Spooked after Sandy

 

It is finished.  Sandy has left the country.  A new dawn is here to get the east coast cleaned up to have normalcy again.  Mother Nature has flexed her muscles and the north took a beating:    

 

 

 

My family, from New York City down to South Carolina, was spared the wrath of the Super-storm.  My son and a crew with trucks left the south with generators to lend a hand in New York City.  He hopes to bunk with his sister in the Big Apple. 

 

In the meantime, life goes on.  It's Halloween. Pumpkins to carve, and munchkins to dress up for trick or treat.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to all who have suffered from the storm.           

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sandy loses control on the coast

My family dots the east coast from New York City to the Delaware Bay to Virginia Beach to South Carolina.  What a week -- already.  Thankfully, my family members are safe from the Sandy super-storm. 

Disasters are piling up.  Even Ronald McDonald had a rough night.  My thoughts are with you.

 

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Swamp baby

He was destined to be -- a swamp baby. My oldest grandbaby is about 2 1/2 years old, can cast a line on his Playschool fishing pole and drive a boat. Oh excuse me, I mean, his boat.

 


His mini pontoon boat is perfect for navigating in the meandering waterways of Charleston, SC. On my recent visit, we spent a few hours hunting for gator. Thank goodness we didn't spot any!

 

Chug, chug, chugging along the coast

It was time. Time for my trip to see the grandbabies. Now ten hours away, it is heart breaking to see photos and an occasional video snippet of those two cherub faces in South Carolina.

The Virginia family was booked with work and school, so I was going solo.

I set out to see my son and his family in a new mode of transportation -- for me -- Amtrak.
Chugging for eight hours in business class for a price less than the cost of gas was a no brainer.

 

It was relaxing, clean, had snacks, and a view of the countryside. But the best part about the trip was the prize at the end -- smiling faces and a few days of loving and spoiling two munchkins.