Mel took a week away from the insanity at Boeing and exchanged it for the craziness of Manhattan last month, where we may have been the only people walking the streets of NYC and NOT checking our cell phones. It was a beautiful drive north through the cotton fields of North Carolina to the fall color of the northeast.
We stopped along the way in Richmond, VA , home of the Confederate White House, and Monument Ave, a street lined with statues honoring Confederate war heroes. On the city Canal Walk, we saw the original piers from the bridge burned to prevent Union soldiers from entering the city during the civil war. (That didn't work out too well, did it?).
In Washington DC, we managed to (walk for miles and) see the memorials and a small portion of the Smithsonian - another visit or ten is needed to see it all!
Finally on to New York, we toured the city, including the statue of Liberty, a Broadway show, walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, through Central Park and had a great time with Eric and his girlfriend Lis. They live in Brooklyn and love it. Although they're both west coasters, New York is in their blood now - luckily it's only a 12-1/2 hr drive from Charleston (I know because we drove it all on Saturday). I guess there's a reason we don't vacation often; it took a week to recover from all that fun!
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