Bringing Marta to the Eastman Inn

We started our road trip from Calif. To the Eastman Inn on Sunday. The Packers Came on Saturday, we should have gotten a bigger truck. I had to leave behind the Barbeque, Picnic Table and some random tools and my 1970's JBL Century 100 Speakers that I have owned since 1974...so sad. Here is a picture of Marta in a Utah rest stop. Today, Tuesday we are spending the night in Denver.

Phoenix, Arizona

Tonight is my last night in Phoenix, tomorrow I head to California to pick up my wife and bring her and her stuff to the Eastman Inn.

This weekend, the 23-25th is actually pretty full, we still have 2 rooms left at the Eastman Inn. A beautiful King room on the first floor and the Queen room on the 3rd floor with private HALL bath. I remind people that it is a lodging room with a private bath, but it is located in the hall just outside the door. I provide clean laundered robes. The bathroom has an old fashioned claw foot tub and shower combination. Come stay at the Eastman Inn this weekend !

Lost Baggage

48 Hours in the same clothes...OK, thank you United Airlines...you still have my luggage..I would like to change my under................................

Anway..the Inn is open, the Eastman Inn has Sherry and Peggy running the Inn while I travel cross country. The Fall Colors are still beautiful, so if you want to get away from the crowds, now it the time to come to North Conway Village, view the sites, and dine at some great restaurants.

All for now !

Another Journey Begins

It is close to 4 am on Sunday Oct 18 and I am on a C and J bus to Boston Logan airport, I left the Eastman Inn a "full house" with all the rooms rented (and that's a good thing), in the capable hands of Sherry and Peggy. First stop will be Phoenix where I will spend 4 days with my brother Dan who is suffering from an aggressive form of Cancer that has spread throughout his body. I speak regularly with my other 2 brothers and 2 sisters about his deteriorating condition. We are all deeply saddened by this reminder of when our mother passed away almost 31 years ago of this same course of this rotten disease. Dan can barely speak, so I will go to his bedside and perhaps just reminiss of our childhood or read him some passages of a book I am reading.

After that I am heading to Fresno on Thursday to pick up my wife Marta. After 3 years she has found a job in the Middle East, in the United Arab Emerites. Together we shall drive cross country stopping in Denver to see Marta's son and grandchildren. then back to the Eastman Inn with all her stuff. I plan on going with her until mid December when we have the Cookie tour. After that who knows where I will end up. ....that is yet to be determined !

Link to Abu Dhabi

This is a link to a bunch of pictures of Abu Dhabi I have been studying
http://www.gomideast.com/UAE/AbuDhabi/index.html

Enjoy, these are all city views..there is a vast desert where I have seen some beautiful pictures, yet the pics don't portray the 132 degree heat and 100 percent humidity in July and August

Night for now

Last Post for the Day

I have not posted much in the past month...it has been for a variety of reasons. Foremost are family issues. My brother Dan is suffering from Lung Cancer that has spread throughout his body and he is extremely ill. I went to Phoenix in September for a few days and I am returning this Saturday the 18th to spend another week at his bedside. I have a wonderful family. They are all taking turns going to Phoenix to spend some time with him and his wife during these hard emotional times. I pray he does not suffer much.

On another front, most of my guests know that I run the inn myself with the wonderful assistance of Sherry. My wife has been looking for an executive position on the East Coast for 3 years now to no avail. She was offered a position recently to assist the Cleveland clinic Management Group in putting together a Revenue Cycle department in the UAE, (United Arab Emerates), yup, the Middle East. So this weekend I am off to Calif. (after a few days in Phoenix) to pick her up, drive her cross country, visit relatives, children and grandchildren along the way. She will spend a few days in New Hampshire, then together we will both go to Abu Dhabi. We are staying at the Sheraton Hotel for a few weeks. Thats the hotel on the left and a bedroom.

Abu Dhabi skyline/waterfront

I will be back in December for the Cookie Tour and other Holiday events. But most importantly for the birth of my very first grandchild from my daughter Alicia. I am very excited about this and won't miss it for the world. Of course we will stay open with the wonderful help of Sherry and Peggy. So the breakfasts will not suffer at all.

Fall Foilage

Well the Fall Foilage Leaf Peeping season is drawing to a close and I can take a breath. During Columbus day weekend we were 100% full for 5 days. We had some wonderful guests, the weather held out pretty well and the colors were magnificent ! I don't believe we had parking problems, but the streets were backed up for milesw in each direction.

It is getting colder now, and it actually snowed this morning during breakfast, big fluffy flakes. It is 3 pm now and the sun is out. It is cool but it is again a beautiful day in the Mt Washington Valley.

Winner of Cookie Tour Drawing

The winners of the Cookie Tour Ticket drawing were Kevin and Cynthia G. They will be our guests in December during the annual Inn to Inn Cookie Tour in the Mount Washington Valley. Kevin and Cynthia increased their chances to win by staying with us twice this summer during our contest !

I believe I will do this drawing again next year. Stay tuned