Back to Pennsylvania

Thursday, June 30, 2016
After packing up this morning, we drove over to my uncle's home a block away to say a final good bye to my three cousins, Peggy, Bonnie and Bob and ended up enjoying breakfast with them on the porch with its beautiful view of Lake Harris.  They still had a great deal of food left from the breakfast buffet that had been provided for us at the church following the funeral on Tuesday and were eager to share it with us.

The painters were already at work so furniture was pulled away from walls in the main area of the house and Bonnie had been busy sorting through clothes.  Bob was then off to get chores done outside.  Peggy too had her assigned clean up work to do but first enjoyed just sharing the meal with us.  It was so good to share one last hour with them.

Ken and I then drove over to Hawthorne, the retirement community where my folks lived for close to 20 years.

We wanted to get a tour and see how it is today partially to just revisit and partially to see if that is a spot we might like to settle.  It really is an amazing place to live and has grown not only in its offerings but in the number of dwellings.  There are approximately 2000 now living there and a list of activities a mile long and fantastic facilities to do them in.

Once we were done, we drove back to Sanford, first making a stop at the Yalaha Bakery just a short distance from Hawthorne and a place both my folks and my aunt and uncle raved about.  I can sure see why after checking out the offerings on the inside.  We just had to take a taste with us - a German pretzel and a couple of cookies.

Then once we arrived at the airport, we turned in our rental car, had a bite to eat at the terminal after checking our suitcase and then read till it was time for our plane to load.  Thankfully it was there on time and we were off on time.  That meant we got back to our son's place by 7:30 and could even get a couple of loads of wash done before calling it a night.  Jen even had some supper ready for us so we could enjoy that and see the family for a short time.

Tomorrow starts the next adventure -- we'll off for Branson and our own family reunion.