April Fool

The snow is coming down and the temperature tonight is to dip below 19 F. Several days late, and certainly no joking, visible signs of winter have returned. Inspite of the grass turning green, the daffodils are in full array, now comes the snow and cold. KK and I walked in the flurries this afternoon, past the daffodils and the emerging tulips, their leaves above ground, but no stems or flowers yet. Quixotic weather. This was the warmest recorded winter in a long time. Yet, that I believe was due to the late arrival of winter to Mid January. From Jan 16th on, it was darn cold. Indeed, colder than the norm for January and February. Then, last week it got warm and all the snow and ice mounds from snow plows melted, and here we are, back again, snow and cold. Because the side walks were warm from the previous week, the walking is without treacherous footing.

The cold and snow has us retreating to our home's interior again, although this should be brief. We plan on getting Rudy ready for some short shake down cruises, get all the kinks out of the systems again before we head for the open road.

Our first major trip will be EAST, first to Washington DC and Andre's graduation from George Washington Medical School May 20th. KK and I will then head further East to Deleware and the Atlantic Coast: Dewes Port and Ferry, Cape May, Atlantic City and then home again. I would like to go up to he Cottage for several days before heading to Hesston Kansas June 8th for the Wedding reception of JD and Vilma Mininger. We will leave from Hesston Sunday June 10 for the 1927 miles to Vancouver BC and our Jumping off point to Alaska and its environs. We will return to USA via cruise ship along the inside passageway, then spend the first two weeks on the West Coast visiting and traveling Highway 101, the coastal highway. We return to the cottage for a 6 week stint welcoming Bec and her family plus whomever wishes to pop by in the Canadian wilderness and waters.

We would like to hear from you all regarding your plans for this late spring and summer. We hope that we will be able to get together sometime soon.