We started our day yesterday by sleeping in. Everyone was very tired from the late night in New York the day before. After everybody got ready and showered we headed out to High Point. High Point is a memorial not far from our campsite that honors New Jersey Soldiers that fought by land and by sea. My dad was a little, okay… a lot freaked out because it was pretty high up. There where a lot of stairs in that building. After High Point we made our way over to an Ethiopian church. We mainly went there because Hannah has to write a report about an cultural experience that she attended. Even though we could not understand anything they where saying, other than the often “hallelujah” and “thank you Jesus”, it was pretty cool. We could not stay for the whole thing due to Amanda having to be to the airport. So we quietly left trying not to make a scene, which is kind of impossible for our family. So a lady followed us out to say bye and we explained to her that we just had to go to bring Amanda to the air port. We felt a little better knowing that they didn’t think that left because we didn’t like it. After getting out to the parking lot we realize that someone has parked their car behind our car in the street. My dad maneuvered the way out. He said its a good think he has practiced turning a car around in our garage just in case he would ever need to know how to do it. Then we made our way to the air port. We said our last goodbyes to Amanda as my mom walked her into the air port. After that we headed into to NYC for the night tour on the bus. (I was against it for the record.) I have definitely had enough of the city for a while. When we got to the bus line and boarded the bus we realized that we should have brought some warmer clothes. After we boarded we drove around the city. We even went over the water on the big Manhattan Bridge. That was another thing that my dad could have gone without. After a long cold bus ride we went home. Most of us kids slept on the way home. After getting back to the camper we all tucked in and went right to sleep.

 

Here are some picture from High Point, New Jersey

 

 

We were so glad Amanda joined us for the weekend!

 

This was the awesome Ethiopian Church we went to.

 

Our night tour of Manhattan.  The last picture is one we took over the double decker  bus ride over the Manhattan Bridge.

Here is a Video that I put together of videos that my mom took over the last few days.

-Grace