and Sunday for two energizing, inspirational AAUW events. We are leaving this afternoon for Fort Worth and tomorrow night I will be attending the 35th anniversary celebration of the Tarrant County Branch of AAUW. We'll be driving back to New Braunfels after the meeting and then we leave for Cabin John, Maryland early Thursday morning where we'll be until Thursday evening, May 17.

In Cabin John we'll be visiting our friends, Bill & Judy, who we met on an Alaskan cruise in 2005. We were with Carl's brother Stan and wife Karen and his sister Karen and husband Rick. There was an immediate connection among the eight of us and a wonderful friendship emerged! We all went on a cruise in the Sea of Cortez together and now the six Congers are converging on them for a full week of lots of visiting, laughing, good eating, and just plain FUN!

I'll be back on the 17th. . .

1 comment:

Mandi Watts said...: Sorry things have been a bit crazy for you lately. Hope you have a wonderful trip!; May 9, 2007 at 11:36 PM

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