Our Frysinger bunch!!

And our Fogle bunch!

As usual, we love to eat:)))

Savannah, Skyler, Asher and Knox

Our great grandsons, Skyler, Knox and Asher!! We are truly blessed!

Walking with toddlers:))

They really enjoyed the pool!

Then went to visit Uncle Frank. He will be 100 yrs old this coming January.

And he entertained us with his harmonica!!

Gordy with two oldest grandchildren

Savannah and Colton

Savannah and her family

Tyler, Skyler, Knox, Asher, Savannah

Our great grandsons

We always love spending time with Family:)))

Kim and her family

Colton, Kim, Bob, Savannah

Gordy and Kim( our first daughter)

We are in Maine for a few days, expecting Jen, Kathy and Beckett today. Lots of adventures scheduled!!

Then had brunch at Jordan’s , world famous for wild blueberry pancakes! Delicious!!

Needless to say, we were tired!! Dinner was a Lobstah roll with lots of buttah:)) Jen even ate Lobstah ice cream!

Jen, Kathy and Beckett

Jumping on top:))

View from Bubble Rock

Next was Bass Head Lighthouse for sunset!

Then Acadia National Park where we drove up Cadillac Summit Road. Beautiful views!

Next we hiked 1.2 miles up to Bubble Rock, it was quite the hike uphill and rough terrain.

Gordy found a friend on the boat

Then this is the steps leading down to view.

In the campground, Jen’s first ever tailgate ride:))

Took a Duck Boat tour!

We had a great day, walked over 12,000 steps!!

Then he tried milking the cow in Boston Commons

Jen, Kathy and Beckett jumping for joy!!

They ask veterans to sign the top of the boat, Gordy was the only one on our boat.

Kathy caught a few:)

Dessert from World Famous Mike’s Pastries! Cannolis:)))

Then into Boston Harbor for dinner.

Dinner at Boston \240Sail Loft! Boston’s Best Fish and Chips!! It was delicious!

Papa, Nana, Jen, Grandma, Beckett, Pa and Kathy

Three Sisters Lighthouses

Then Beckett with his grandparents at Chatham Lighthouse.

Gordy and Tank on our walk.

This is Nauset Lighthouse. The one pictured on the bag of Cape Cod chips:)

Watched seals play in the water.

So blessed to spend this time with loved ones!!!

Race Point Lighthouse on Cape Cod Seashore National Park. Long walk but beautiful view.

Us with Beckett:))

Beautiful sky:))

Beautiful night to watch the Red Sox

Jen caught a baseball for Beckett!

Fenway Franks

And bridges. Running alongside I-95

Over rivers:)

Thru tunnels. We were able to get in 10 miles on this beautiful day:))

Ending our evening sitting out by a campfire. God is so good.

Her sister, Lori prepared a seafood feast for us.Bacon wrapped scallops, mozzarella caprese.

And the best Lobsta/corn Chowda I have ever eaten.

Stuffed clams, clam balls and snail salad

Then today we went to visit my friend , Dawn and her beautiful family in Rhode Island!

Thanks for a great day!! Me and my girl, Dawn!!

This is a pan that Chris has. It’s from the set of the Golden Girls tv show!

This was his Dad, my cousin Waymon. He was in the Air Force during Vietnam and passed away from cancer caused by Agent Orange.

He even put me to work helping make dinner! That’s a true Benson for you!!

Today we made a trip to Connecticut to visit my cousin Chris and his sweet family.

Family is everything!! \240So blessed to be able to visit with him.

He inherited the Benson red hair. His Dad was my Aunt Lavonia’s son. He passed away at 58. Chris was so good to his Grandma and loved her so much.

Adventures begin here tomorrow:))

Beautiful 3 mile ride on a hot, hot day!

Thru woods

Over bridges

Tomorrow we head for Canada!!

Nice spot for a rest.

Then we found this wonderful place called Tim Horton’s. Super good coffee, on my daughter, Kim’s recommendation.

Made it to Nova Scotia:)

First thru New Brunswick.

One of the best cookies I have ever eaten, called a Reese’s Dream!

Nothing but trees,

It’s been a great day. More adventures tomorrow:)))

This is Lunenburg, NS. A beautiful little fishing village.

Lots of cliff sides,

Our tour guides Kenan and Tristan! They did an amazing job!

This is an animal, dead man’s hands:)

This beauty came to visit us, monarch butterflies were my Mom’s favorites and today was her heavenly birthday.

This is Flowerpot Island.

Green crabs are invasive and kill off rock crabs

This is where we walked down stone steps carved into the bedrock to get to the ocean floor

These were the areas we walked in earlier.

We learned so much about the environment and creatures that occupy it. squid eggs.

Lunch at Mud Slide Cafe, delicious!!

This is Burntcoat Park and Lighthouse. It’s the site of the highest tide in the world.

Over 160 Billion gallons of water come into the Bay of Fundy with each tide change every six hours!

Rock crab

This is low tide and those are people out there

The Tidal bore

Gordy in the Lighthouse.

This was an amazing day! Gordy and I feel so blessed to been able to experience this!!

This is where we will be walking, way down there.

Flowerpot Island from other side

Looking up to where the lighthouse sits from the ocean floor.

This was the forecasted tides for today!! Yes, that’s 46 ft!!

Back to Burntcoat for high tide.

Gordy and I with the wall of flowerpot island behind us.

Now, this is the site of a Tidall bore, where the ocean and river meet and fight for dominance.

Gordy watches “The Curse of Oak Island” on TV a lot. It’s about the over 200 yr search for a treasure supposedly linked to the Knights of Templar. It’s off the shores of Nova Scotia.The Island is closed to visitors cause they’re filming season 11 right now.

Beautiful day and our guide was so knowledgeable!

This is two of the guys on the show working. It’s a drill site that they’re exploring right now.

So, we went on a boat tour around the island, our captain and guide actually works on the show as a diver.

This was a bucket list item for Gordy!

Then back to USA. Going over thru border, Mounties were friendly, welcoming and polite. Coming home, our Border Patrol was curt, almost menacing and so unwelcoming. I was really surprised by the difference in attitude. Welcome Home!!

Past Mount Washington.

Into the White Mountain area.

It still amazes me at the beauty, peace and serenity this country of ours offers.

And at the power of Mother Nature. We are not in a badly flooded area but not far from us the streams are overflowing and very fast moving.

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

The stairs to the Observatory.

All the notes and pictures on the walls are pets that have pasted away.

Mt Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6288.2 ft Elevation.

Our view when parked. It’s known for the notoriously unpredictable weather. It didn’t disappoint with that today.

Then thru a covered bridge on our way to Mt Washington State Park.To drive the Auto Road. America’s first man made attraction.

Amazing views. The temperature difference from the bottom of the mountain to the top was 30 degrees without a wind chill factor.

Started to clear a little on the way down.

Sunny at bottom, rained on the way up and then at Summit, so foggy and windy. We could hardly see where we were walking.

We finally got in a 8 mile bike ride on the LeMoille Rail Trail. It’s a 93 mile trail in Vermont. We were not trying to go the whole way on that for sure!!

We are in New York now and guess what!!

IT RAINED ALL NIGHT!!!

Praying for better weather:)))

This is part of the White Mountain range, Jefferson Mountain.

Lots of stone work that dates back centuries, still standing. The old timers really knew how to build things.

We also needed routine maintenance on the truck, so while it was getting care, we found an old railroad line with a beautiful tressle they have turned into a bike/ walking path.

It’s been quite the learning curve but I’ve been able to do it. We are in a lovely place, nestled in the mountains in Pennsylvania! They celebrated Christmas in July this weekend. God is Good and prayers for healing.

In 2011 it was reinvented as a pedestrian walkway.

Then we stopped at the Kinzua Dam.

This little guy was really busy trying to pollinate all these flowers:))

A 225 foot high skywalk. The iron viaduct was once the longest and tallest railroad structure in the world . It was replaced by a steel viaduct which was partially destroyed by a tornado in July 2003.

Pool fun

Then Christmas in July at this campground.

Foam on the beach

Loving our time with Charles, Leann, Whitney, Charlie and Georgia

Old folks bike riding

Young kids sitting around

And a “proposal “

Then fun collecting sticks

Charles and family swimming

And acceptance:)))

Then we had a visit with Gordy’s cousin Gene!! Great seeing him and Vicki!

This little girl doesn’t get too far away from her Pa:)

The house my cousin Ricky and his wife Lori designed and are building.

Visiting my beautiful sweet cousin in Tullahoma, TN

The sunsetting on a great trip. 8,525 miles, 9 weeks, numerous bucket list items and lots of fun and memories made with Family!!!