First Day

Hard to believe our dream has come true.  We pulled out of Mayhew Drive at 7am in pouring rain on Sun June 12.  The girls are missing their last 8 days of school but they don’t seem to mind.  They are excited and sad for their trip.  Having a party with a lot of their friends Sat helped them a lot.

Lexi at Lake Ontario

Bella on Carousel

We drove from Candia NH to Rochester, NY today.  It was rainy and cold when we left home at 7am.  Upon arrival in NY, it was overcast and mid 70’s.  Scott and I had not seen Uncle Bill and Ellen since they got married in 1994- just a month before we got married.  The girls had never met these family members.  We pulled into their driveway at 4:30pm.  We drove a total of 391 miles in 9.5 hours.  We took Route 9 through VT and Hogback Mountain so it took us extra time.  We stopped for lunch in the camper and several pit stops along the way.  I drove about 4 hours.  The worst part was through the construction in NY;  just too tight without a shoulder and cars passing too close.  We followed the Erie Canal through NY and boy was it brown and muddy.  (Later we would find out it is due to the silt). 

David joined us at Bill’s house and we all took a walk down to the local carousel and had  a ride on it.  Beautiful, original construction located right on Lake Ontario.  We walked to the lake and it was very windy.  We had a cookout at Bill and Ellen's home and Ellen’s daughter, Laura, joined us.  Isabella found a new best friend in Laura, when she carried her a few blocks on her shoulders to go get ice cream at Abbott’s after dinner.  Isabella had hurt her heel on Sat and was complaining that walking hurt it but she still wanted ice cream.  We had a great night visiting family.