The year Bruce retired.
Rachel turned 34 this month. She's doing extremely well at the Albero House at St. Mary's Home for Disabled Children in Norfolk, VA. These are just some pics of her enjoying her chocolate birthday cake.
Another long-awaited trip to France to visit our longtime friends, Bene and Stephane Couture. Stephane was our first au pair and was living with us in Herndon when Andrew was born. We began using email and Facebook Messenger to keep in touch after our first trip there. Their children are now both attending college in northern France.
Bruce's retirement means more time/days to go on e-bike rides with the DC area "E-bike Lovers" Meetup group. This group does a lot of rides, almost 2 every week through the warmer months. Many of the routes include partial unpaved roads or trails. His home-converted Giant e-bike's tires have already proven to be too skinny to handle gravel and streams. Plus, that bike is more effort to ride. So he got this new (2023 model) Luckeep e-bike to go on those group rides.