Wrapping up Fall...

Winding our way through Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, we ended our tour of New England in New York visiting Todd's Aunts on Staten Island.  With free electric, cable TV and hot showers, their driveway was one of our favorite camping spots this Fall (not to mention the great company and conversation!).   We even took in a Broadway show "On the Town", with Todd's Aunt Lou.



Shonah playing in the leaves in Bennington, Vermont (a la senior picture)



Shonah's leaf angel in Bennington, Vermont



While visiting Boston, we attended the annual "Head of the Charles Regatta" in Cambridge (Harvard), Massachusetts where more than 11,000 rowers of all ages compete over a two day period 



Boston Commons, the main park in downtown Boston, hosts an annual pumpkin festival where carved pumpkins are lit and displayed on the pond



The Boston Commons Frog Pond with hundreds of floating pumpkins



The infamous Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts



A replica of the Mayflower in Plymouth, Massachusetts

 

From a distance, it is difficult to believe these are all Grey Seals at the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts

 

As you get closer, you can start to see the individual Grey Seals in the colony resting on the beach



This Grey Seal was enjoying the water's edge



We looked, but couldn't find any live crabs along the beach since the Sea Gulls were so efficient at snatching them up, beating them against the rocks and ripping them to pieces



The Nauset Beach lighthouse in Eastham, Massachusetts, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore 



Shonah enjoying a walk along the Atlantic Coast of the Cape Cod National Seashore



We often think of family while travelling...



We often think of family while travelling...

The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Rhode Island.  We never knew that the pilgrims actually landed in Provincetown at the tip of Cape Cod before settling in Plymouth, Massachusetts



The WaterFire festival takes place 10 times during the year in Providence, Rhode Island



One hundred bon fires are lit along the rivers through downtown and stoked for all to enjoy throughout the evening with live music, food, souvenirs, and street performers



Luminaries in the trees of Providence, Rhode Island during the WaterFire festival



Shonah receiving his fortune from a street performing "statue"



Shonah and Todd enjoying the views from the Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island



Another jumping picture for our friends Scott and Heather



The skyline of New York City with the recently finished One World Trade Center becoming the tallest building in North America



A visit to New York would not be complete without a picture of the Statue of Liberty



Our favorite part of Manhattan was the High Line pedestrian walk way, an elevated railway that has been converted into a two mile oasis of barrier free walking with beautiful vistas above the city streets 



The High Line provides stunning views of some of New York's new architecture



...and some of New York's classic architecture such as the Empire State Building 



Todd, Aunt Lou and Shonah attempting a jumping picture while walking the High Line in New York City



New York City at night from the Staten Island Ferry



A little early for the Christmas Tree, but skaters were still enjoying the ice rink at Rockefeller Plaza, New York

Todd, Aunt Lou, Aunt Lynn and Shonah

For the next couple of months, we'll be residing with family and friends in the Midwest, before heading off to Florida in January for some sun and surf.