This is a link to a short YouTube video about 11 Madison Park, the restaurant where we have celebrated our last three anniversaries. It is a really special place.

Since Christmas we’ve been in Mystic, Connecticut… . ..then on to Manhattan! We spent one afternoon at the Guggenheim. That evening we had dinner at 11 Madison Park for our 17th Anniversary for the third year in a row. The staff was so welcoming. We enjoyed chatting with familiar staff who actually remembered us from…

Greetings from Eastham, Massachusetts – in the heart of Cape Cod! We are enjoying time with Dick’s step mother Helen Jo Howard. The gingerbread town including the seacoast (blue frosting) is the pride of the Chatham Bars Inn, where we enjoyed a Christmas Eve feast last night. There was a dusting of snow last night…

We finally got our SD plates on the car! In the meantime – we have been fine-tuning our final winnowing, saying good-by to many friends here in the Capital District. We’ve also done monumental battle with the bureaucracy getting all the documents (some with notary and some with Apostille) needed for the Malta excursion. Current…

Went to Cornwall on Hudson yesterday to visit grandchildren Cyrus and Maggie (and their parents 🤣). Early Christmas. Today we went to adorable Montessori preschool holiday concert then made our way home with a stop at Mohonk Mountain House. These photos don’t do the place justice, especially during the Holidays. Worth a trip to go…

Hi, folks! Since December 1, we have been staying in Voorheesville with our friends Lynn Ashley and Brooks Jensen on Swift Road. We’ll be here until December 21 when we set off on The Journey.. We start with ‘Family Christmas in New England’.. We’ll post about those visits as they happen. Our ‘dance card’ is…

We flew from Rapid City to BWI yesterday. Got in early enough to take Amtrak to DC to visit the US Capitol Building The Capitol has many statues – each state is allowed 2 but we were there to seek out one in particular. Joseph Ward http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ward_(1838-1889) was the great grandfather of Heather Ylitalo Ward…

Yesterday, Saturday 11/21, we started with our Christmas present from Helen Jo Howard- Dick’s step mother. She and Dick’s dad enjoyed a helicopter ride over 30 years ago in the same place. Sweet! It was FABULOUS! The bird’s eye views of Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse were stunning. Perfect weather helped… And yes. It is…

What a great day. Drove to Spearfish Canyon late morning. The weather was ideal – blue skies and 50 degrees! You drive along a road through the canyon with stops for things to see. First was Bridal Veil Falls. Then farther up the road is a trail that leads to Roughlock Falls. A 1 mile…