It was great to see Kerrie Delaney Swingle her folks, hubby and kids again here at the end of the trip after spending good times with them months ago when this journey was only beginning. It had the strange feeling that no time had passed at all, only that we had been magically transported into a different season.
We didn’t get much time to hang with the family and there were loads of NYC things we wanted to still get to but decided to prioritize and leave the rest for another visit. And so we spent a wonderful day of ferry boats and islands learning about the Statue of Liberty, Ellis island, exploring the immigration museum and getting our reintroduction to the Atlantic. It felt on some small scale that we were mirroring the immigrant experience by having our boarding passes checked, waiting in lines, packing into and flowing out of boats, being jostled, being overwhelmed by noise and smells and by the variety of languages surrounding us. We had wonderful discussions and the day left us smarter, more contemplative, and exhausted. It was definitely time to take all this knowledge and head for New England.
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