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#278 Nomad Diary. 14-20 February 2026. Saturday Games with Sons. Final Week of Athens, Alabama 6 Weeks Stay. Driving Day to Kingsport, Tennessee to Visit with Darrell's Brother, Glenn and Wife, Phoebe.

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  Sunrise View at the Back of Our Athens, Alabama Airbnb On Phone Call with Grandson, Quinn, Son, Jeremy, Daughter-in-law, Andrea in Brazil Saturday Game Party with 3 of Our Sons, Samuel, Wesley and Eric at Our Athens Airbnb Saturday. 14. Today was our more difficult 40 minute morning exercise routine. I’m glad to be able to do a morning exercise together. About every 3 days Darrell makes a new batch of pancakes. I shred the apple for his batter. We have gotten into a ‘rut’ that we both agree is exactly what we enjoy and want with eating these pancakes every day. After breakfast I put black beans in the instapot with a slightly different mix of add-ins. I recorded my new recipe for consistency. I usually make a pound of black beans about once a week. Sometimes we go through them a little faster. Today for lunch we added some measured lean ground beef that I had precooked and spiced into our bowls. Right after noon, Samuel and Wes, two of our sons, came to play games for the aftern...

#280 Nomad Diary. 28 February-6 March 2026. Travel to Gaithersburg, Maryland. Weeklong Airbnb Stay Interrupted. Visit Son Jeremy's Family Between International Job Moves. Our Grandchildren Play Together. Darrell's 66th at National Zoo with Son's Families.

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  Meet Up with Our Family in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Me, Quinn, Andrea, Kim and Jacob, Darrell, Jeremy. Quinn Playing Out His Energy at This Fantastic Playground Cool Slide with Quinn Climbing Up Saturday. 28. Moving and travel day for us. We are driving from Kingsport, Tennessee to Gaithersburg, Maryland. Our stay is in the lower level of a home through airbnb. Eric and Erin with Owen and Esther plan to arrive here from Alabama on Tuesday night. Jeremy, Andrea and Quinn are beginning their local house sit with a cat tomorrow. Our airbnb host has let us know that he loves travel and would like to visit and share travel stories. We arrived and met our host around 4-5pm. From the time of our arrival there were several uncomfortable and challenging issues with our chosen place. The main issue was the temperature in the house and specifically the cold floor. We had unloaded our items from our truck including our 2 large roller suitcases, backpacks, two sealed trunks with mostly kitche...