With my pop in hospital, I needed to get to Lancaster, PA, with some haste. Here's my trip there, from Ĺtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand via Auckland (Tamaki Makaurau), to Houston (Texas), and Baltimore (Maryland) where my cuz Ben collected me and put me up overnight before driving me the next morning to Lancaster to where my Aunt Juliet and Uncle Pete (Ben's parents) were with our mom. We had a couple visits while pop was still in hospital recovering from his operation, and then back home, with a couple walks in the local neighbourhood and a trip to a nearby nature reserve.
My cousin Ben and his wife Anne invited me to join them and Anne's sister Elaine and brother-in-law Scott (the Coreys) at the latter's summer house on Oseetah Lake in the Adirondacks, up-state New York... It was snowing heavily when we got there with 2 dogs... Scott, Ben, and I managed to go snow shoeing one day, before the big melt began. Elaine then arrived with their 2 dogs, so we had a lot of dog about. They *loved* the snow. Conveniently, it was directly on the 'path of totality' for the solar eclipse 8 April 2024. We feared it would be overcast and cold, but it was sunny and unseasonably warm, hot even! It was a stunning event and experience! Many thanks to Elaine and Scott (and Anne and Ben!) for letting me enjoy it with them!