Our Trip To India

We started the year off with a Pack Retreat to India. This short video captures some of the color, customs, food and treasures of this amazing country.

This group photo was taken on a trekking adventure into the foothills of the Himalayas.

We started the day at a Hindu temple to watch the sun rise over the mighty Himalayas and with a clear, chilly morning we were not disappointed.  With us were other early risers and one small group pulled on our heart strings.  They joined hands and  welcomed a new day with prayer, song, friendship and gratitude - a lesson for all.  Onward to our starting point where we met snowy slippery roads around curving mountain passes.  We made it within a mile of the base and found inclines too steep for the car on the snow covered roads, so the men got out and pushed us to the closest safe spot for the car.  Climbing to the top we came upon this family from Nepal, now tenant farmers on this farm/orchard.  They laid rugs on their stone wall and fed us a delicious hot meal using local ingredients.  Our daughter and her friend had a snow ball fight with the children, probably their first time at that.  Earlier we met one of the women on our trek to her home and she was up a tree with a machete cutting branches for new family of goats on the farm.  I  had to remind myself this is not a movie set - this is real world!  We could only communicate to the family through our guides, but we understood with the help of sign language, smiles and handshakes. We decided that the day was our top travel experience ever and it left us with an afterglow of new friendship,  an amazing new adventure and a satisfied, contentment that people share the same values across the world.  We hope to return.

Beginning Our 25th Season at Tuck Inn Rockport

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Twenty-five years ago July, our lives forever changed. We were happily living in Lynn in a house that was finally comfy and cozy for our little family of five. Scott casually announced that his friend and our best man had found an inn for sale in Rockport. With nothing to lose we set off one Sunday and walked through this foreclosed, decrepit leaky-roofed ark of a house reminding me of the house in "It’s a Wonderful Life".

Next the parents took a look. Viv and Burt thought it could work while Mary and Bob left without saying a word, not even good-bye Liz. Our three children were at a good age for a move with our oldest about to enter high school, so that was in our favor. For a month we lost a lot of sleep thinking and worrying, but by August we worked up our courage to sign a P & S and give notice to Scott’s employer. Leaving an unfulfilling job with no appreciation or recognition for a job well done made this an easier decision for Scott.

By October we had passed papers and for the next eight months contractors and a myriad of workmen worked their magic and brought the historic Tuck Inn opened in 1948 back to life. We were ready to welcome our first guests in May, 1992. The role that our family played cannot go unmentioned. Our parents, family and friends stood by us, helped in so many ways and we are eternally grateful for their love and support.

Our closing comment is this - Aim high, take chances and follow your dreams. We have never looked back!