When we left the SWAG, Trish and I drove up to Lake Orion, Michigan. Lake Orion is the town to which her family moved when her father, Ralph, retired from the Navy in 1966.
The purpose of this trip was not just for a visit home, but, to pick up her mother, Betty, for her first trip to Ocracoke Island.
On Tuesday the car was loaded and we started the two-day drive home. Tuesday was also my birthday, and, getting to bring Betty home with us I considered to be my first birthday present of the year.
After two days and eight hundred miles in the car, we arrived at the Swan Quarter Ferry. Except for a short passenger ferry ride to Mackinac Island, this was Betty’s first real ferry ride.
After three hours on the ferry, we arrived on the island and gave her the full tour of both the island and our little home here.
The following day was HER birthday. She is now 92 years old. I had arranged for pineapples from Hawaii to arrive in this day, and they did! Now we are all set for many treats.
She will be with us until July 7 and then will have a visit with Trish’s daughter, Betsie, in Roanoke, Virginia. After that we will all have many stories for weeks and maybe years to come!
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