Three months since the last post? I can’t decide if I should use the excuse of having nothing to report or no time to report it.  How about both?

This summer has been the first where we have had far less time to play – and no good weather for playing outside.  With me teaching summer session and 90+ degree temps for days on end, things like tennis are just not on the agenda like they were last year.

We have done a little more traveling – a long weekend in Virginia to visit Duncan.  That should have been a blog post on it’s own because of the entertainment afforded by leaving my wallet on the plane.  It covered more miles than I did as it eventually wound up in the Raleigh airport.  No matter what the current sentiment about Southwest Airlines is right now given their technology troubles, I have nothing but good things to say about their baggage folks who went out of their way to help me track down the missing wallet.  And then shipped it back to me entirely intact.

It was a nice weekend in Charlottesville and Frank got to spend Father’s day with one of
the people who call him “father” (insert joke about what else his family calls him!) and we visited a winery, brewery, cidery, and distillery all in the one day.  Four new food groups anyone?

The following weekend was less exciting – a rainy start to the 4th of July weekend where temps barely got into the 70s – led to a cloudy but dry 4th.  And what do you do with that? Visit wineries of course!  In the convertible.  Then grill lots of meat with home made beans and slaw.  And drink the newly acquired wine.

And so now, we count the days until we REALLY travel.  So here’s the warning:  beginning next week we will start the annual overseas pilgrimage.  Keep an eye on the Cannon Family Travel blog where we keep the tales of our travel triumphs and travails.