Walking

We've spent these beautiful autumn mornings walking the nature trail that connects our apartments with their sister condos down the road. We've enjoyed it so much. It's been a great time of talking, sharing, and working up a sweat as we watch the leaves change before our eyes. It's just been in the past 3 or 4 mornings that we see considerable differences in colors from one morning to the next. The leaves should be peaking very soon, so I'm sure we'll have our trusty camera out to capture this, one of our favorite things.

Tropical Smoothie Redeemed

Remember this? Well, when we saw that Harrisburg was opening their own Tropical Smoothie, we knew we had to give it another chance. When we found out the grand opening was today, we thought that we may wait a week or 2 for them to work out the kinks, but then our craving took over and we found ourselves making our way there for lunch. We were not disappointed! THey did an excellent job. It took us back to another place and time eating the wraps and drinking the smoothies - Sean pictured himself getting ready for a training session with the YMCA of Hampton Roads, and I found myself thinking about heading back to the law library for an afternoon with law students. It's nice to have pieces of the familiar in a foreign land!

Basketball

We've been enjoying the gym and walking trails that this apartment complex provides. We try to get out to one of them once a day to get some exercise, and on most of those mornings, Sean leaves a little early so that he can take advantage of one of the birthday presents I got him - the basketball. Our complex also has a court, so he goes out and shoots some hoops. We'll miss all this beautiful weather!

Let the Celebration Begin!

This past weekend my brother proposed to his girlfriend; she said yes, and the entire family is now celebrating. Shannon and I flew out to Texas this past summer to get to know them as a couple. It was a good time had by all.

There is nothing like an emerging love, a wedding to celebrate that love--a man afforded the chance to celebrate all this as it happens to his brother. Congrats brother, and to your bride to be. For what it's worth, the travelers are thinking of you.

Because of my birthday...

Because of my birthday, I am on the basketball court again. Shannon gave me a variety of presents for my birthday last week--among those being something I kept wanting to get but never got around to: a basketball. The last few days I have been on the basketball court, working the rust off of my jump shot. I have really enjoyed it and next week hope to get Shannon out there with me.

Happy Birthday cont...

Happy birthday...

to my fellow traveler, my best friend, my beautiful husband. We're having a celebration day just like we like it - low key and together. I'm going to make steaks and a birthday cake for tonight, so maybe I'll have pictures to post later...

Continuing across the hills...

Today we celebrated 3 years of marriage. The time has gone by so fast, as it only seems like yesterday we were in Georgia saying I do. We had a great day - we went to my favorite spot for lunch and then went exploring more around the city (aka: new shopping mall). For dinner, I decided to surprise Sean with a dinner of Mongolian Beef - recipe via the internet promising that it was PF Changs' own recipe. It was probably the most complicated meal I've ever made (which might speak to my cooking endeavors), but it turned out really good, if I do say so myself. We topped it off with Sean's favorite dessert - apple crumb pie, which is made by Mrs. Smith herself. I couldn't do any better, so why try?

I love being married to this man, and I'm looking forward to the life we'll lead together.

Summer concert in a vineyard

We had a lovely evening tonight sitting out on a lawn, listening to jazz and blues, eating crab dip and peach cobbler, and watching about 500 people enjoy the night under the stars. We spent the evening at Nissley Vineyards in Bainbridge, PA, where they hold a summer concert series. Tonight was the last night, and we're so glad we made it. It was so nice sitting under what started as a blue sky, ending in a clear starry night. The locals knew how to do it up, as most of them arrived with chairs, tables, candles (a few candelabras too), food galore, and usually a vase of flowers. We were amazed! That kind of music begs you to dance, and many people did, which brought back many wonderful memories of dancing to our favorite swing music in Virginia. For more of our pics, go here.