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Tue, 8 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [118]
CONNIE, BLESS HER HEART, WAS ON DECK at 4:30 AM when Venezia passed beneath the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and sailed by the Statue of Liberty so the photos from the Hudson were taken with her iPhone. We were packed and breakfasted by half-past eight ... Read more >
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [147]
BERMUDA WASN’T EVEN ON OUR TRAVEL RADAR—resorts on the island are obscenely expensive and the flight schedule is inconvenient. But the idea of sailing from New York, down the Hudson past the Empire State and the Chrysler buildings and Lady ... Read more >
Fri, 20 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [131]
MYSTIC SEAPORT, MADE SEMI-FAMOUS by the Julia Robert’s film Mystic Pizza, is the largest seaport museum in the US. I often thought of stopping on my way to Boston but never quite made it. Until today.
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Thu, 19 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [149]
A GLANCE BACK AT OUR JOURNALS CONFIRMED IT—it’s been twenty-one years to the day since last we were in Southern Vermont. A lot has changed since then and much of what hasn’t isn’t quite like I remember it!
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Tue, 17 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 16 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [149]
WE SPENT THE NIGHT IN POUGHKEEPSIE in the Hudson Valley with plans to visit FDR’s home in Hyde Park on our way north in the morning. As it turns, out our hotel was just around the corner from Vassar College and we couldn’t resist a stop to ... Read more >
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [202]
WE AGREED TO MEET AT SUNNYSIDE on the Hudson River near Tarrytown NY. Jenny, Matt and son Ryan came down from Connecticut, Debra from nearby White Plains and we came across from North Jersey. Debra and Jenny are “John One’s” nieces ... Read more >
Sat, 14 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 12 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [129]
AFTER FOUR DAYS OF NON-STOP TALKING we needed a break from people—some alone time—before visiting John’s brother Ray in Ohio. A bit of Google mapping and some time on Booking.com got us a room on the shore of Lake Erie in the Lake Point ... Read more >
Mon, 9 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [163]
SEEING RELATIVES IS ONLY PART of the plan on our Grand Tour and when it comes to Connie’s family there is still much to be discovered. Now that Ron, the family genealogist, is hors de combat we have to go to the horse’s mouth for the stories.... Read more >
Tue, 3 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [141]
CONSIDERING EVERYONE’S AGE, “Farewell Tour” seemed a bit too fatalistic. So “Grand Tour” it is—2½ months and a few thousand miles driving East then South to visit with friends and family. With the schedules ... Read more >
Sat, 3 Aug 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [155]
THEY SIT FROZEN IN TIME, WAITING FOR A TRAIN that has left the station for the last time. A sailor and a soldier ready to ship out. A young girl waiting as Mom buys their tickets. A couple saying good-bye after a 3-day pass. The porter helping a family ... Read more >
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