Merry Month of May

Being the owners of our first house, we find there are lots of new things in our lives. We LOVE having our own washer & dryer (doing laundry right now, in fact) and a nice big backyard. I just finished cutting the grass, and I was reminded of the line in "The Shawshank Redemption" that said May was one fine month for working outdoors. It's true, although the weather in California is probably warmer than it is in Maine (where the movie is set).

We fondly remember our trip to New England in October 2006, and Maine had some of the best weather of all the states we visited. One day when we feel adventurous we will see that part of the country in winter. We know it's cold, colder than anything central California sees, but the idea of the snow-covered bridges and villages just seems so romantic to us. (That's fine, you say. Take your sub-zero temperatures and give me a warm sunny beach somewhere. One of the points of pride with us is that we go places most people don't guess. That's what is fun about that poll of ours. We will keep you guessing til the end.)

We are both looking forward to our vacations, trips, and so forth. It seems we try to visit at least one new state a year. We're up to 28 now, which works out to two states for each of the 14 years we've been together. (For our 10-year anniversary trip, we saw seven new states in 10 days!) But even though we're just over halfway there, it gets harder to find new ones and takes longer to get there; but we plan to see all fifty, as well as Europe. (Gotta get those passports!) This year I will add Pennsylvania when I visit Gettysburg in July. Our 'mystery' trip may add another state to our list, but we won't tell...at least not until we get back and show pictures.