Our last home hockey game. Unfortunately,
the Sioux got "swept" by an unranked
Colorado College team. Tied 2:2 both
nights, but Colorado won in overtime.
15 on the 15th of December
December 17th 8 a.m. sunrise
as we left the farm for the winter
Kelly took this picture of their gang
loaded into the camper on the 17th for their
adventurous trip to Sara's for Christmas.
we flew to New York City to see Donna
and her new office with the view
of the Empire State Building
across the street from Donna's
townhouse. They used a pulley and
a sack to lift bricks up to the roof!
Don't know why I didn't take pics
of the house...maybe I was too tired
from all the steps. :-)
On the 20th we headed to the 911 Memorial
and Museum but stopped first
at the new World Trade Center across the road.
World Trade Center view from the entry.
There's an ice skating rink on the lower floor!
We went to the 911 Museum across the road,
watched two videos, and spent an hour and a half
viewing the exhibits.
New York view on our $63 Uber ride to the Neue Museum.
to see The Woman in Gold
(watch the movie on Amazon).
The museum has a collection
of Austrian and German artwork
repossessed from the Nazis.
St. George was in the entry to the museum
which was closed on Wednesday,
so we returned the next day.
After walking the entire length
of Central Park, we stopped at the Met
which had a Manet-Degas exhibit,
but that was closed, too. Bob is searching
his phone to find St. Patrick's.
After the Met, we stopped at Bergdorf-Goodman
to warm up. The temp was 40 degrees with a cold wind.
I found a down jacket for Bob for $9,750 and
a pair of cargo pants for $750. Needless to say,
I was just looking and trying to keep warm.
We did find St. Pat's...our second warmup stop.
And Rockefeller Center was just across the street
from St. Patrick's. An answer to our prayers.
Turning to leave the center,
we saw the Dior and Saks display. En route
to the bus to Donna's, we discovered a little
coffee shop and stopped for brunch.
where we met Cousin Bud and Donna's friends
Victor and Sarah. Not sure the waiter knew
how to use a camera on the phone.
we headed back to Donna's and
we all hopped Amtrak to DC.
Donna was a super help at the
train station, got us a Red Cap
to load us and our luggage on the train,
and found sandwiches and cookies
for the trip. It is a great ride!
Photo is at Union Station in DC
while waiting for Sara to pick us up.
which showed what Communism has done to people
all over the world. There was a special section about
the Ukrainian victims.
Doug, Bob, and Tom went to the Air Museum
at Dulles airport which houses the Enola Gay,
the plane that dropped the atomic bomb, the
Concorde, and lots of other planes.
Some of these clowns won a few coins
playing Mexican Bingo
which got devoured on Christmas Eve!
Jimmy's gang--Andrew and Matthew
actually got up to eat that morning!
Trina's bunch with exchange student Carmen
Ana and Sara's...the kids had enough extra tickets,
so everyone could have breakfast at the motel.
Ariana, Jett, and Caiden. Jimmy's in orange: George, Matthew, Luke, Grace,
Andrew, and Mary Kate. Sara's in "Duke blue": RJ and Julia. Ana's in coral blue:
Cecelia, Lydia, and Claire. (or Lydia, Cecelia, and Claire) :-)
gets blurry when enlarged.
Us and our four...in reverse birth order
Jimmy doesn't look like "the baby" anymore.
Meeting of the minds: Grampa Bob and Granddad Bob
(In case you are wondering...RJ's name is
Robert James)... Doug's dad and sister Debbie
joined us for Christmas dinner.
but we caught the campers loading up later that morning.
Ana and the girls stayed at Sara's until the 30th.
Flowers at the Holiday Inn...a treat for me in December.
We were on a 6 a.m. flight out of Dulles on the 27th,
but when we got to the airport at 4:15, we were
informed that the flight was delayed until 11:45.
They did give us each $30 worth of food vouchers,
so we ate breakfast at the only restaurant,
and Bob took a nap. I bought two chicken Caesar
salads for later and we ate them for supper
the next night in Texas!
At 5:30 p.m., Jerry and Wendy picked us up at the
Harlingen airport which always has some
"nature" displays. Bob is on the right waiting
for our luggage to arrive. Wendy had supper
ready for us and Jerry had our mobile
home ready for us to move in. And, fyi,
the 14 packs of lamb chops in my suitcase
were still frozen!
Bob wanted to go to South Padre Island
for breakfast at Yummie's Sunday morning,
but it was so foggy on the highway that
we had to change our plans. This
place in Harlingen has great breakfasts.
Later that afternoon, we joined the party
on the next row, played "Cornhole"
for the first time, and ate a lot of food.
Happy New Year everyone! :-)
