Road Trip - Lancaster PA - & Lucas' 1st B-day

There he is - driving his new car, a birthday present. He's nearly a full 365 days now and he got lots of neat stuff down at my Dad's in Lancaster PA - where I was born and raised, before heading off to the University of Pittsburgh, travel to the far seas, NYC and then upstate NY in Sullivan County. Here's the family below just after a big badminton match against my brother.

And Lucas' birthday present from me - a 9 week old chocolate lab puppy. A big hearty male who had never been away from his momma.

Lancaster is a magical place with lots of industrious persons and healthy animals.

I grew up in Lancaster, played a lot of baseball, and my old coach - one of Lancaster's most successful developer/builders - told me the last time I saw him about a year ago - he said never forget that being from Lancaster means you know the meaning of hard work, that Lancaster is community of hard honest workers - and to never forget the advantage that gives you out in the world - the clarity of purpose and the energy of the effort.

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