One of our favorite retirement activities is playing pickleball. We both attended a pickleball clinic in the fall of 2022. We used Upstate Pickleball
Clinic. We were taught by John Moore and Sandy Halkett.

In late July of 2022 we planned a week-long trip to Myrtle Beach to celebrate our anniversary. On the way we planned a stop at Congaree National Park which is the only national park in South Carolina. Congaree National Park contains the largest intact expanse of old growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the southeastern United States.

One of the best parts of retirement is having time to spend with our grandchildren. During the summer of 2022, we spent time with all three of our grandchildren celebrating birthdays, swimming in our community pool, visiting city and state parks, going to the zoo, playing miniature golf, and taking a trip to Texas with one grandchild.

Our first retirement trip took place soon after my official retirement in May 2022. We flew into Las Vegas and then visited National and State Parks in Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and California.