Days 5, 6, 7 and 8 (Sep 8-11)- On to South Carolina for a Visit With Our Friends Rick and Carol Steif

View from the Blue Ridge Mountains nearby in North Carolina.

A new use for basketballs!

We returned on 9/11, not the best choice of days to fly.  But it was an uneventful trip home to find 90 degree weather (actually hotter than South Carolina and New York).

Days 3, 4 and 5 (Sep 6-8)-Long Island and Vera's High School Reunion

Anna and Joe DeFeo were are gracious hosts, serving us a wonderful meal at there beautiful home

and entertaining old friends from high school before heading to the reunion to find even more....

Our first day in Manhattan

We walked the entire length of the Highline, starting at 33rd St., and ending in the Village where....

we stopped for dinner, plus a little people watching:

Mini skirts are in!