Danbury, NYC, & Cambridge Visits

Here's a quick update to catch you all up....
1) Had a quick visit to Danbury. We parked in Bethel first for a couple days in Allison's driveway, when they were away, and then in the treet in front of their home. We had lots of fun eating and catching up with them....including an incredible pasta dinner debbi made for Liana track team. Ellyn also got a chance to play Mah Jongg, with her friends.
2) On Satureday we went to NYC to have lunch with Ellyn's father. He was in NYC to receive a distinguised alumni career award from CCNY. Logan & Maureen, Brian & Katherine as well as Ellyn's cousin Ann-Lynn and her husband, Alan were all there. The restaurant was great and it was great to all be together and it was a beautiful day in NYC.
3) Next we met up with the group we went out to dinner with on a monthly basis. Our timing was great to meetup with them for a visit to Melting Pot fondue restaurant. It was pricey but a great time was had by all.
4) On Tuesday, we left for Boston where we visited Brian's and Katherine's apartment for the first time. It is really spacious and sun-lit on the 6th floor with a great view. Brian had gotten take-0ut for us. We each made a menu choice from either the bar-b-q restaurant or Japanese/Chinese restaurant. Plus the kids gave Geoff a b-day gift of $$ to go on a sand-dune buggy ride when we are in Michigan.They love giving us gifts of memorable experiences instead of things.
5) Yesterday, we drove up to VT so we could pick up Geoff's Mom to take her to Michigan to empty out her home of more than 60 years. As I write this, Mom is in the "navigator seat" and I'm at the dinette table. We realized a couple days ago that Geoff's passport is expired so we won't be able to take the short cut through Canada. Bad timing - because the requirement for a passport just went into effect on Monday. It's only a couple hours longer to drive around the Great Lakes via Cleveland.
That catches up the blog - we are hoping to do some fun stuff on the trip and will post the highlights.