On the road again!

Our first Saturday and Sunday off since we started our mission turned into a getaway that took us through New Hampshire to the Maine coastline last weekend - a 400 mile round trip through such beautiful lake country that it could have become boring - NOT!

Our son Randy used to play class A beach volleyball near this amusement park in Old Orchard Beach, Maine next to the Atlantic Ocean to give him a break from his medical school studies.

One of the University of New England College of Medicine (UNECOM) buildings in Biddeford, Maine where our sons Randy and Rickland received their medical degrees.  The campus is a spit and holler away from the Atlantic Ocean.

We had lunch at this cozy restaurant on a narrow neck of land just east of UNECOM.

Super delicious hard ice cream cones are sold here in Saco, Maine a few miles south of Portland.

We drove north Saturday night to Auburn, Maine, then attended Auburn Ward sacrament meeting Sunday morning before driving back to Vermont.  The Church sat high on a hill near stunning Auburn Lake, a large fresh water supply that does not allow any body contact with the water.

We packed our Sunday lunch so we didn't get to eat with this festive crowd in Meredith, New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee.  Nice break from driving, though.

Lake Winnipesaukee is huge!  Some nice yachts plied its waters. (Maybe Mitt Romney was there.)  A few inexperienced stand-up paddle boarders wobbled their way by.  One young girl about 12 years old paddled up to this dock and did a face plant on the dock while trying to stop...OUCH!

Our very first selfie!! It took me a while to figure out how to go back to regular photos on my ipad mini after snapping this photo.  Old geezers all the way!

Leroy's favorite very healthy breakfast of orange juice, shredded wheat and fruit.  Very colorful with our bright table cloth, don't you think!?

On most Monday evenings we have family home evening in the Director's residence with the adult members of our ward and all our missionaries.  We start with a program followed by a potluck dinner.  We usually have about 2 dozen attend.  The people in this picture are all missionaries except the man sitting on the left - he is Bishop Wilson.

Harmless luna (moon) moths like this are found at the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial from time to time.  Another one of God's fantastic creations. (Size comparison next to a quarter.)   I showed one of these on July 1 to a family with 4 small children.  They usually just sit there without flying, but as I tried to put the moth back on a shrub leaf it flew right into the face of the 4 year old boy.  Really freaked him out!