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Fun day in…. Paterson?
We went to the Paterson museum today. The museum showcases America’s first industrial city, and the various innovations that were born there.
John Holland developed the first military sub here:
The radial engine for the Spirit of St Louis was made in the Wright brothers’ factory here:
A Jacquard loom. Paterson was a major silk manufacturing center:
Most of the trains used to build the Panama Canal were made in the museum building, which used to be the Rogers Locomotive works:
Silk wrapping things:
A couple of the locomotives were outside:
Next we went to nearby Lambert Castle. It’s a private museum, and I thought admission was pretty steep. Interesting inside though:
Vintage shields from firefighter helmets:
Next we went to Dey Mansion, where George Washington lived for a time during the war:
The thing on the bed is for tightening the ropes that support the mattress:
Kayaking with the Lazars
We took the Lazars kayaking in Haverstraw, in the same spot we’ve kayaked many times. There were 11 of us, and our 6 kayaks, two of which are tandems, have a total capacity of 8. Moshe took two of this kids in one tandem. Mechel and Yaakov went together in the boat Zayde built for Baila:
The flotilla:
Baila stylin’ in her kayak:
We watched a train go by:
I think they’re up to no good:
A nest in the marsh:
Baila cooling off:
On the way back, Chani and Baila gave their kayaks to Mechel and Yaakov, and they took Zayde’s boat:
Neener neener Tattie:
We all had a great time, but Zayde’s boat was a bit outclassed by the kayaks. Still, not bad, it floats!
Las Vegas / Death Valley trip
We went out to Las Vegas in late January. I was excited to use my MiMo 7” USB monitor. There’s just one cable between the laptop and the monitor, and no power cable:
The first thing we did Tuesday morning was visit Grandma:
On the way to Death Valley, we stopped at the Lathrop Wells rest area:
Wednesday morning, I headed out to the dunes near Stovepipe Wells before dawn. While I was running around up there, I ran into another photographer who turned out to be from Westchester. Small world!
Later that day, we hiked up Golden Canyon:
Mechel found a fence lizard. At some point the lizard managed to run up his sleeve. Mechel was not happy.
Baila climbed up quite high:
Mechel and I climbed a long way up a slot canyon off of Golden Canyon. Here Mechel is heading back down:
Panorama from the entrance to the Golden Canyon Parking area (click on image to see full size):
That afternoon, the kids went swimming:
Later that afternoon, I went back to Golden Canyon, and poked around on “Nemisis”, the hill that defines the left wall of Golden Canyon (shown at fall right in the panorama above):
I went to the visitor center and saw a road runner:
Sunset over Texas Springs campground:
Mud:
I walked along with Baila on her bike at dusk. We visited the airstrip next to the ranch:
Thursday morning I went up to Zabriskie Point before dawn:
This panorama was captured before local sunrise – only the Panamints are in the sun (click on image to see full size):
Trish took this photo while horseback riding:
Our hotel room at the ranch:
We walked through Harmony Borax Works:
Next we headed up to Mosaic Canyon:
I love this photograph of Abbey – it looks like she’s doing a zombie impersonation. “Nnnuuurrgg… Brains…”
The kids were hiding:
Trish provided security for the hike:
Next we drove back to the dunes near Stovepipe Wells. Since I had already been to the dunes Wednesday morning, I stayed back and made lunch while everyone else went out to the dunes.
This raven watched me making lunch, waiting for me to drop or spill something:
Trish captured David and Mechel jumping off the dunes:
After I finished making lunch, I went out to get them:
After that, we drove back to Las Vegas and had a big family dinner:
Friday morning, we went to see Grandma again:
We then went to a nearby park where we met Aunt Sharon and Sam. Their dog Oscar was a big hit:
On Monday, Trish and the kids went with Bubbie and Zaydie to Lake Mead:
The long road ahead
We just returned from a week-long trip out west to Las Vegas and Death Valley. I’ve captured so many photographs that I’m excited about, it’s going to take quite a while to get through them all. I’m so excited!
Stony Point
We went up to Stony Point today for a mini-reenactment:
They had dress-up costumes in the museum:
When we got home, I did some macro work around the garden:
