ON THE ROAD WITH THE MARINO'S: Wonderful visit with Aunt Jean (09/9-10)

Today we finally got to go visit Aunt Jean. She is Joe's aunt and a wonderful person. We were really looking forward to this visit. Joe's cousin, Andrea and husband Joe, also drove down from New Jersey. We had a nice long visit and talked about old times. I learned some things I didn't know Joe did as a child. So that was great fun.

The drive to Aunt Jean's apt was beautiful. We let the GPS lady guide us. We picked what was suppose to be the shortest route, not sure it was, but it was fun going on all the back roads. We drove by so many quaint old southern homes. I fell in love with the area, but I know the winters can be horrible here. Might be nice to spend a couple of months of summer here, we will see!

We went to lunch at Pizza Roma, the food was wonderful. I had Fettuccine Alfredo and Joe had their cheese ravioli. We are eating good while in New York. Aunt Jean leaves us at lunch to go to a computer class. She is amazing, at 90 years young she is still learning new things. The rest of us went back to her apt. to visit some more and wait for her return. It was a great day with wonderful family we will always treasure.

Wednesday we go back to Aunt Jeans. I brought my computer so I could share some pictures with her. She again took us to lunch at of all places West Point. We would of ever thought we would end up touring some of West Point before lunch. The buildings are magnificent to look at, all that old stone work. After are little tour we go to the Hotel Thayer for lunch. We sit where we can look out at the Hudson river. What a peaceful place to enjoy lunch. I just love all the history in this part of the country.

After lunch we went back to Aunt Jean's and went through all the old Marino family pictures we had. This was another unforgettable day for us.
We stopped at the grocery store on the way home to get something for dinner and then back to Croton Point Park.