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College Tour 2009

by on Dec.27, 2009, under Reader Posts

In the fall of 2009 we took a family vacation to look at 3 of the 5 colleges Joseph was applying to for the 2010 fall semester. We also decided since he had just turned 18 that we would take him to New York City to see where he was born and grew up. Because we moved out of New York when he was 5 years old he had very limited memories of his childhood there and was curious to see all the places we are always talking about.

The trip started out with 2 days in Chicago, IL taking in the sites of downtown followed by a visit to DePaul University. Next we flew to Greensboro, North Carolina where we quickly drove down to High Point University just in time for the last tour of the day. The next day even before the sun came up we were off to New York City. Here we spent 2 days sightseeing along with watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving day Parade (click here to see the parade pictures).

On Friday the day after Thanksgiving, we drove upstate to Ithaca, NY to see Ithaca University. After looking around the campus for a half hour we had a nice lunch in Ithaca and then headed back to NYC for more sightseeing.

And on Saturday before heading back to Las Vegas, we drove up to Westchester County to show Joseph where he was born and grew up.

It was an amazing trip, one that we will all remember!

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Joe & Lori in Chicago
Preparing for tomorrow’s tour
DePaul University, Chicago IL

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Chicago’s street view
Tony & Lori at dinner
Lori & Joe at Chicago River walk

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Welcome to High Point
High Point Theatre Building
On stage looking out

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Radio City Music Hall
Rockefeller Center
2009 Ball on Times Square

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Joe & Tony at Rockefeller Plaza
Joe & Lori in Battery Park
Grand Central Station

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Dorms at Ithaca University
View of Ithaca countryside
Ithaca, New York

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Where Joe was born
Our old house in Pleasantiville
The Village of Pleasantville, NY

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