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Summer/Fall 2004

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Summer/Fall 2004

I'm afraid this is going to be a rather boring travel log entry, but I guess we should at least bring it up to date...

We spent the summer in New York so we could visit family in New York City. Although we had planned to spend at least a couple months traveling around the state to see some sights, we ended up sitting in one spot all summer. The schedule was too tight on a big software project, and our customers have to come first.

We did get to try several interesting restaurants in the city -- some ethnic foods, various pizza places like Lombardi's, Johnny's and Two Boots, a Zen place with all organic food, etc. We also got to eat at Rocco's, made famous by the TV reality show "The Restaurant". We even got to talk to Mama and have Mama's meatballs. Rocco wasn't there, but we did recognize several of the waitpersons from the show.

I know everybody likes photos, so here are a few miscellaneous pictures of our time there.

The Cherry Top -- a neat little roadside ice cream shop near Newburgh:

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Connie in front of the Rocco's 22 restaurant:

Stan enjoying ice cream at the RV park's snack bar:

The peaceful, rock-strewn creek running by the RV park:

An unusually unafraid rabbit at the park:

A couple of the dozens of daily sky divers over the park (we were next to a sky diving school):

We left New York in early October so we could be back in Kansas City to celebrate Stan's gramdmother's 100th birthday. There was a wonderful party and it was great to see most of the family there, many of whom we hadn't seen in years.

That's all for now -- we're heading back to Mesa Arizona right after Thanksgiving, where we'll stay for a few months as usual. Two of Stan's cousins, which we also haven't seen for years, have just moved to Mesa as well. We're looking forward to seeing a lot of them and their families this winter.

Who knows, we might even find time to do some sight-seeing this coming year!

We wish everyone happy holidays and a great new year!

Thank you for visiting our travel site. Please visit our other sites too:

Campground Master -- A tracking program for your campground or inn. Easy to use and learn, but modern and powerful. One of the most inexpensive systems, great for small campgrounds. Designed by campground owners and full-time RVers.

MysteryPhotos -- Every week a new photo is shown, which may be a close-up of something, or a section of a common object or sight. Guess what it is and you might win a prize. Lots of fun for the whole family! Free screensaver and wallpaper too.

Awesome Screen Savers -- Cool photographic screen savers of the highest quality, for Windows PC's. Download FREE Lite versions of them all. Some are created with photos from our travels, some are awesome photos from NASA. (Contact me to have a screen saver made with your own photos!)

Cottonwood Software -- My shareware business site, currently featuring File-Ex: a Windows file dialog enhancement tool. Great for people who work with a lot of files.

Free -n- Cool -- Tons of Freebies, Giveaways, and Cool Sites -- all in one! You'll find a large selection of free samples you can get mailed to you, free games, screen savers, internet services, etc., plus hundreds of contests of all types, and a unique "intensely cool sites" list.