Saturday in London with Davis's

We met Haley and Ross, JP, and Joel and Melissa for breakfast at a
great restaurant in the Burough market (very cool market!!). We had
lots of British treats like bubble & squeak, streaky bacon, grilled
tomatoes, and black pudding. After breakfast, Bill and Joel left to
meet Haley's father-in-law Ralph, who was taking them for pints and a
football match. Haley, Melissa, JP and I set off to walk the city.
Boy, did we walk.....millenium bridge, Covent garden, Leicester, Soho,
Oxford circus, and marylebone, then back to the Paddington for me, to
meet Bill. Very fun to see so many different neighborhoods, and I
definitely worked off my proper British breakfast! Tomorrow is the
wedding garden party. Oh yeah, I've given up the posh hat idea, after
talking to Haley and realizing the party will be quite casual (the
groom may wear jeans).

Long day of sightseeing and touring london. We saw the tower of
London, the tower bridge, the borough public market, and the Tate
modern art museum. There were a few rain storms but we managed to be
inside for most of them. After the Tate we met JP, Joel and Melissa at
their rented flat. It is great to see family on the other side of the
world. We are going to have a lot of fun the next couple of days. We
had Indian food with them tonight and tomorrow we wil meet them for
breakfast. Haley's father in law is taking Joel and I to a soccer game
and the girls are going shopping for their posh hats.

London!

Arrived safe and sound in London mid-day. Took the train into the
city, found our B&B, and then took off to explore. We started with a
double decker bus tour, as a way to get a city overview. Hopped off to
explore Trafalger square (and had a pint, see Bill picture). Walked
along the Thames, by The Globe theater, and then jumped on the Tube to
head back to see Harrods. Weather is grey, cool, and a bit drizzly,
just like home!!

Ocean Shores

Not a good weekend to go to the Ocean but we still had fun. We joined Paul and Kara and Ann and Ocean City State park. The rain came on Saturday but we were able to stay dry under tarp city. Jess and I did some bike rides to town between storms but other than that it was a lot of sitting under tarps. Sunday we stopped at the seafood store on the way home and made a great Sunday dinner of Oysters and Salmon.

Summer Camp

Joe's first Boy Scout Summer Camp this week was at Camp Pigott near Monroe and the old Camp Brinkley. Both boys had a lot of fun. Joe got at lot of advancements done as well as doing a lot of swimming, rifle shooting and just hanging out with the guys. I went Wednesday through Saturday and Meg spent the night on Friday. This picture is from our Troop 366 cheering section for the big relay race where our team came in 2nd- just missing out on first by 1 second. I couldn't convince the last kid to write on his belly so I had to be the last 6.