Mattress Surfing and the More is Better Mentality No one is quite sure who suggested the slip-and-slide that we graduated to, but before we knew it there were thirty kids in the yard, alternately standing in a foot of soap bubbles and surfing a 48 foot mattress slide. My mom had six kids in six…
October 6, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Cruising through this last week of riding! Anna is out doing the Appalachians; the fall colors are spectacular! For a treat, today, she had chocolate milk from the cows in the area. Anna just crossed into Virginia. The last state of the journey before she hits DC,…
October 10, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, We left Roland and Yvette Warrens’ home this morning. They have an 1850’s brick cabin that we got to stay in; it was so Jane Austen that we watched the movie Emma one night to celebrate. The Rolands stocked us with our favorite things: great cheese, sparkling…
October 11, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Another crazy, great day! We met this morning with New Mexico Congressman Stevan Pearce to discuss the project. He told us a great story about his solo flight around the world in support of Vietnam War Veterans. We SO appreciate Congressmen who will fight for life; especially,…
October 13, 2017 Our Dear Friends and Family, Wow!! Anna is engaged! Yesterday, Megan and I took her to the DC Memorial and her boyfriend, James Strasburg surprised her. He took her to a French Patisserie and then to see the city from the original US Postal Service. Later, they went up to the National…
BY SARAH-MARIE HODUSKI “WHAT EVER THEY WERE IN LIFE, HERE, AT THE END, EACH MAN STOOD WITH COURAGE AND HONOR. THEY FOUGHT FOR THE ONES WHO COULDN’T FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES, AND THE DIED FOR THEM, TOO. ALL TO WIN SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T BELONG TO THEM. IT WAS – MAGNIFICENT.” …