Oceanside 2014

Oceanside 2014
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Karin, Brian, Valerie & Zoe are on another "Home-stay" visit to the US from Botswana. So, I'm back on the road, unfortunately, without the trailer. It is sitting in the driveway in pieces (not the trailer, but much of the insides) - I'm doing some wiring projects that I discovered needed doing while on the last trip. I drove down to Oceanside, Long Island to Brian's parents house for a couple of days. 316 miles, but without the trailer it was much faster than normal.

By the way, don't attempt to make a route without tolls to Long Island from Oswego. I wondered why the GPS took forever to do a route to their house, found it was 650 miles & 13 hours! I had set the GPS for no toll roads to avoid the NY Thruway for the trip home from Letchworth State Park & forget to reset it.

The drive down was OK, although far too much traffic for me. Of course I took some photos.

Monday:


Valerie & Zoe	Valerie	Zoe	Valerie & Zoe

Dinner at Olive Oils

After settling in, Bert & Pam took us to Olive Oils for dinner. Right now the kids are asleep & everyone else is settling in watching a Yankee game on TV.

Tuesday:

Tuesday morning was pool time, after which we went out to the new bay house. Hurricane Sandy did in the original bay house and the replacement is underway. The outsides are pretty near finished, while there is still work to go on the insides. This one is quite a bit higher off the water; hopefully it will survive the next hurricane!

While at the bay house, Zoe got to try her new boots for a walk through the marsh. While Valerie loves the idea & led the hike, Zoe wasn't quite as enthused, particularly after a mis step that landed her in a hole over the tops of her boots.


Karin & Zoe	Zoe	Valerie	Loading the Boat

Brian & Zoe Ready to Go	Brian & Valerie With Wind in Their Hair	The New Bay House (On Left)	Old Bay House (2010)

Inside the Old Bay House (2010)	A Visitor	Walking in the Marsh	Walking in the Marsh

Oops!	Dumping the Boots	The Explorer	I Know it is Here Somewhere!

The New Bay House	Zoe Eating a Cherry.

After that it was back to Oceanside and relaxing.

Wednesday:

On Wednesday, the project was to take Papa Jon (me) and the kids to the Statue of Liberty. The last time I went Karin was close to Valerie's age. We didn't have tickets to go to the crown, but did get up to the top of the pedestal. Valerie ended up with a headache and burned out part way through the event, ending up getting sick to her stomach on the train ride home. Still, something to talk about when she gets back to Botswana. Brian got a photo of Valerie in front of some tall buildings to make up for the stroller shot at the statue.


On the Train	At the	The Statue & the Ferry	On the Ferry

The Freedom Tower	Arriving at the Statue	Brian & Valerie	Getting Off the Boat

The Original Torch	The Freedom Tower	View From the Pedestal	Brian & Zoe

Karin	Inside Liberty	The Statue	In Front of Miss Liberty

Another Ferry Arrives	Leaving the Island	Valerie & Brian