10 great iPhotos Arling Cemetery

September 24 (Sam H. Fillmore's birthday)

Hi,
Just a note as the pictures are all labeled. We visited Arlington
National Cemetery Tuesday morning and had a learning experience. We
were there in 1985 but did not visit as much of the cemetery as we
did this time. I sure is a big place and we walked up and down lots
of hills but it was worth it.

Just a reminder to some of you. I am purging my email address book
again. Some of you I never hear from and I have no idea if you get
these letters or not. Others write often or occasionally. If I hear
from you I will continue to write to you.

We will leaving hear next week so you will not hear from us again
from Maryland. We will be on the road somewhere the next time. Life
is an adventure.

Take care all and our best to you.

Ric and Jan(ice)

9 great iPhotos Blue Ridge Mts. and NOAC

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Hi,

We had a great trip two weeks ago to North Carolina to NOAC (National
Older Adult Conference.) It was fun, inspirational, interesting and
many more adjectives. We heard many good speakers, had good insight
sessions, ice cream socials and renewed former acquaintances as well
as made new friends. We saw former volunteers from here at New
Windsor with whom we had worked, I saw former college friends that I
had not seen in a long time and we even saw some friends with whom we
traveled to China in March. We walked a lot, enjoyed the vast beauty
of the area and saw the early morning fog and watched it lift over lake.

We have been back here to work now for over a week and all is well.
We only have a week and a half before we leave and once again, it has
passed so quickly. We have enjoyed our stay here with so many
various groups and all so appreciative of what there is here to see
and do. Each group has a different agenda and some can be
challenging. But they are unique in their own way and we learn from
them all.

We took a short day trip this week to Lancaster County PA and went a
new route (to us) over country roads (and there are many) which were
through the countryside and all very picturesque. It rained that day
so I did not take but one picture which was a field of sunflowers.
We saw 2 large fields which were in full bloom.

When we leave here we are going to Branson, MO for a week's stay. We
will travel west through Ohio and Illinois and then south to MO.

Our weather has been fairly nice and cool. I see it is still hot in
the Sacramento Valley so I am glad to be here.

Ya"ll take care and be good to yourselves.

Love and hugs to all.
Ric and Jan(ice)

4 great iPhotos Quantico, VA

September 13 2009

Hi,
About a week and a half ago we spent our days off at Quantico, Va.
and it is a very picturesque place. We drove through a national park
across the freeway from the Marine Base and it was very pretty. We
saw several buildings with NCIS written on them. Then we saw many
buildings which appeared to be class rooms but no sign so we don't
know what they were. Interesting!!!!!!!!!! hmmmmmmmmm JM

2 great iPhotos continued

Beautiful stained glass window in Methodist Church
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7 great iPhotos Harrisburg, PA

Saturday, September 5, 2009 (Dale and Nancy Hood's wedding day in
Oregon!! Congratulations)

Hi all,
I have been remiss is writing and will sit down and do that right
now. We are at New Windsor Conference Center in New Windsor, MD for
the rest of this month. Our first month here went by very quickly.
Time flys when you are having fun.
Last week we drove up north to Harrisburg, PA to the state capitol.
It is certainly a beautiful one. It is very public friendly and
encourages all people to visit. We want to go back and see more than
we did at some later date.
The pictures show some of the highlights. The original capitol
building was built in Harrisburg about 1810 and in 1897 it burned to
the ground. The assembly then met at the Grace Methodist Church
(shown in one of the pictures below) about a block from the present
building. It was rebuilt beginning in 1904 and moved into in 1906
but construction continued for several years after that time. In
2006 they celebrated a Centennial held to mark the 100th anniversary
of the Capitol building. It is not designated as a National Historic
Landmark. I think it is the prettiest capitol we have visited in the
US and we have been to quite a few.
The first picture is the City Island which is an island on the
Susquehana River. We drove around it and they have ball games there
as well as a park. The capitol is on the left side of the photo. It
was a very clear day!
We have had lobster in Frederick MD which we do each year. It is so
yummy. Can't get it that good in California. We have also gone to
church several times in Frederick. We keep busy here at "work" or on
our days off by traveling close to our humble abode.
Tomorrow we leave the center for 6 days to go to Lake Junalaska, NC
to attend NOAC, National Older Adult Conference. I attended the
first Church of the Brethren Nat'l Youth Conference in Anderson,
Indiana in 1954 when I was in high school and this is an out growth
of that. So it should be fun to see if I recognize any one
there!!!! Hope they have name tags with large print. LOL
We are well, happy and enjoying what we are doing. Thanks to those
of you who write so faithfully. It is always good to hear from you.
Take care and be happy.

Love and hugs,
Mom and Dad
Grandmother and Granddaddy
Ric and Jan(ice)