Wednesday June 26th
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Drove from Champaign, IL to Annapolis MD
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730 miles
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11+ hours
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Six states
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Ohio
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West Virginia
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Pennsylvania
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Maryland
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We went over and under the Appalachian Mountains
Thursday June 27th
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Annapolis, MD
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Up at 4:45am
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Toured the yard
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Visited the Naval Museum
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Saw model ships build by POWs out of beef bones
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Picnic Lunch
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Visited downtown Annapolis.
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Walked the docks and had drinks on the water
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Watched the Sean’s induction ceremony
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Saw Sean in his uniform and said goodbye
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Dinner on the water
Friday June 28th
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Travelled from Annapolis, MD to Flemington, NJ then on to Greenlawn, NY on
Long Island
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307 miles
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7 hours
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Five States
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Maryland
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Delaware
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Pennsylvania
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New Jersey
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New York
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Drove on beautiful country road, route 29 in New
Jersey
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Visited Aunt Chris and Uncle Lou.
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Visited the horse farm
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We met Lexi
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Travelled Greenlawn, NY
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Experience epic New York traffic.
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Shannon saw her first Bodega
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Arrived at Jeri and Josh Weitman’s in Centerport,
New York
Saturday June 29th
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Hot New York Bagels for breakfast at Cup O’ Joe’s.
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Took the train to Penn Station in New York City
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Spent time at a 4 story Toys R Us with a Ferris
Wheel inside
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Took the subway uptown
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Visited Central Park
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Ate a NYC Street Pretzel
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Ice Cream in NYC!!!
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Road downtown in a crowded 110 degree subway!
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Returned to Greenlawn
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Ate at Tim’s Pizza in Centerport, NY (First NY
slice in many years)
Sunday June 30th
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More hot New York Bagels! (the kids were hooked)
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Visited Northport
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Fabulous BBQ at Eric and Monica Mayer’s
house.
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Met their children Ingrid and Hans.
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Eric singing “C is for Cookie” and other Sesame
Street songs with his son Hans was a heartwarming highlight.
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Met’s Monica’s friend Natasha from Australia
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Visited Ernie’s old houses where he grew up on
Lowell Ave and Stratford Ave
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We were invited to look around both homes by the
owners. It was a wonderful experience
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Visited Ernie’s schools
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Thomas J Lahey Elementary School
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Oldfield Middle School
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Harborfield’s High School
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Visited Greenlawn
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Visited Huntington
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Visited Asharoken Beach
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3.5 star resturaunt.
Monday July 1st
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More hot New York Bagel’s (we’ve got some
addicts on our hands)
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Swam in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Kids played in big ocean waves
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Crazy birds tried to steal our food.
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Visited Northport, NY
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Ate a Sicilian pizza at Jimmy’s Pizza in
Greenlawn
Tuesday July 2nd
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Travelled from Greenlawn NY to Syracuse, NY
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290 miles
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5 hours
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Three states
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New York
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New Jersey
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Pennsylvania
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Last Batch of hot New York Bagels at Cup O’ Joes
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Arrived at Uncle Murray and Aunt Ellen home
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Their buildings on their property were built
between 1812 and 1840 and have a very rich history
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The Noa clan enjoyed a clawfoot tub on legs in
the guest house
Wednesday July 3rd
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320 miles round trip
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5 hours round trip
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A huge tree fell near the guest house back at
Uncle Murray an Aunt Ellen’s tearing the power lines away from the guest
house. This resulted in a 911 call to
make sure the site was safe and then a lot of work to restore the power.
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Another fabulous dinner with Uncle Murray and
Aunt Ellen featuring burgers and Syracuse’s famous ‘Hoffman’s Hot Dogs
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Thursday July 4th
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Saw the house my Grandmother Gould grew up in,
built by my Great Grandfather in Syracuse New York.
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Visited Oswego, NY
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Visited Grandma Gould’s house in Oswego which I
visited frequently as a child.
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Climbed the ramparts and explored the fort
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Visited the nearby cemetery with graves of
fallen soldiers
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Ate at Rudy’s, a popular Oswego lakeside restaurant
on the shore of Lake Ontario
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Drove by the site of Grandma Gould’s old store.
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Uncle Murray showed us many sites around Oswego related
to our family history. (amazing)
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Visited a tug boat at the H. Lee White Marine Museum, that shot down a Nazi plane
on D-Day in WW II. The tour was given by
a WW II vet who served in the pacific.
Josh walked up to him, shook his hand and thanked him for his
service. The veteran told Josh he did it
for him. The veteran spoke to the boys
directly while we toured the ship about World War II and the sacrifices that
were made. It was a very powerful and
emotionally intense visit.
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Ate at Stone’s Ice Cream, which my mother loved
when she was a child.
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Purchased Italian Sausage from ‘Bosco &Greers’, a butcher founded in 1959 to bring home to Champaign, IL
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Visited the graveyard where my Grandmother
Gould, and other members of the Gould family are buried.
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Back at Uncle Murray’s and Aunt Ellen’s.
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Everyone made giant man sized bubbles
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Uncle Murray and the boys made homemade ice
cream
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Had fabulous smoked pulled pork BBQ
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Big bonfire
Friday July 5th
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Said goodbye to Uncle Murray and Aunt Ellen and
their amazing home.
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Travelled home from Syracuse, NY to Champaign,
IL
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765 miles
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12 hours
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5 states
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New York
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Pennsylvania
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Ohio
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Indiana
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Illinois
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Saw Lake Erie on the way home.
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Home Sweet Home.
