These are friendships forged back in 1970 at St Petersburg Junior College and cemented at University of South Florida. With George and Delores making their home now in Vancouver, Washington our opportunities to visit are infrequent and oh so precious. Today they made the trip north to Battle Ground State Park to join us for a visit in the T@B and then to find a geocache and to hike the Battle Ground Lake Loop Trail. It’s rated easy but the four of us thought it made our FitBits happy enough. We rewarded ourselves with some tasty sandwiches and salads as well as libations and Milky Way Chocolate Cake at Northwoods Public House in Battle Ground, Washington before returning to the T@B for more conversation. None of us wanted today to end. It was a fabulous day with precious friends.
Over a long weekend we sampled some of the myriad things to do in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, unique among national parks for it’s environmental reclamation, historic preservation, and recreational opportunities adjacent to the populous cities of Cleveland and Akron in northeastern Ohio. Can’t wait to return and explore more.
Our journey from Portsmouth, England to our home in Ohio might have been accomplished in about sixteen hours but my avoiding air travel we were able to enjoy a fifteen day journey home via train, ship, Uber, train, as well as our own feet and finally our personal vehicle.
It’s been a fascinating two day visit to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. We managed to pack in tours of the HMS Warrior, the HMS Victory as well ast Victory Live: The
Big Repair, and finally the Mary Rose. All were incredibly informative and well presented.
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