Saturday morning I took Matey for a walk through the misty and quiet campground back at Lake Catherine State Park.
At noon Bud took me to meet Jamie and her family at Lake Hamilton High School where two charter buses were waiting to take those going on the Lake Hamilton Marching Band Fans and Friends Group New York City Macy’s Parade Tour. Jamie, Sean, Tia, Jacey, Sean’s mom Terry and I and two friends, David and Renee all came. We eight made up a tenth of the 80 traveling on these two tour buses. The band, leaders, and chaperones left just before us. Bud and I saw the five! buses it took to carry them.
This morning as the sun came up we were cruising through Virginia.
Late afternoon found us crossing from Pennsylvania to New Jersey under a lowering sky.
We came to New York City as darkness fell,
and in the early evening crept through the streets of Manhattan…
to the Hotel Edison on 47th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues.
After checking in to the hotel…
we went back out on the streets and walked through Times Square and
past the Ball Drop Building to Carmine’s Restaurant on 44th Street.
Along the way we passed the band kids going to Times Square to have their picture taken and Jamie managed to snag Adler for a quick photo. The band is staying in a different hotel and following a different itinerary to allow them time to practice. We don’t do anything with them until Tuesday evening.
Here’s our group just before a huge and delicious meal at Carmine’s. Clockwise from the left: Terry, Jacey, Tia, Jamie, Sean, David and Renee.
This is going to be a fun week, but a far cry from my usual days among the trees and the quiet.
On the Roam Again 
Have a great time! I’ll be watching for Adler’s band, Thursday😊
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Enjoy your fun week! I’ll be looking for Adler, too! (You may enjoy the trees and flowers and quiet even more when you get done in NYC!)
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Hi Jill, This is an amazing travelogue! I am thinking about you and imagine you are having dinner with the kids tonight, or whatever gathering it is. I know you are having a great time and seeing things that are out of the ordinary for your and Bud’s life. I think you and I both prefer nature, but this is a wonderful event for Adler and your whole family. I will be watching on Thursday when the parade happens. We don’t have plans for that day as our kids are with in-laws, so it will be fun to focus on the parade and will be thinking of you and looking for Adler in the front row with his sax.
Keep enjoying your trip and get your rest. I was in NYC with daughter Jill in May and it was exciting and exhausting. Take care Jill and hello to Bud. Happy Thanksgiving. THis will be one for the books!
Jane
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Thanks so much, Jane. It’s now 12:30 AM and we just got back from seeing Wicked on Broadway, eating cheesecake at Juniors and watching the signs around Times Square switch to an art show. I will be exhausted when I slow down enough to notice. I’ll work on my next installation of the blog until I fall asleep. No guarantees it gets done tonight.
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