Autotrain Day!

Good morning and Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Mark and I had a relaxing day at the Cove all day Sunday followed by a day of packing and watching TV yesterday.  This morning we plan to head out about 10:30 to go to Sanford and board the autotrain.

This is our schedule:
Arrive in Lorton, VA tomorrow, Memorial Day, about 9 a.m.  Have lunch at Max's, one of our favorite kosher restaurants, do some shopping, and get to Cindy's house by dinner time.

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday will be involved with Shavuot, staying up all night, and going to shul on Thursday.

Friday we are making dinner at Lowell and Emily's house with her parents and possibly also Cindy and Ken.

Saturday we will go to shul and then play Mah Jongg at Robin's house.

Sunday is the gala at Mishkan Torah to say goodbye to Rabbi Jonathan and Mona Cohen.  They are finally retiring as of August 1 and heading back to Montreal.  He is the longest-serving rabbi the synagogue has ever had.  Rabbi Saul and Phyllis Oresky will begin his term as the rabbi of Mishkan Torah in August.

Next Monday we are driving up to Long Island to visit Mark's parents' graves and have dinner with his cousin Arnie and family.  That night we will "check in" at the home of his high school buddy, Vinnie and wife Annette in Monroe Township, NJ for three nights.

Tuesday we will spend the day with Vinnie and Annette, mostly planning the cruise in October that we are taking together.  That night we are driving about 20 minutes north to have dinner out at a kosher restaurant with Leslie and Marc, Evey's in-laws.

Wednesday morning we are driving about an hour NW to visit friends Jonathan and Susan but will be back to take Vinnie and Annette out to dinner.  This is our last night there.

Thursday morning we will head back to Maryland for four nights at Cindy's house again.  It should be a few relaxing days and go to shul on Saturday again.  Sunday I am going to a wedding shower at Leisure World for the fiancee of Saul and Phyllis' youngest son, Ilan.  Kat and Ilan are getting married Labor Day Weekend, September 3.

Monday through Friday of the third week up there we are driving up to the Poconos to stay at Camp Vestment for the TNS Eastern Naturist Gathering.  It's a long drive up on Monday, four nights in a cabin, and a long drive back Friday.  We have to bring our owns sheets, pillows, blankets, and towels.  This will be the third time we have done this, and it might be our last.  It's expensive and camping isn't our thing.  Also the programming this year does not look at all interesting, but we have lots of friends going who keep asking us to come.  We have not done it in several years, so it will be nice to visit with those old friends, but the last two times we were there, it was COLD and mostly uncomfortable.  This will probably be our last time doing this.

Friday through Sunday night of Father's Day weekend we will be back at Cindy's house.  Those are our last three days in Maryland.  We will go to shul on Saturday and then have brunch with Lowell, Emily, and her parents on Father's Day before going to the Oriole game with them.

Monday, June 19, we will go to Lorton, VA to board the auto train for home.

I am taking my laptop, so I will probably write a blog now and then, especially if I have some interesting pictures to post.

I weigh 281.5 this morning.  I wrote it down in my notebook and my phone app because I'm always interested in seeing now I do on vacations.  There are lots of times when I'm eating out, but there are an equal amount of times that I'm eating all my meals at Cindy's house.  Hopefully, I can just stay the same.  I am also packing the scale, so I'll be checking that along the way, too.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend, the official start of summer.  Enjoy!