Annual reunion with the extended Campbell family, this year meeting up in NJ / NY area in memory of my Dad who passed away last August.
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July 2nd: drive up the Hudson River Valley
EWR pickup of Polestar 2 electric car
Weehawken dueling grounds / Alexander Hamilton memorial
West New York, Versailles condo stop, late lunch in nearby cafe
Fort Lee and the George Washington Bridge
Up through Yonkers and thenthe new Tappen Zee (Mario Cuomo) Bridge
View of Indian Point power plant and Peekskill across the river
Up past Bear Mountain and across the Bear Mountain bridge
Drive through Beacon and failed stop at DIA Gallery (closed)
Drive through Hyde Park and long stroll around the grounds of the Vanderbilt mansion
Kingston hotel and Japanese restaurant (Yasuda)
July 3nd: drive around the Catskills and down to Asbury Park
town of Woodstock
drive along Route 28(?) through multiple towns
lunch in Andes
drive around Pecaton reservoir
drive down to Bethel and Woodstock museum / amphitheater
drive by The Church of the Little Green Man
drive south through northern NJ down to Asbury Park
meet up with family and dinner on boardwalk pavilion with fireworks
July 4th: in Asbury Park with family
OAC memorial 10k run (virtual Peachtree Road Race)
boardwalk, arcade, beach
dinner with Bridget video show
July 5th: in Asbury Park with family
boardwalk, arcade, beach
OAC memorial event at Sandy Hook’s North Beach
drive by Aunt Betty’s place in The Highlands
dinner at Bahr’s landing
July 6th: drive through Jersey City and first evening in Manhattan
check out of hotel and head out of Asbury Park
drive to Menlo Park Diner and brunch with entire family
drive to 489 Mercer St in Jersey City and brief walk around neighborhood
drive to Holy Cross Cemetery and hunting down the Campbell gravesite (w/ Kay D. and others)
family splits up and we drive to Newark train station to return car
train + subway to hotel
dinner at Lexington Brass
Broadway play: David Mamet’s American Buffalo
July 7th: Manhattan, Ellis Island and Stature of Liberty
Central Park run?
black cars to Liberty State Park and ferry to Ellis Island
family splits up and some go on hospital tour and some do family research
immigration museum
ferry to Statue of Liberty and quick walk around
ferry to Battery Park
dinner?
July 8th: Manhattan
walk along 57th Street by Steinway Building, Hearst Tower, 425 W 57th, John Jay, Fordham and Lincoln Center
family splits up, solo walk down through 7Xst, Riverside Park, almost to Hudson Yards and High Line, back to hotel
St Patrick’s Cathedral including Lady Chapel and Friday night mass
dinner at Sardi’s
walk through Times Square and eventually to ice cream
July 9th: last of Manhattan then home
Union Square Market
Ukrainian Town
Tenement Museum
back to hotel for checkout then to EWR and home