NY and NY, NY

We had our longest drive of the whole trip on Sat. Oct 16, going from Sherbrooke, through Vermont and Massachusetts, into Middle New York.  (We were feeling chased South by the cold)  The border crossing was a miracle with a simple 15 minute interrogation and admonishment, with no physical search of any of our stuff.  Sunday, after service at an awesome baptist church, we visited the home and grave of Franklin D. Roosevelt.  

Woodstock, Vermont.  thousands of 'local tourists'

Lane to Roosevelt house

View from the lawn.  Hudson River valley.

 James and Janna were up the stairs on the left, so I called out, 'James and Janna Roosevelt, get down here right now please!'  I got a few strange looks, but I think no one was fooled.

The grave of the President and his wife, Eleanor.

NY moments

From the Empire State building

Broadway

A fairly busy street, walking to Central Park.

Rockerfeller Center

Central Park

The Grand Lawn, where we hung out for a good half hour.

Ground Zero memorial model.The foot print of each tower will be a square water fountain with 30 ft. water fall, and the names of all the nearly 3000 deceased from the Sept. 11, 2001 attack, will be engraved on bronze plates.

rebuilding

 Hudson River waterfront

I'll post soon about the commute for this day.  A story all its own.