Northward bound

Carrie, RJ and I got up this morning and walked to Harvard. The following pictures are from our walk. Sorry Dennis, you are not in any of the pictures. Your admission for Harvard was rejected.

Here is Carrie and RJ touring the Harvard grounds. Sorry Dennis, they got admitted.

Carrie says the chairs are here all of the time. They sometimes have classes out here. The trees are beginning to turn colors. It is very quiet and pretty here. Of course we were here on Sunday when there were no classes.

Here is Carrie beside one of the monuments in the park we went to.

After we saw Harvard, we went to eat at Carrie's favorite pizza place. She took our picture while we waited for Jake. I was sitting on RJ's lap, the first time I ever did this. He sure was puffing when I got up.

We stopped at Gloucester, Mass. on our way up north. Had to go by the water again.

Here was one of the ships that we saw in the harbor. The wind was blowing pretty good today.

Here we are crossing a bridge into Maine. The weather was windy and a little cool, partly cloudy with no rain! I can handle this weather. Tomorrow we start west again.

On our own

If anyone knows me, this is not what I would usually do (to go out without a destination). After breakfast with the gang and Target, RJ and I went for a walk.

Steep escalator on the way down to the subway.

At the end of the walk, we took the subway and the train to the beach. I found a new love, the beach. We got to walk in the sand and pick up sea shells.

According to everyone we talked to, real estate around here is far above our price range.  However, we might be able to swing this fixer-upper beach castle.

Here is RJ enjoying the sand, surf and sun. This is the first time we have been to the beach and the sun was shining. It was great.

On the way home we stopped by Fenway Park. This is the backside of the green monster. We did not go to the front because there was a game that was about to start and it was very crowded.

This is the crowd going to the game.  We were just trying to go back the other way after photographing the outside of the stadium.  The Yankees and the Red Sox were playing a double-header due to being rained out yesterday.

 We did see some history today. 

 This is the oldest house in Cambridge.  I still don't think we can afford it.

We made it!

  We finally made it this evening. Garmin said that we would be here in 4 hours. It was more like 8 hours. It took 2 hours just to get out of New York. The traffic was bad most of the way. And the weather did not help much. We  brought the rain with us. But it sure was good to see the kids and grandkids. Carrie assures me that the weather will be better tomorrow and things seem to always go her way. Excited to see Boston in the daylight.

New York, New York

We spent the night in East Rutherford, New Jersey near the new Meadowlands Stadium, where both the NY Jets and NY Giants now play football.

 This however is the view of the new Meadowlands Stadium from our room...

This morning, we got up early and took the hotel shuttle bus to the Secaucus Junction train station.  We rode a train to Penn Station in Manhattan. Then we got on a subway and rode it to the 81st Street and Central Park West exit.  When we got off the subway it was only a short walk to the basement entrance of the Museum of Natural History...

So without ever having seen the light of day, this is one of the first things we saw upon entering the museum!

After spending half a day wandering through countless corridors and exhibits, we finally emerge from the museum entrance on Central Park West...

Next, we walked across the street to Central Park, where we wandered along on a maze of trails.

We finally managed to find Belvedere Castle after asking for directions...

This is a view of Central Park from the top of Belvedere Castle...

We walked under this bridge in Central Park...

This is Sunnye and her brother Dennis standing in front of the Dakota, where John Lennon was killed.

This is the only view we got of the Empire State building, which we saw as we were making our way back to Penn Station.

Rather than bore everyone with countless photos of the exhibitions we saw at the Museum of Natural History, we made this brief video of our experience:  Click Here to view our video.  Enjoy!

Traveling up the coast

    Woke up this morning to the sun trying to shine. Had to get out on the boardwalk one more time.

    Went out to the boardwalk for breakfast. A lady sitting near us was feeding the birds. Sure did hate to leave. This is the first place that I have been to that I will want to come back.

We were traveling up the coast and when we came to the town of Seaside Heights, we pulled over at a beach access point.  That's where we took this video of the waves coming in.

Coming into the Staten Island area. The traffic was not too bad. Only missed a few of the turns but the Garmin got us back on the right route.

 WHAT A SITE! Even though we are looking from the back side, this is RJ's favorite side. At least it was not raining.

  A view of the New York shoreline. This guy sure does get around. Tomorrow we will tackle Central Park.

Greetings from Atlantic City

The sign says it all. He could be a beach bum very easily.

We went down the road to Popeye's for chicken for lunch. Brought it back and ate it on the Boardwalk. RJ seems to really be enjoying his meal. Must be the sea air.

Here I am enjoying my red beans and rice. As you can tell the wind is really blowing today but that is not unusual for us from Kansas. Here is one of the push carts that is on the Boardwalk in case you get too tired.

As you can see the waves are coming in. You can smell the difference in the air. It is very relaxing walking on the beach.

Here is RJ and I frolicking on the beach (in our dreams).

Jersey shores

After leaving Philadelphia yesterday, we headed for New Jersey over this bridge. The weather could have been nicer but it wasn't so hot. RJ liked it here but I didn't like the traffic. SURPRISE!

This is a view of the boardwalk from our room at the Trump Plaza on the 29th floor. Don't think we could get a room any closer than this. Today we are going to walk on the boardwalk. Catch you later.