I’ll let Brenda do all the details in her inimitable fashion, but for those of you who have been watching this space tirelessly waiting for news, we’re back.

It was a great trip. The flying was great and interesting. We had no real problems through the whole thing, but a couple of reroutes and other adventures. It’s kind of unusual to have a hurricane in Indiana, for example.

We’re back safe, and Brenda will be updating.

Happy Bastille Day.

For those of you watching from home, we’re here in Elmira and are catching up on our posts. The Steele Memorial Library has provided us complimentary Wi-Fi access, and images are forthcoming.

Having a great time; wish you were here.

xoxo,

b & t

We spent the day with the Dalton’s (Mary Ellen’s folks) , who have a place on Seneca Lake. My brother’s family enjoy boating and many of our family camping trips are at large bodies of water, so I felt right at home.

Mr. D and Soni

Ted; the Dalton’s boat lift (the one with the blue and white awning)

Riley (dog of Mary Ellen and Dale)

Water war: parents vs. kids

Uncle Nick

Each of the boat docks light flares at the end of the docks. Too dark to get an overall photo, but it was very cool to see the red glows across the lake…

S’mores by the fire

As well as an interesting rust spot:

And Max gave me this parting gift:

(in case you can’t read it, the girl’s green shirt reads “I’m a frickin’ Honor Student”)

We were looking forward to stopping in St. Louis, as we got a chance to visit with our friends Mike and Kristen and their kids Max and Meredith:

Ted and a wary Meredith

Good dog Ruby

Max made this fabulous track

Did you know that the Thomas the Tank Engine wooden railway cars all have their names printed on their bottoms? And that Iron `Arry and Iron Burt are twins but you can tell them apart by their faces? And that Mavis is a diesel so she doesn’t have a tinder car? We didn’t either.

Max really likes his Thomas trains

Meredith