I have no complaints about July, especially considering that I spent about half of it at the beach 😎

July 1– with Tam’s family at Wildwood, NJ
July 2- Mack’s white pizza is unbeatable. Wildwood, NJ
Still July 2
July 3- a view from the seawall in North Wildwood, NJ
Still July 3- on the boardwalk
July 4- Fireworks from the porch of our rented house. Wildwood, NJ
July 5- Happy Birthday to me; I spent 8 hours on the beach before driving home 😎 Wildwood, NJ
July 6- Aunt Carol’s 80th birthday party brought my mom’s extended family together for the first time in a while. It was great! Lancaster, PA
Great pic on display at the party: My grandmother and most of her kids in the house they all grew up in (and where my cousins and I spent lots of time when we were growing up). That’s my mom in the Eagles sweatshirt 😎
Cousins and their spouses- some of them at least…
Mom and Dad looking good!
July 7- Homemade ice cream at a decades old roadside stand, and playing in the creek right behind it. Now that’s Lancaster County baby! 🤩 Adamstown, PA
July 8- Tam spent her 56th birthday just chillin’. Lititz, PA
July 9- Len & Gina looked shocked that were in their house, but they invited us – I swear! They even made us dinner! Elizabethtown, PA
July 10- Allegro Orchestra rehearsal at one of my favorite college campuses- Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA
July 11- My first brass quintet gig in a few years. I used to do that type of playing often but have since moved into other things. I miss it! Intercourse, PA
July 12– a short rehearsal video with Allegro Orchestra in lieu of actual concert footage. Lancaster, PA
July 13- Night walk through my little hometown and its very cool pub. Lititz, PA
July 14– dog sitting Willow. She had a close encounter with a skunk in our yard but managed to escape with only a trace of “the stink”. 😅 Lititz, PA
July 15– Delivering Willow back to Ally & Alec and helping with last minute wedding plans. August 8 is coming! Towson, MD
July 16- Finished watching the last season of our favorite show; The Righteous Gemstones featuring my man Uncle Baby Billy. Lititz, Pa
July 17- Jeff (drummer) and I almost twinned for our Cat’s Pajamas Old School Jazz Band gig. Intercourse, PA
July 18– Funktion gig playing Hollywood Casino. Morgantown, PA
July 19- I wish I owned this back porch, but I’m grateful we can at least rent it for a week each year. Bethany Beach, DE
A walk around the neighborhood.
July 20- We swam out into the ocean a bit to grab what we thought was trash. Turns out it was a message in a bottle, delivered from a family to a relative who had passed. We put it back in the ocean. Bethany Beach, DE
July 21– I don’t know what was going on here with this beach game between Mom and I, but it looks like I lost😂 Bethany Beach, DE
And then I ended up as Dad’s mermaid. 😁
July 22– from left- Dad, Mom, Tam’s sister Kelly, Bailey, Tom, Tam and I. Bethany Beach, DE
July 23- Bailey has a knack for imitating the facial expressions of statues. 🤪 Rehoboth Beach, DE
Funland! A special place to many Rehoboth fans.
None of us realize it at this moment, but we’re about to get our butts kicked in this game😂
July 24- Bailey and Tom convinced Tam and I to dust off our tennis rackets and bring them on the trip. We played several mornings and had a great time.🎾 Bethany Beach, DE
July 25- the iconic Chief Little Owl oversees Bethany’s Main Street. Bethany Beach, DE
July 26– late afternoons are my favorite time on the beach. Bethany Beach, DE
July 27– Fever Pitch rehearsal for an upcoming wedding gig. Mountville, PA
July 28- dog-sitting Casey is easy. She loves to lay in the grass all day!😎 Lititz, PA
July 29– My sweat marks on the patio after laying there to do my ab work, after struggling through a few miles in hot & humid weather. 🥵 Lititz, PA
July 30- This is Tammy’s school photo from about third grade.😊 She dug it out from her parent’s collection for a project at school. New Providence, PA
July 31– the last day of a month was literally a walk in the park. Lititz, Pa

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