The Big Apple, Berea and No Place Like Home ...

Last weekend, Sue Neal and I flew to New York City to meet our children and their spouses to celebrate Sue Neal's retirement and new beginning after serving public education for over 30 years.  It was a surprise for Sue Neal and we all had a good time.  Most of Friday we were there with John and Claire ... WTC Memorial, Staten Island Ferry (Statue of Liberty was closed to visitors because of our esteemed (lack of) leadership in Washington DC), subway to Chinatown (Mott Street) with shopping and eating at Big Wong King and more.  Hannah, Rachel and Kyle got in late on Friday.

Saturday we were off to the American Museum of Natural History (Hayden Planetarium, IMAX, Frog Exhibit, Whale Exhibit and more), a stroll through Central Park, Fifth Avenue to pick up a necklace, Top of the Rock, Times Square and "Once" on Broadway ... a big day!

Sunday we went to St. Patrick's Cathedral after breakfast on the pier near our hotel in Jersey City, the Metropolitan Art Museum and then John and Claire left for the airport ... Carnegie Deli was fun.  The Weeders (Jules Breton) below ... one of my favorite paintings.

Rachel and Kyle left early on Monday and Hannah took off to the airport after breakfast.  Sue Neal and I went to the Museum of Modern Art, main New York City Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building), ate at a Brasilian restaurant and shopped at the Rockefeller Center before heading to the airport.  Flight was delayed and we got home after 2AM on Tuesday.

On Wednesday ... Cameron, Spencer and I went on a road trip to visit Georgetown College (saw former student/softball player Sandy and her family there ... they were picking her up to see a surgeon, broken jaw from catching a pitcher).  Then, off to Berea College for interviews and a tour ... saw two former students there (Ernesto and Rachel).  We got home before dark.

Worked at home today ... planting bulbs and bush-hogging ... it was a beautiful fall day.