Voyage 2011-2012: Chapter 2

26 Dec 2011, Christmas 2011, 38 55.44 N/ 077 15.93 W

It is Christmas time for the Todd's and we are heading up to see our kids and grand kids. First stop is Richmond VA to see our older son, Rob, and his family Anne, Emily, and Lauren, and their new puppy. We had to hurry, as Lauren was in the kiddie choir at their church. She needs a bit of work but she sure was cute. The Catholic service was beautiful there in Richmond.

Next stop was Rob's house where we had dinner and we met Emily's dog, Charlie. She has always wanted a little puppy and now her dream has come true. Only problem is that Charlie leaks a bit; he is confused about when to go to potty. Hopefully, he will figure it out soon. After some playtime, we all sat down for some dinner and then we retired to the RV to wait for Santa. Sure enough, Santa left a bunch of goodies for all of us. Bob was lucky...no coal this year.

Christmas day was quite busy. Our next stop was to visit the rest of the Todd's and Ann's family, the Snellings clan. Another full house with lots of food and friendship. Ann's niece, Karen was there as was here daughter, Jennifer who was on break from her Peace Corps assignment in Mozambique.

Later, the Todd's headed for Northern Virginia to celebrate yet another Christmas. Ann and Lilli camped in a rather cold RV while Bob and the rest of the family enjoyed a nice warm night in the Vienna house. The next day we headed back to ILM to prepare for the Land Voyage South.