It has been a confusing few days. We flew to Rochester leaving GeeWhiz in California and almost immediately drove to Hamilton, ON for Aunt Dorothy’s 100th birthday. While we were staying at Marilyn Foreman’s place (cousin) I started looking at the calendar for our trip to France OOOPS! We are flying out of Rochester on Monday not Tuesday as I thought all along. We have time and we have adjusted and we will be ready with everything, including far too many medications for youngsters like us. 

Aunt Dorothy has never liked to celebrate her birthday, she contends it is bad luck. My comment when she said that was what would bad luck look like, a 110th birthday party? The families were the Caplans, her parents side and many of the cousins; the Cohen’s her husband’s (Uncle Mel) and friends from the building where she has lived for many years. The families are so big and spread out that it turned out the caterer is a cousin. Dorothy, aka Dodo to the American family, enjoyed her party as much as everyone else. 

We drove back to Rochester determined to avoid the Thruway. On the way to Hamilton we let the GPS decide and we drove a route neither Carol nor I remember taking. For those who know western NY we took 31 which is a fairly direct route so long as you want to pass through every town between here and there. We returned taking 104 which is similar but a bit further north. Both are far more interesting than any Interstate which is clearly faster and more direct. I think it may have cost us 15 minutes on a 2 1/2 hour drive. The only reason I think we never took 31 is because it never occurred to us. 

I am not sure how I will be able to post on this trip. My tablet does not permit me to use the email group I am using to send this out. You have the option of figuring out how to subscribe so WordPress will notify you when I post, or just keeping an eye on Facebook where I will post links to this blog and maybe even the entire output. I know, some of us hate FB and won’t ever open it, I don’t blame you, but for some purposes it really is the best way to share. Of course the grandkids almost never use it anymore. 

After the trip I will send out links to anything I might have had to say.