New York City and the Rohdes and New York City again.

Yellow cabs in NYC

1st Avenue with the UN building in the background on my way to the German Consul-General for my visa interview

Rockefeller Plaze while waiting for Richard Boliter

Inside the LEGO store with the LEGO dragon emerging from the ceiling in a number of places

All the national flags in Rockefeelr Plaza

Flower sculpture above the Rockefeller Fountain

5th Avenue in a quiet moment. Two icons - Yellow Cab and Bicycle Messanger

St. Patricks Cathedral on 5th Avenue undergoing renovations

At last, Richard and I on 51st Street

Nic van Loggerenberg (Head Prefect 1992) and I in Starbucks on 55th and 7th near Carnegie Hall. So good to meet up in NYC as they were winding down their visit to the USA

Interesting fountain as I walked to Grand Central Station

It took me 20 minutes to get a shot with nobody clambering all ove this statue even though there is a sign 'No climbing on this structure' on both sides!

One of a number of bronze scultures at a French Bank, Credit Agricole, on 6th

Main entrance to Radio City the entertainment centre in NYC

Another side of Radio City

I wanted to go in , but with about 200+ people in line, I gave this a miss

Just missing the sign for Harlem-125th Street train station as we sped past

East River Manhattan. This is where the NYC Crew Rowing clubs train

Yes, they have their own train station

The mighty Hudson River steeped in the History of the founding of the USA

Oh boy and I thought I was in the USA! Miss the Cape Town one.

Nathanial and Sebastian Rohde piling into a very sweet and tasty Watermelon

Trying to make inraods into Doug Rohde's woodpile. We split 5 wagon loads for next Winter. Good upper-body workout!

Doug's new woodshed slowly filling up.

Back in NYC to collect my German visa and I met up with Richard Boliter and Doug Middelbrook at Starbucks on 47th and Broadway. So good to be with them both. Just collected my German/Schengen visa. Yay! Happy again

Broadway with some roadworks underway

The South Memorial at the WTC

Another view with some of the new buildings including WTC 1 and the Museum centre and right

Some of the names where I was standing lazer cut through the bronze. Sad that these were people going about there daily activities and died a horrible death

The memorial trees and ivy beds at the WTC Memorial

The other Memorial pool to the West

More names randomly chosen. It is very erie reading the names of people some of whom jumped rather than burn to death. Very tragic and so very sad

The new train station under construction at WTC 1 which will be bigger than Grand Central. They call it 'The Dinosaur'

Another view of the WTC building and park

Sideways on! How to I spin it upright? Not right click - that does not work. I guess I should try it before I post it!
The journey continues with one more blog from the USA next week, then home for 11 days then London.

Bethany and Lake George with Turkeys and frogs and split wood in July.

The pile of cut down trees ready to be split for next winter at Tim and Barba's home, Bethany, Connecticut, USA

Tim, the splitter and a days hard labour - 2 cords of wood!

Meantime, Tim's Toyota Camry had reached 354,000 miles and a few serious problems so he looked at this!

After 2 Sam Adams Summer Ale and a bottle of White, he decided to purchase the Subaru Outlander. Took some persuading him that all-wheel drive was better for the Winter and hauling stuff.

Sunrise at 535 Carrington Road Bethany. 05.15 on a magic Summer's day in Bethany, Ct

Yes, wild Turkeys and 6 young in the yard as we sat in the kitchen nook watching them watching us watching them!

Craig's company in the Adirondacks. He is doing all the formwork and concrete work at Tim and Barbara's lake house in Hague on Lake George in the North Country. Craig is the Grandson of Ranger Bob Newton who was Ranger at Curtis S. Read Scout Camp in Brant Lake where I did Summer Camps in 1986/7/8, 1993/6. Like this logo.

And here it is. Tim's new Subaru Outlander. Awesome vehicle. Good for 350 000 miles too!

One of the few stores in Hague. Very typical North Country architecture. All wood of course.

The 'Fire House' restaurant in Hague where Tim and I indulged on the first night in Hague before the family arrived.

Awesome cloud formations and colour before the storm over Lake George.

We go to WALMART to buy groceries and saw this wine. Well, so we thought. Look closely and it says 'Wine Product'! It has got some wine in it somewhere and as you can see on the left, a whole lot of other stuff which is bound to kill you quicker than wine ever will! So much for the wine. We went to the Liquor outlet for that! Only here in the USA.

And so the construction of Tim and Barb's new Lake House continues. Forming for the reinforced basement walls. The back one is 17 feet high due to the slope.

More of my favourite Hosta plant. This is a young one with magnificent leaves. Just look at the size. Yes it was Firday, hence the SACS OB attire. Did not feel like having a tie on.

July 4th in Ticondaroga on the Northern tip of  Lake George. I took about 20 and these ones came out okay. Timing was critical and I sure missed some.

Tim, his brother Bob and I went to Jake's Pond on top of the mountain at Lake George to hike a bit. Beautiful and tranquell with much wildlife both in and around the lake. 

A pair of the many mushrooms near Jake's Pond.

One of the many frogs at Jake's Pond. Beautiful speciman.

Bob flyfishing as we hiked. Not much luck. Far more luck in Lake George.

One of Craig's trucks on the job at the new Lake House.

Back in Bethany and the finished 9 cords of split timber under a tarp due to impending rain.

The final haul for the Winter of 2014/15. The furnace will be fully supplied for the Haag's to stay warm. I did my good deed to pay for food and lodging for such a long time with Tim and Barb who are two of the most generous people you will ever meet. The journey continues.