Back to the future

Hey Hey - well if we still lived in Middletown NY we would be home now ha!! After all this time it was quite heartwarming to start to see some familiar land. Fall is always beautiful in the mountains but it seemed expecially breathtaking as we traveled through the hills of Pennsylvania and into New York. Possibly it is because we have been thrust into fall within the last couple of days and we are actually in peak season right now or just maybe it is because we are so enjoying the reds, corals, and yellow leaves without RAKING EVEN ONCE - yea, yea, that must be it ha!!! Well I have to tell you when we left this morning the temps were in the 40's and it took about 150 miles before I started to thaw out....brrr I think it is worse than skiing!!! Ah but by lunch time we both were able to shed at least one layer - bring out that suntan lotion!!! By 3:30 and after 360 miles we were in our hotel in Middletown trying to spiff ourselves up (the bug look is not good!) and off we went to the airport to see if any of our "flying" friends were still there. Believe it or not a couple of them were and it was so great trying to catch up. The airport has certainly grown....aside from gliders, they now have ultra lights, hang gliders, and baloon rides - pretty cool indeed. After that we took a trip through our old neighborhood. Aside from the trees being bigger and the houses looking somewhat closer it was pretty neet indeed. Middletown as a whole has really grown up and it was hard to believe all the new developments and stores where farms use to be. But one thing that remained the same was across from the kids elementry school the cow farm still was there - yes the place still smelled the same!!! It is now cocktail time and one more familiar ride and we will be home and back to life on the "hard". What an incredible adventure - will let you know when we touch down. Looking forward to life on Brigantine Flame and I'm even excited to get home Big Dog.