Kyle graduates!

Kyle graduated on 6/14/09 from Gloucester High.  He was accepted to MIT.  We always knew he was smart.  What we didn't know was what a smart class he graduated from!  The top 20% of the class had GPAs of 3.5 or better.  One of his classmates is going to Harvard, 2 to Stanford, and 3 to McGill in Canada.  We had a soggy day for graduation, but it was a great ceremony followed by a tasty cookout at Cheryls'.

As far as the rest of the Gloucester visit- Dale and I (OK Becky, you're right- too hard to write 3rd person..) had enough of riding around and shopping in the rain by Fri, so we took advantage of potentially clearing skies to play golf at Wenham, our old course.  We made the mistake of deciding to walk the course (after not having walked  a course in 6 years), and YIKES!  We had forgotten how hilly that course is!  I felt I had been run over by a truck by the time we finished.  Needless to say, not the best round I've ever had.  Saturday was sunny, and we were able to take all the dogs for a walk in the woods and a swim in the quarry.  The day finished nicely with a visit to the Lobster Pool for great fried clams.

We left Mon. for Schenectady and a visit with Dale's family.  We had an opportunity to see their new traveler trailers, installed in a very pretty campground for the summer.  Had a great dinner at Applebees with the whole group.

We spent Mon and Tues night with Lorraine and Gary on Ballston Lake.  Again, the weather was kind enough to stop raining long enough for a round of golf on Tues.  Ginny and Charlie joined us for dinner.  We left Weds am for Niagara Falls.  More on that visit next blog...

My Dad is continuing to fail.  We are checking in daily, and may need to make a decision to interrupt our journey at some point.