I’ve been to Luray Caverns at least three times now. First in the 1970s with my parents, again in 2012 with the (then) Small Boy and today I took the Girl Child there.

Everyone deserves some time in the dark, right?

With the reunion wrapped, we took an extra day and headed to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty (just two days before a group of protestors scaled it). The last time I was at either was 32 years ago and I’ve wanted to return ever since, happy to be able to share the experience with the Girl Child, today especially.

That’s the Freedom Tower framed by windows at Ellis Island, seemed appropriate.

Spent the afternoon unwinding before the next adventure, which meant a walk around the hotel we were staying in.

We headed to Thomas Edison National Park in the morning, then to the reunion for the afternoon … and the obligatory group photo with one joker.

On the road again, this time for the big family reunion in New Jersey. Huge age range gathering for tomorrow’s main event (these are not the extremes), which should be entertaining.

Last day of our design thinking workshop, one last set of small and giant PostIt Notes to fill out, then a group photo and pitches.

As I walked in to the building, I noticed the university has tagged a bicycle as abandoned, giving the owner 30 days to remove it. “Maria’s” bike has been here for several years and no one has ever even touched the helmet clipped on it.

As part of this design thinking workshop, our team had to conceive a product or business that would help a community, generate a list of executable ideas and then design a prototype. We, ahh, may have gone a little overboard with our app prototype, hacking one together out of styrofoam, cardboard, PostIt Notes and construction paper …