Memorial Day in Connecticut

We began the day at Grand Central Station. We were settled in wonderful seats ready for the hour-long ride to Connecticut. The boys were buying snacks and then they announced, "The train has been changed from track 24 to track 21. Talk about mass confusion. I didn't realize how many folks were on the train and that folks use this opportunity to get better seats. Silly me. I think we were given the true-to-life typical train experience. We had to get creative with our "real seats" on the next train. We sat in two rows, one in back of the other, at least. Our old seats had faced each other. I used my hour like a real commuter and worked on the church newsletter on my laptop.
We loved our five years in Okemos, Michigan and Weston, Connecticut is much like it. We had such a relaxing, wonderful time. We spent the day with Quint's cousin Jill, her husband Jan and their children Emily, Reice and Sebastian. The kids got along great. It was so pleasant. Jennifer didn't want to leave. Emily treated her like a princess. They played dress-up and with Emily's American Girl dolls. We had lunch and then the kids played with these cool bubble guns I found in Manhattan (Broadway about 82nd). Quint and Sterling paddled their canoe up and down the river along their property. Jill made a wonderful lunch and we were able to visit for quite a while. Quint saw them maybe 10 years ago when he was in Boston for the All-Star game — it's been a long time! Were off to the Weston Field Club after lunch. Jan took Quint and I on a scenic route. We travelled through the forest and by the reservoir. It was awesome. The club has swimming a large pool, a kid's pool, a lake and playgrounds under the trees, in the kid's pool area and on the beach. They treated us to dinner and then we were off for the train after a quick stop over at the house.
We had such a great time in Connecticut. It was a refreshing recharge from Manhattan's noise, heat and smells. The train ride home was even more creative. We were spread out between two cars — but at least we had seats! We arrived at home about 10:30 after the train ride, the subway and then the walk.