* T@B Cape Cod Rally 2010

In early July Norene and Mike returned to Cape Cod for the second time in 2010. We enjoy the area and the beaches, but visiting our New England friends is the biggest joy. We attended the T@B trailer rally and also spent time visiting the special places on the cape with our friends.
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* Fallingwater House 2010

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house has always been high on Norene's list of places to visit. July 5th she got to spend the day at this famous Pennsylvania home. Mike is not a big Frank Lloyd Wright fan but he really liked this home and setting. As an extra bonus we were able to tour Wright's Kentuck Knob house. It was a fun July 4th weekend for us.

Kentuck Knob is another Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Ohiopyle, PA area. We toured this house also. This is a private home owned by an British Lord so pictures were not allowed inside the home. It was much different type of house than Fallingwater, but an interesting house. Mike decided he would be happy living there too. The grounds have many pieces of art and a garden dedicated to large pieces of art.

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* Ohiopyle, PA 2010

On our way to the Cape Cod T@B Rally we spent time in Ohiopyle, PA. It was July 4th weekend and the crowds of people were enjoying all the charms of this Laural Mountain town. They have the best bike trails, exciting rafting & kayaking, and playing in the river rapids. If you are in the area stop in and enjoy the fun.

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Mike's Dulcimer Concert

On our way to the Cape Cod T@B Rally we stopped at the Alton RV park where Mike performed his first outdoor dulcimer concert. Norene and Mike enjoyed meeting new campers and providing a little fun during the July 4th weekend.

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New home in Sandy Pines Resort 2010

Retirement fever has hit us again. On Mike's birthday we became the proud owners of a place at Sandy Pines Resort in Hopkins, Michigan. Hopkins is south east of Holland and south of Grand Rapids. It is not like we need another lake property, but the resort has many activities that we enjoy. One of our kids has a place there which means we will get to more 'grandparent' time. Check out the Sandy Pines web page: www.sandypines.com

Spring Beach Trip 2010

Each spring we like to shake the winter blues by spending time on the southern beaches. Usually we hit the beaches about spring break time. As former teachers we enjoy seeing the kids and young people too. This year our spring beach trip took us to Tybee Island, GA and Huntington Beach, SC. It is amazing how fast a month at the beach goes. In addition to enjoying the sun we joined the T@B Blue Ridge Rally in Marion, NC, attended the Central Ohio Folk Music Festival in Columbus Ohio and visited four grand kids.

Following are Smileboxes showing many of our experiences during the fifty-two day trip. If you would like pictures from any Smilebox E-mail Mike at the address in the "About Us" section.

Central Ohio Folk Festival 2010

Spring Beach Trip 2010
Columbus, OH May 7 - 9 we spent at the Central Ohio Folk Festival. This was the first time we had attended this festival. In fact the first time we attended any folk or dulcimer festival in Ohio. Except for the weather this was a fun festival held in a fantastic Columbus Metro Park. Besides workshops for dulcimer, guitar, autoharp, songwriting, spoons, fiddle, penny whistle there were performances on two stages every hour of the festival. The evening concert performers were outstanding. As we all huddled together in the big tent trying to keep warm the sounds of
The Smokin' Fez Monkeys http://www.smokinfezmonkeys.com/
The Yellow Room Gang http://yellowroomgang.com/
James Keelaghan http://web.me.com/jameskeelo/Keeloweb/KEELOWEB.html warmed the crowd. We had never seen any of these performers. Boy! What we have been missing. Norene and I learned many new tips and tunes during our classes.