Life to me is seeing the beauty in what is around you –
Seeing the history and enjoying the minute –
Being grateful that you have been able to see that moment in time.
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IT IS ALL FREE! have a great day – one day at a time!
The warm rays from the sun – sand beneath my feet – casting a shadow – living our dreams!
Sherry walking – we have come to always head to the beach –
and as Sherry says ” SEE OUR OCEAN”!
But – as soon as we start the one half mile walk
we can actually hear the surf.
When there is a storm somewhere OUT THERE –
the waves get large as well as the sound.
Listening – as we walk closer –
and then – breaking the plain of the dunes
we see the waters – cresting – wave after wave
Warn sunshine – large waves –
making the music we love
OUR OCEAN – so we have come to call it!
Much too soon – it is back to the parking lot and straight up the street
to our gate back onto the gated community!
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I forget the name of the place we stopped for lunch –
but Sherry knows it from recommendations from friends
and our landlord!
It is Mexican – and has the best taco’s!
We have walked by it numerous times –
and she has said we must eat there!
It sits right on the ICW – Inter coastal Waterway!
We requested outside for social distancing!
We wear our masks – we do take them off when we are not around people.
Or – when there is room to stay distances away from them.
The view of the waterway is awesome –
watching the boats – walking the boardwalk
all while sitting at our table after the walk.
Enjoying being outside –
After lunch – we walked – around the area – enjoying the feel of Christmas.
By the time you are reading this – the Holidays have passed –
for I write ahead on a schedule I have created.
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Our friends – Jim – Dottie – Buck and Cindy – came for a visit!
And we planned to golf two different days!
The last day was at Oyster Bay – not very far from Calabash
The Seafood capital of the world
and home to many – many “GATORS” on the course!
BIG GATORS!
We had a gals vs guys match
and off we went –
I had listened to other players who had finished
talking to the starter about the “GATORS”
and how big they were!
We saw them a lot – esp. on the middle holes!
One par three – surrounded by water – except a small walking path
lined with flowers and tall bushes
kind of sketchy walking through there
had a drop zone right next to the green.
And a large sand trap.
Well – right next to the drop zone lay a six foot gator!
Dottie actually hit her ball and it landed on the green and rolled into the drop zone!
Where she left it for some future golfer to find as it ws too close
to that six foot gator!
We had a good time regardless –
you just did not look for golf balls as I think snakes are also here!
We enjoyed this course despite the “GATORS”
being a fun course to play.
Lots of fairways and marsh – small lakes – water everywhere!
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And yes – on the course called OYSTER BAY!
With all the “GATORS”!
It came down to the last hole – number 18 !
We had a boggy – long par 5 – missed putt and they pared!
GALS ONE UP AFTER 18
35 to 36!
70 to 71 !!!!!
I told you Jimmy – they are too good!
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It was a long – long time ago that Sherry and I were Bill’s fans!
Back in the late ’80’s to late ’90’s!
But then we moved and for three years we hung on –
But – to watch them we had to travel some 30 miles –
In D.C. traffic to find a sports bar that would show the games!
‘We eventually adopred the Washington DC team as EVERYTHING
was all about them – newspapers – radio – TV – and people!
Yes – we became fans – but our hearts where still BILL’S fans.
We would cheer for them from a distance.
However – our very close friends are still and have been
BUFFALO BILL’S fans – watching them every Sunday!
We searched out the area – and found several sports bars
a couple were Bill’s Bars – but I found out they would be packed
and they were small venues –
NO SOCIAL DISTANCING there even if we tried!
Sherry and I had checked out Wild Wings the week before
and come to find out – THREE of their employees
had graduated in 2016 from the very H.S.
in the place we raised our families –
The McBrides and us –
PORTVILLE N.Y. !
That was a omen for us and we went with it !
Plus – it was very large inside –
plenty of places to sit and they put two TV’s on with the Bill’s Game!
We did our morning walk on the beach –
then drove the less than twenty minute ride
and arrived about 1/2 hour before game time!
We gave our orders to start out with and settled in!
We watched the game – the whole game from there!
22 oz. drafts and all!
It never got crowded – for this is a Brown’s bar –
we knew that ahead of time –
but they had a bye week!
After the game we walked around –
enjoying the warm weather
and another “W” for the Bill’s.
Who knows – maybe we will once again
become fans – but down here it is all
Carolina Panthers!
But – we know where some Bill’s Bars are now
but Social Distancing shall prevail
BUT THE BILL’S DO WANT TO MAKE YOU SHOUT!
YEAAAA-YEAAAA- YEAHHHHHH!!!!!!
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Sherry – Dottie – Cindy – seems like friends for most of their adult lives!
Well – since 1982 for Dottie when Sherry and I married –
and maybe four years later when we moved next door to Cindy!
We decided to all get together – after practicing social distancing –
No exposure to Covid -19 –
and they would all stay with us at our new residence
in the condo we were renting!
The plan was cards – golf – a few drinks and eat out!
We made tee times twice at different courses.
And – once again it would be a scramble
guys vs gals and handicapped!
After golf – a dinner at Local on the Water
alongside the ICW in North Myrtle Beach!
Results of day one golf – guys by one stroke!
Of course we have fun – play ground swings and all!
This was on Saturday – after golfing The Valley at Eastport
in North Myrtle Beach!
Sunday was not a day of rest – for we had a game to watch!
The BUFFALO BILLS!
We would go to Barefoot Landing –
to WILD WINGS – and they put the game on two TV’S
so we could watch from both sides of the table!
Of couse – we watched the whole game and three of the employees
were from the little town we lived in – Portville N.Y. !
It is indeed a small world!
We walked the beach every day – showing them the gated community
and then main street of North Myrtle Beach!
They even beat us on the swings – 2 to 1!
Then it was the dawning of the third day –
our final golf contest at Oyster Bay!
One couple would leave after dinner
the other in the morning
final score – gals by one after the handicap!
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All the grand kids and their parents with Sherry and myself.
When this picture was taken – the only thing we had planned
was for her 16th. birthday – we would take Ella to Florida with us for a week.
She would go to Hollywood studios to see Star Wars!
When each grand child turns 16 – we do something special with them.
Maddy wanted to swim with the Manatee’s and we did that!
As the year progressed – plans were made and soon – we would leave for one month in Florida.
But first – quality time with the young ones.
Although now she is only ten years old – she comes up to just under Sherry’s chin.
She is going to be very tall and loves horse back riding!
Many friends visited over the 21 years we lived outside D.C.
We acted as tour guides – and in the year past – we toured almost every facility
there was to visit including the Capital Building which was a first for us!
We also venture to outside Raleigh – N.C. to visit her sister.
Here – we went to a farm that had what are called BELTED COWS – GOATS & CHICKENS!
They are white with a black belt around the middle!
Never heard of this and never saw this before!
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A YEAR IN REVIEW WITH BLESSINGS WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEXT BLOG!
We are blessed – we have a lot of friends – some older than the others –
And when you managed to meet up –
That makes a memory that you look back on and smile!
During our trip to Florida last Feb. we made a date to meet up with a couple of the oldest friends I have.
Freddie and Lynda and I go back to the ’70’s –
Fred and I graduated together so I guess that puts us back to the ’60’s!
When I introduced Sherry to them – they hit it off and you can tell
they still do!
Fred was one of my three best friends in H.S.
CAN YOU IMAGINE – all these years and still laughing
even if years go by and not seeing each other!
We have a core group of friends – those that we try to get together with several times a year.
We all lived near each other before we all moved South.
Except Mike and Carol who still live in the old hood!
Mike and Carol bought a house on the lake Chatauqua in Western New York
and invited us all for a long weekend.
They have extended the invitation once again for next Summer!
Boating – boating and more boating in their beautiful new boat
that fits all of us plus room to spare!
Old friends – new memories – fun – laugh – CAN YOU IMAGINE!
Bob is one of my three best friends from H.S. – he stayed at my house and me at his.
He ate dinner with us and I ate dinner with him.
We played sports together – and then – lost contact as he moved to N.H.
Later in life he remarried and we connected once more.
Now Sherry and Pam talk on the phone and we make plans of meeting up!
Which before we came South- we met up in Berkley Springs.
Pam had a misstep and injured her achilles
causing her to have surgery
So as right now – we do not know when we shall once again see them.
But friendships exist through time and miles – memories created –
CAN YOU IMAGINE!
We played volleyball in a league with them during the mid ’80’s!
We golfed with them all the time!
We watched their children grow up and they ours!
We went on vacations to North Myrtle Beach together!
And they are alwys in our minds – planning to get together.
They were the first to come to D.C. to explore!
CAN YOU IMAGINE!
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Our friends – Cindy and Buck
live about 40 miles from where we are staying.
And – for 25 years or so
have been coming to this area to play golf.
Buck told me he has played
on 85 different courses here in that time!
We play a game every time we golf together
recently it has been guys vs girls!
And – I say no strokes
because it always ends up 1 or 2 strokes either way.
They both are always in the middle!
Try as I might – it is a guess where I end up.
But – we always have fun – chirping back and forth Cindy and I!
I say NO STROKES – she says YES STROKES!
Last two times out – they have beaten us by 3 and then 2 strokes!
On the first one we gave strokes ( 3)
and the second time here – zero strokes.
They are just too good and never in trouble.
Always in the middle on every shot!
In a few weeks – our other friends will be joining us
and we once again will play girls vs. the guys.
The Browns – the McBrides and us.
After golf at Sandpiper Bay – we met Sherry’s sister Debby
who drove down to spend 4 or 5 days with us.
We had dinner sitting outside by the marina
We had a excellent dinner
recapping stories since it has been a while since they have seen her sister.
It was the perfect end to a great day!
We lost – they won –
and until we play again
I always enjoy this – NO STROKES – laughing!
They are just too good!
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John – Sherry – Nancy – Papa. on the docks of Georgetown.
This was a first visit – really had never heard of it!
And it is quaint – historic and fun to walk around.
The streets are over hung with large living Oak trees
they form a canopy over the side streets!
We had a lunch here in the BIG TUNA at THE OLD FISH HOUSE!
And I had a house salad with grilled fresh Grouper!
It was very good and tasty!
John and Nancy belonged to our church
and one year ago moved South to Mt. Plesant
just outside of Charleston SC.
They both sang in the choir and John sings opera.
Nancy and Sherry were in a group that was called “THE HENS”!
A group of 7 or 8 ladies who once a week got together
for lunch and a movie.
Now – it is down to 3 or 4 as the others relocated.
But we have stayed in touch with John and Nancy
and visited them on our way back from Florida
Just before the pandemic hit!
We have a lot of same likes and views
and can talk – we all are retired so it makes it fun and easy
to join up and visit – Georgetown was the half way point!
We spent a couple hours – wandering around after lunch
enjoying the warm mid 80’s day.
My kind of weather!
Neither one of us likes the cold.
We spoke of planning another trip
and we will visit them again at their home
and have invited them to visit us in North Myrtle Beach.
Now here is a blast from the past!
PBR – my favorite beer when we lived in Western New York!
Hard to find in the South!
Nancy and Sherry love walking the beach.
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