The Hudson River and Champlain Canal.  We have been traveling all week in the stunning valleys of the Catskills, Adirondacks and Green mountains.  Just breathtaking.  Pictures are tough to capture the feeling that so many have painted especially in the Hudson River School.

Highlights this week include a visit with my first cousin Douglas and his family in Thornwood and joining them for a parade and party for Memorial Day and a crowning of Mary ceremony in Richfield, CT, meeting new Canadian friends Cindy and Richard who spent time getting us prepped for their country, watching local baseball in Saugerties, NY, visiting an 1874 mansion in Whitehall, NY and finally, entering our 17th and final state before heading to Montreal later this week.  They say people from Vermont eat pine cones.  Ha! The folks we have met are among the most friendly to date and the maple sugar cake is scrumptious.