Awaiting Spring (with winter holding on)
Barb and I had a very enjoyable time on our trip to Maui, Hawaii visiting my son Mark, daughter in law, Diane and their family. Their
 grandchildren, Owen, Madison, and Damen are entertaining to watch and play with.
We attend a First Friday Food and Funfest and the Whale Watch day at Kehei while there.  We hated to leave and come back to the snow and cold.
Today, February 24th, we have a forecast of low 20s during the day and single digits this evening. That big Polar Vortex they talk about on the weather channel certainly has effected our weather.  I am patiently awaiting the arrival of spring and a lot of snow melt and yard cleanup. The winds and snow have a way of loosening every weak branch on the Sycamore trees and each spring I spend several days pulling my small trailer behind the John Deere lawn tractor picking up the leaving from winters snows and wind. I do push myself to bend, squat and swivel myself around, to pick up this and that such as blew in or dropped during the winter.  Each time going around cleaning up seems to get a little easier as I work out the kinks developed by having my legs up in the recliner during the winter.
Age milepost has begun this month with my oldest son, Craig having his 50th birthday celebration. Barb's daughter Shannon will celebrate next year. Wow,
how the years go by.  Even though Barb and I have done a lot of traveling and are still quite active, we have to admit we are not spring chickens.

We are looking forward to a Road Scholar event the this spring island hopping off the coast of Georgia. Road Scholar is the new name for Elderhostel.

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