Hudson River Valley Visit

Molly and Tyler invited me and Hope to Poughkeepsie for a visit.  We took a train which rode along the Hudson River and arrived the station,  which is only about 5 minutes away from their home.

Hudson Walkway:

We walked across the Walkway, and rode the elevator up and down the Walkway:

Views of the Hudson River:

The Saugerties Lighthouse:

On the ground of the Vanderbilt Mansion:

Home of Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor's Cottage:

A painting of Thomas Cole in his House, The painting showed his beloved Kaaterskill mountain 

and Catskill Creek

The Olana Mansion:

Inside Tyler's St Paul Episcopal Church:

Visited the Vassar College, which was a pleasant surprise! I tried to picture when Elizabeth Bishop was once a student here, and spent time in its gorgeous library.

Hope also sent me three pictures of me and Molly:

Family Reunion

We finally managed to have our reunion in the upper peninsula for a precious week.  with three generations and everyone's busy schedule, it was quite hard to actually get many, even though not all, of us together.  It was nice and cool up there.  We stayed near the lake, visited Pocono Island, biked  and hiked some.  Eat and laughed a lot.  Great times!!

 The four siblings of the first generation.