Beautiful Isabel! She is always laughing! We'll see her again next week!

September 26-28 we were in Niagra falls. We rode on the "Maid of the Mist" boat which takes you on the water right up into the base of the falls. You feel just like you are in a 180 ft. wave. It is seriously breathtaking. Jody says she understands why it is the honeymoon capital of the US. The "Maid of the Mist" experience is 'Orgasmic!' We also enjoyed the historic Canadian town, Niagra on the Lake. We'd love to go back one day and stay in a B&B.


Doug loved visiting Orange County Choppers in Montomery, New York. We were there on Sunday, September 17.
Doug at Sherwood Beach Park in Conneticut. This memorial was created to remember all the Conneticut folks who lost their lives on 9/11. We were there a week after the 5th anniversary, so there were lots of flags, and tributes. A very moving experience. We were unable to talk while there. We walked quite a ways before finding our voices again. On a clear day, you can see the New York skyline with the void visable where the twin towers once stood.

We are so sorry we haven't been able to keep up on our blog. After visiting about 5 Cingular stores, and spending hours on the phone with technical services, tonight we found a Cingular store in PA that determined we were sold a bad 'sim card' and our wireless card/software was installed wrong by Cingular. We haven't been able to use our internet accesss until tonight!! It's flying tonight, so we'll cross our fingers that it is working!

We are having a wonderful trip. Our little home on wheels is keeping us snug and warm. We got Missy tucked in at Princeton Theological Seminary and took off for the Catskill Mountains in New York (about the size of the Pasadena foothills!) Then, we spent 8 days in Cape Cod in the town of Sandwich. We took day trips to Plymouth, Boston, Sudbury - Longfellow's Wayside Inn, Strubridge Village and Provincetown.

We have watched the fall colors change daily! We notice the change, not daily anymore, but the color intensifies from morning to night. It is cold for us Californians! High 40s today, and we've had lots of rainy days.

Tonight we are in Allentown, PA - about 1 1/2 hours from Princeton, NJ. We'll be tourists tomorrow, and meet up with Missy again on Sunday, for a last visit before we head west.

I'm going to try to add a few more pics now, but I don't really have this part down yet...

Rats, it didn't work! I'll add them to my next blog. Blessings to you all, we love you!
Doug and Jody

Wow! We finally got our lap top and internet running tonight. Yeah!! So, I'll try to update you on our travels.
We spent almost 2 weeks in Iowa with our daughter, Mary and hubby, Eric and our BEAUTIFUL granddaughter, Isabel. She was so delightful (see pics). We were able to attend the wedding of Kimberly Pals and Brandon Miller on Sept. 1. Kim is one of my girl's best friends, and played the piano at Mary's wedding. What a lovely wedding! I'll post pictures later - Eric took so many great ones, that I didn't take any.
Leaving Iowa on Wed. Sept. 6, we started toward Princeton, NJ to move our daughter Missy. Doug hung everything possible on the back of the trailer - generator, bikes and gas can (see pic). We stopped in the famous town of Blue Earth, Wisconsin - home of the 60ft. tall statue of the Jolly Green Giant - and not much else (see pic). We spent the night inn Oaksomething, WI at a lovely KOA off the freeway. Gotta love jakebrakes at 3am!!
On to Chicago. Sr. Christina is right - it is a wonderful city. Missy called some of her buds from her Tibet trip and the picked us up for dinner and a tour of the city. (See pics of Missy, Kevin and KC). The boys go to Wheaton College. What wonderful young men. KC's friend, Steve, is an architect student at Chicago Art Institute. He met us after dinner and took us to see his new apartment. It is in a luxury tower on the water - 9th floor overlooking Navy Pier (Doug can't ever remember the name and calls it 'Police Park'). It is a rent control apartment - but it is the most luxurious apartment I've ever seen. All new, modern shape, nearly floor to ceiling windows, open floor plan. The city of Chicago is pristine clean, great architeture, art, theater, restaurants, etc. Also, everything is open late and you feel safe walking after midnight! If you ever get the chance - go visit. By the way, Thursday, Sept. 7 was Doug's birthday. We had real Chicago pizza at Giardino's! Oh wow, yummy yummy!
Today we caught up with one of our adopted sons, Jarvis Jernigan. We had lunch at Portillo's hot dogs. I was expecting some little stand, but no! As we drove up to this really trendy establishment Doug noted, "Jarvis did always know his food"! And, true to form - we ate t