2017

Its time to catch up with our adventures (not hiking though) from this past year.  In 2016 Dave got his core health issues turned around after many close calls.  2017 allowed us to put our focus on finishing the remodeling work on our New York family home.  I never thought it would be finished, especially since Dave did so much more than I expected.  After a new kitchen, bathroom, electrical, plumbing, heating, wall boarding, painting, siding, windows, and the list kept going on, but our goal was completed.  It was a biter sweet ending to a long number of years working on a home that was a 5+ hour drive away from our home base while working jobs ourselves.  From April through June one or both of us made the drive every weekend.  After a while it became a normal routine, so when it finally ended in July it was almost surreal.  Our house went on the market shortly after July 4th and we had a solid offer in less than a week.

 This house was home for my husband and his family during the last 68 years.  Jesse and Leonard, his parents moved in July of 1949 when Dave was only a year old.

We have many memories of family gatherings

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