Trip 10

We headed to northern Minnesota today. It will be a three day trip. It turns out the shortest route from New York to Minnesota goes through Canada. So we packed our passports for a Canadian adventure. After a long drive across upstate New York, we finally arrived at the Canadian border. The Maple Leaf was […]

After church on Sunday, we combined a Sunday dinner at Texas Road House with a continuation of celebrating Annora’s birthday. Before we went to dinner, Grandma and Grandpa spent some time playing “The Floor is Lava” with Annora. She really liked jumping from tile to tile to avoid the lava. Somehow, she won every game!

Today we celebrated Annora’s fifth birthday at Danielle’s parents’ home. It was a family affair. Annora’s grandparents, some aunts, uncles and cousins all attended. We had a pizza party with ice cream for dessert. It was a lot of fun, and a lot of food. Annora enjoyed opening her presents and then playing with them

We started the day spending time with Eric and Michele at their home. Steve fixed delicious omelets for everyone. In the early afternoon, we left their house to meet AJ, Danielle, Declan, and Annora. We rode with them to MiSci. MiSci is a children’s science museum in Schenectady NY. The current exhibit had several different

We spent the day at Eric and Michele’s. Eric had to work but was able to come up from his office in the basement to have lunch with us. Michele was returning from a business trip. We rested after our long drive. In the evening, the four of us met up with AJ, Declan and

We began our tenth tour of national parks and capitols today. Our first destination was upstate New York for a family visit and our granddaughter’s birthday. The driving was relatively easy. We anticipated potential issues with smoke from fires in Canada. However, with the exception of some smoky areas in Virginia, we had no problems.