We're Back!

Although this blog has been silent for a long while, I have decided to renew it because I am now in Boston, MA with my daughter who has just had the most beautiful baby girl.  Chuck didn't get to come because he cannot fly because of ear issues.  I am posting my sightseeing here so he can also see it.
BUT FIRST-- you have to see my darling granddaughter

Meet Ella Rose St. Clair Daughter of Melissa and Neil St. Clair of Boston, Mas Born December 1st 2013 Grandparents:  Ann and Chuck Dixon of Midland, TX Bill and Marjorie St. Clair of Martinsville, NJ The next posts will contain pictures of my sightseeing in Boston and of course, more pictures of Ella.

Carnegie: Civil War Post

Carnegie: Civil War Post

The Captain Thomas Espy Post was a meeting place for Civil War union soldiers that sat untouched for more than 50-years. This time capsule and American treasure tucked away on the top floor of the Carnegie Library and Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania has been painstakingly restored and now re-opened.
View the video on this room full of history http://www.wqed.org/tv/watch/onq/?id=681#bmb=1

 

Our granddaughter, Ryer's first trip with Grandma

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Back to the Heat

Did you wonder if we had fallen of the ends of the earth? Actually, we fell into a beautiful park of trees and chipmunks at Chama, NM. The one drawback to the park was that the Internet was very intermittent. Thus, the reason the blog has not been updated since the wedding. Leaving Olympia, we traveled to Baker City, OR where we visited the Oregon Trail museum which was great. Then we proceeded to Brigham City, UT and Grand Junction, CO on our way to Ouray, CO. There we met Mike and Beth for about 4 days of jeeping and enjoying the mountains. We left for a week in Durango where we rode the train and rested a week. Following that, we moved on to Chama, NM where Chuck trained to be a docent on the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad. We stayed there for the rest of the summer and Chuck rode the train 25 times...happy man! I enjoyed the cool, walked the dogs and crafted at a local quilt shop. We were sad to leave when Labor Day came around but it was time to come back to reality. I'm back at work ...busy, busy, busy and wishing summer was here again.

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dixon