Fall break

M planned a Hudson Valley educational tour that included Martin Van Buren's house, the FDR presidential library, and the Culinary Institute of America, culminating in a visit to Williams. D and G pronounced her itinerary to be boring, so M revamped it into an impromptu college tour for G. We visited Williams, Skidmore, Middlebury, Amherst, and Williams again. We saw tons of beautiful fall colors and reunited Selina and Elina. H showed us his harp practice room and scammed us into buying him three meals in two days.

Pumped for our trip

The brothers and sisters reunited

Harp lesson

Rained out at Middlebury 

Trolling Amherst with Williams merch

Father and son trolling

Playing Microbattles at the Water Street Grill

First Days

We dropped H off at school on Thursday. Then he told us to "scram," so we did. Good luck, H! Don't forget to write. 🥹

Dunkin run en route to campus

Dorm entry with D

Checking out the room with Elina

Selina saying goodbye to Elina

Selina and Peanut

By now you should have been introduced to Elina, the Jellycat Bashful Bunny that Henry's ex-girlfriend gave him. Now meet Selina, the pink version of Elina, a gift from the ex-girlfriend to M. 

Geo named her Selina, short for sunburned Elina. She had to borrow Elina's dress while waiting for her own dress to arrive.

Meanwhile, when H was in England he found a Jellycat shop in a department store and bought a new penguin for M named Peanut.

Geo promptly kidnapped Peanut and took him to visit Grandma and Papa.

M is not sure she will ever see him again, since the boys seem to think he is edible.

Driving Miss Crazy

Geo got his permit on his 15th birthday and has had two driving lessons with M and D. Watch out, student driver on the road!

Walter

Henry spent a week on an archaeological dig in England (his graduation present). He met the locals, including a sweet cat named Walter. 

Maine trip report - Day 7

Our week toodling around New England came to an end, so we headed back to NEC to watch Geo's final concert. Then it was time to head home to our landlocked state. At least we caught some (illegal) fireworks on our drive home.

Maine trip report - Day 6

We had a long drive from Brunswick to Boston, so we decided that the best way to get there would be to go through Williamstown. We replaced Sharky Josh's Gettysburg hoodie with a Williams hoodie. We had dinner at the Water Street Grill before making our way to Boston.

Is Josh smart enough to go here?

Hanging out in the science complex

On top of Mt. Greylock