Well, it is Monday morning and I am back at work after a great weekend. I took Friday off and it was a beautiful day. We went walking in the woods and hayfields behind my house and it was just so nice out. My son left to go camping for opening day of fishing season with his friend. On Friday night, we were on our way to visit our friends when we came upon a brush fire. We were the second ones there, the fire department had already been notified but weren't there yet. It was very exciting, I have never seen a brush fire up close like that. We called our friends to tell them where we were and they came down. Since my friend Kevin is a firefighter he ended up getting called in. All in all there ended up being about 13 fire departments there. It wasn't a huge fire but it was very treacherous to get to. So that was my excitement for Friday night.
On Saturday, we went back to the brush fire scene - it was where there are many state walking trails - to survey the damage. The smell was overpowering. The ground was all ashes and the bottoms of the trees were black. The surrounding unburned woods were trampled from the firefighters. I felt sad for the trees that were blackened, knowing many could die.
All right, on to more happy things. Since my son was away, I wanted to do something spontaneous and different. So we got in the car with really no destination and headed north. We live in CT - we ended up all the way through Massachusetts and into Vermont. I have always loved Vermont, we used to go there every fall but haven't been in a few years. Next we traveled over to New Hampshire. I know you may think it is crazy, we had no goal of where we were going, just driving. I enjoy that - just looking at the views and seeing places I haven't seen. We ended up halfway across the New Hampshire/Mass southern border and headed back to VT. We ate at a cute little place called Father's. We had delicious New England Clam Chowder and grilled cheese. Nothing exciting but homemade and delicious. Then we headed home. So we hit four states just to go out to lunch. Crazy?
Sunday was a mellow kind of day. It was sunny and beautiful. We had to go to a spaghetti dinner for my son's Civil Air Patrol Unit. The food was good and it was fun. We enjoyed it.
Now it is Monday, back to work. The only good thing is that I work in a school and it is vacation week (for the kids anyway, I have to work). So it is quiet and peaceful here.
Today is my son's 14th birthday. I find it hard to believe it was that long ago. Time flies.
Have a great week!
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