Day 9 - A visit to the farm

From New York

Day 8 - The Statue of Liberty

From New York

From New York

Day 7 - A day at the Museum and Central Park

We woke up late today. I think we were all a bit worn out. We bypassed our hotel's breakfast and decided to have our breakfast in grand central station which was a couple blocks away from our hotel. What a cool station. We then walked to Rockefeller plaza and did the top of the rock tour which was pretty cool. Jack and Annaka both liked that the elevator ceiling was clear and you could watch the elevator race up to the top. The views were awesome.

We took a taxi to the American Museum of Natural History. The kids are loving taking these taxis. After watching their state of the art Planetarium, Annaka commented that she thought the whole room was spinning a couple of times. Jack was engrossed into it. The chairs actually vibrated which I don't think he was too sure of. We met Uncle Brian and Violet at Central Park for a late afternoon walk and took the subway to Greenwich village for a good dinner. We were again exhausted. We had no problem falling asleep.

Tomorrow, the grand finale of New York City - The Statue of Liberty.

From New York

Day 6 - A beautiful day in NY

The train ride into NY went well. The kids really liked riding a taxi. No Kids Seats. Hooray! Big Apple is always a bit overwhelming, especially Times Square. The kids loved meeting up with Uncle Brian.

From New York

Day 5 - Watkins Glen State Park

We traveled through the fingerlakes region and did about 2 miles of hiking at a great park. Really beautiful! Tomorrow the big apple.

From New York

From New York

Day 4 - Rochester, NY

Strong National Museum of Play grabbed most of the day. Kids loved it. We also visited Eastman's House.

Beside the Falls

Day 3 - Niagara River

Annaka still says Nir-ag-us falls.  Funny.  

We had a good time today. Journeyed upstream of the Niagara river on the Canadian side, got to see some famous hydro works (Dad stuff) and Fort Erie.  Downstream of the falls, we took some time to see the gorge.  Amazing amount of water.  We really do need to divert some of this to the Southeast. Tomorrow we will spend a day in Rochester.

From New York

From New York

Day 2 - Niagara Falls

Day 1 - Niagara Falls Bound

We made it to Niagara Falls late Wednesday, or I guess it was actually Thursday Morning, about 1:30 AM. The kids were great with all the airline stuff. We actually got upgraded to first class which is something we could get used to.

Cardboard House

Jack Playing Baseball

Annaka's Dance Recital

Dad Survives First Triathlon

I did my first sprint triathlon this morning (750M Swim, 11 miles Bike, 5K Run) in Clemson. Believe it or not, it was a fun time. I am beat!

From Clemson Sprin...