Marathon, Thanksgiving and Travel

Since the last posting, quite a bit has happened. First of all, Adam ran in the Philadelphia marathon November 19th. Adam's parents, JoAnn and Chris met us in Phily to support Adam, and to bring us back to Connecticut to spend time with them for the Thanksgiving week. Adam and I enjoyed our time with family, and got our fill of the east coast. Though we spent most of our time with JoAnn and Chris, we also visited with Aunt Patty and spent some time with Andrew and his girlfriend Cori. I can't leave out Ty, the family's dog. He's a great dog, and we had fun playing with him.



Here Adam had just finished his race. The museum in the background is the well known setting for the "Rocky" movies. You know of those famous steps I'm sure.




This is a good candid shot of the exhaustion Adam was feeling and his parents there for him.















They handed out this "cape" to the finishers. It helped keep them warm. The weather was chilly, so it came in handy. Adam was stretching when his Dad was next to him. It sure was nice that they had all of these fences around. They came in handy for those who needed something to lean on. ;)








While Adam was running, Chris, JoAnn and I went sightseeing a bit. We stopped by the Liberty Bell. They had quite a bit of history to read about it, and the actual bell is pictured above. It was quite a bit smaller than I was expecting, but non the less it was neat to see.


This is a view from the airplane when we were landing in El Paso, TX. Much of the land looks like this. The green "dots" are shrubs or brush.










These photos are of the mountains in the area. The picture on the left is in El Paso. Juarez Mexico is on the other side of them. The picture on the right is of the mountains that border Alamogordo.