Timm, Jake, and I headed to New Jersey to visit with Bonny over the 4th of July, and it was a rare and wonderful opportunity for all of us to be on vacation together! One of the coolest things we saw was the High Line which is an old elevated railroad track which has been converted into a park. It really is beautiful!
We walked along this for quite a ways, part of the ten and a half miles we walked in the city that day!
Having Bonny in New Jersey for the past year gave me the opportunity to do something I never thought I would, see the fireworks in New York City! We went to Liberty State Park and watched the fireworks right across from the Freedom Tower.
It was a moving experience for me and well worth the 3/4 mile walk to the car, being completely under prepared and only bringing one blanket and no chairs, the rain that started a half hour before the fireworks were supposed to start, and the twenty minutes we huddled under the little bit of roof in front of the public bathrooms with at least fifty other people. Thankfully the rain stopped and the show went on!
This video isn't even the grand finale!
Part of the miles and miles we walked through the city was spent exploring Central Park. It's amazing that such a beautiful park is in the middle of that massive city.
We took pictures at the top of the little castle, where the sun was extremely hot and bright!
We encountered a huge family of raccoons...can you see all of them?
Need some bulletin board ideas for back to school time? These sets will help you create a couple bulletin boards that can stay up all year!
Create a bulletin board that will remind your students about close reading, annotating, and showing evidence when responding to their reading with the Close Reading Bookmark and Bulletin Board Set.
You can create an adorable helpers bulletin board with my Classroom Helpers Bulletin Board Set.
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