April 2, 2011 1:20 PM

Arrived safely! The anticipated huge snowstorm fizzled out and we really didn't have much at all. So the ride to New York was on wet roads only with rain or a rain/snow mix coming down periodically. I say ride instead of drive because my wife drove all the way as she doesn't like me to drive with my eyes loaded with ointments and drops. It's true that periodically I have to put stuff in my eyes and doing it while driving is not necessarily the wisest thing to do. I know that you can pull over and do it. But that is such an inconvenience. However, the reward at the end of the trip was well worth it. To see old(long time friends) and reconnect after about a year is really great. In, fact, in another half hour, other friends are going to stop over and add to hat we anticipate to being a great day. Tomorrow we go back to our old New York church and reconnect with whoever is still left after over 29 years. We can never truly go home again; but we can rekindle old memories and good times and catch up with what's happebed over the years. All of it making for a wonderful time that we feel blessed to be able to have the opportunity to enjoy. Life is still very good... Bob