Self guided tour of the Southeast USA

These two young fellows met in 1966 and trained together on Huey Helicopters.It was great to see so many helicopter pilots reunited in New Orleans last week.

Breakfast at Brennans with the helicopter pilots

Getting ready for a ride on Big Mable. Our friends John and Maryanne hosted us at their beautiful lake house in South Carolina.

Lake Keowee is lovely

And there are bass in this lake!

Captain John

You cannot drive through southeast Tennessee and NOT stop in Lynchburg for a tour.

In Murfreesboro we stopped to see Marcie and she gave us a beginners lesson on her red hot Vespa

We will have to try a Vespa tour.This is fun to drive!



Our final stop this week was at Taos' FIRST BIRTHDAY party.
Wow! I cannot believe that both my babies are one.
Happy Birthday Taos Mitchell Egan ! ! !

I LOVE the National Parks!

Just got back from a fun week in the western US visiting the National parks with our friends, Ed and Susan.  We started at thre Grand Canyon and then toured around to Bryce and then Zion.  All were beautiful and quite unique in vistas, temperatures, crowds, elevation and personality.
I can't recommend them enough for family fun!

John and Ed at the Weeping Rock in Zion

Mule deer

Riverside trail to the Narrows

The Happy Hikers

The Bryce Canyon Amphitheater

Beautiful Bryce

Hoodoo at Bryce

We hiked to the bottom on the Navajo trail

On the South rim of the Grand Canyon

At Moran Point at GCNP

We hiked to Shoshone Point and saw many critter tracks on our path
Coyote? Mountain Lion?



Two love birds at Moran Point

It really is Grand!

Pandamonium in the Poconos

John, Jack and Sawyer goin crazy for Jim Thorpe

Mitch and Conner at Hawk Falls

Sawyer catches a sunny

Jack and his fish

Conner at the swimming hole

Morgan and Pat

At Boulder field with cousin Jay

Gracie andTaos having breakfast at the HoJo house

Sage, Skye and Sawyer dogpile Conner

All the cousins at the swimming hole-what fun!