Whirlwind Trip to the Northeast

**Leaving Lizzy and The Beast in Minneapolis**

We just spent 13 days (~1,500 miles in a rental car) in 4 states …

Central Massachusetts for a Wedding (for Gail’s nephew), with her daughter joining us. She got to see all her Massachusetts Aunts, Uncles & Cousins. We also had a day to “recover” and visit Old Sturbridge Village.
New Jersey Shore, to visit Mark’s kids/grandkids for a couple of days. Gail’s daughter got a little time with them, too, before she flew back to Seattle.
Troy, NY for the RPI Bicentennial (OK, only Gail attended that) and the RSE Centennial …with tours of the changes lately made to the RSE House, a banquet Saturday night, and the unveiling of the RSE House National Register Plaque (and the conclusion of the RSE Capital Campaign, which means… Mark will now have more time for our touring!!!)
Pennsylvania, for an overnight in Scranton and another couple of days around Pittsburgh to visit Mark’s family there.

The Wedding Couple, Morgan & Krystal
Old Sturbridge Village, Freeman’s Farm
Old Sturbridge Village, Freeman’s Farm Oxen
RSE House, from the back
RSE House, from the front, with Party Tent!
Lackawanna Hotel in Scranton, where we stayed, in the historic Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Station

Scranton included a Brief Re-Visit to 1 National Park Site:

Steamtown National Historic Site (#14-Revisit), where we had an hour to look around again. Could have been 3 hours, but we lost 2, related to the Verizon Outage. (i.e. trying to fix our phones, when there was nothing wrong, but, Verizon failed to inform their front-line staff!!!)