Retirement faillures....

Retirement was supposed to mean sleeping in late,  exercising everyday, reading books, planning trips and catching up with friends and family. We have been doing the catching up part in a big way. The first month back in Maine, Judd had a total hip replacement--the AT (Appalachian Trail) arthritis finally caught up with him. He had a newer procedure so was up rehab-ing (apple picking, cider pressing, winterizing) in record time. A little ol' walker didn't keep him from back-at-home chores.

After spending 2 months on the road, we've explored only a little this fall--visited a vineyard run by graduates of the Walla Walla college where we were wine club members, a trip to the Roach Pond camp to feed AT hikers on their way to Mt. Katahdin, hiking the Bold Coast after a cider and cheese fest in Ellsworth, ME. We had been free of domestic chores while renting in Oregon and Washington state so now are back to the reality of all that  needs replacement, repair or preventative maintenance in a big home.

And now the holidays are upon us.  We'll get to hiking and reading real soon.

The Cellar Door - Lincolnville

Judd-- pre-op

Judd-  post-op

cider pressing

Ellsworth Cheese and Cider fest

Jasper Beach is cold in November