Travel Day

We got an early start this morning.  We had decided to go to the Theodore Roosevelt Park. We wanted to go before it got too hot.

We are waiting for the Lyft ride

The lighting was wrong to get a good view of the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.

The park is a small island. The only way across is a foot bridge.

We went around the whole island.

This vehicle bridge goes over the island 

See the frog

2 birds, may be egrets (I wish I had a better zoom) 

Someone had made a little house.

We got a Lyft ride home.  That was nice because it was starting to get hot.  We went back to the hotel room to hang out for a little while. We were meeting Sharon and Michael for lunch at 11:30 am.  Michael was off but Sharon had a half hour lunch break.  The kids were off at their various locations.  Ella is in a preschool and Nicole was at the nanny share home. We pick up the pre-ordered meal on our way to their apartment.  Luckily, we left the hotel a little early to pick up the lunch because even though we placed the order for 11:15 am, because it came from Nathan's computer, it came through as an order for 2:15 pm!!  They got it ready for us pretty quickly. We got to the apartment right at 11:30 am.  We left at noon, so that Sharon could get back to work.  It was nice seeing them one last time.  

We went back to the hotel and packed up to go to the airport. We had requested late check out so it worked perfectly.  We got a Lyft to the airport.  We had a bunch of left-over wine and cheese that we had not wanted to throw away.  We sat at some chairs in the airport before the security line and had our wine, cheese and crackers.  

A nice view while we had our snack. Not quite the same as some other wine glass pictures I have taken.

We went through security and to our gate. It was not a long line to go through security.  Our flight to Columbus was only about an hour with American Airlines. Rob (George's brother) met us at the Columbus airport.

Nathan with Mucci.

Rob and Lisa (I will have to get a better picture tomorrow)

Once we had settled in and relaxed a bit we headed out for dinner.  We drove to Delaware for dinner.  Delaware is a cute small town not too far away.  We went to Bun's Restaurant for dinner.

I had a very refreshing hard cider.

I had Chicken Monteray with mashed potatoes and salad. George and Rob had the special stuffed Tilapia and Nathan had cheese ravioli and linguini. We were eating in a covered outdoor area.  There was a breeze, which helped. Then we walked around Delaware.  

We stopped at Ciao Cafe for gelato

Gelato for dessert.  Nathan and I shared the Buckeye flavor (peanut butter with chocolate specks).  It was good.  

Apparently several towns are starting to adopt the DORA notion.  You can buy a drink "to go" and wander around with it.  Delaware started this.  You have to stay within a designated area.  Other towns are calling it Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area. 

A small band playing and singing at a local pub.

Then we drove back to Rob & Lisa's.

Lisa and George in front of Rob and Lisa's house.  We are taking Mucci for a walk.  

Sunset

Fireflies!!! Yahoo.  I tried taking a movie of them.  Maybe I will add a movie later. I always like fireflies or lightening bugs.  George caught one.

Everyone was ready to crash.  I started working on the blog.  It takes a while since I am having to do it on my phone.  But George did get it set up so that I can use my bluetooth keyboard.  That is so much better.

All about the kids

We got a little earlier start this morning.  We walked up to the Corner Bakery.  I was not very impressed.  So, I ate the rest of my breakfast sandwich from yesterday, instead.

Outside the hotel, believe it or not this is a high heel.

We walked to the apartment.

Tying "grandma" up.  Nathan was helping Ella.

We decided to go to one of the close parks.

Crepe Myrtle on the way to Dawson Park.

Sharon drove Ella and Linda to the park and the rest of us walked.  We did this because Linda was going to have to get to the airport early.

Jamie, Nathan, Sharon, Pam, Linda and Ella

Quite the climbing structure. I even climbed around.  It was fun.

Coming out of the slide

Cousins are all kids together. Linda, Nathan and Sharon.

Fun for all ages. Sharon left with Linda.  It was great seeing her.  She is in grad school in Michigan.

It was a long walk home. Nathan has Ella on his shoulders for a while but then she wanted Grandma.

We were all worn out.

All except Ella. She got her nap on the walk home. The pizza that was ordered yesterday arrived.  Great.  

 Nicole was up so we all got a turn holding her. 

Nathan's turn

My turn

We got George in the selfie.

Grandpa Jamie with Nicole

George's turn

We wore her out. Michael's turn.

Around 2:30 pm Jamie and Pam headed downstairs to get an Uber to the airport.  We went back to the hotel when they left.  

Around 4 pm we headed back to the apartment.  

Ella is awake. 

Again, Again!!

We ordered dinner and then George, Nathan and I walked to go get the food.  The food was delicious.  Their apartment is in a very good location with close parks, restaurants, metro, library, stores and movie theater.  So much within easy walking distance.  Ella's preschool and Nicole's nanny share are both very close.  Both Michael and Sharon work from home.

We left soon after dinner to go back to the hotel. I have been having computer issues.  Luckily, George has been able to help fixing most of them.   But, I think that we have decided that my tablet is on its last legs.  I always find this frustrating.  My blogging has been much slower because I am having to do most of it from the phone.  I can't figure out how to do spell check so please excuse the errors.  Today was a much hotter day than it has been.  Mostly the weather has been pretty good.