Leaving Vermont we started looking for places of interest in NY.  I was thinking the Catskills when Scott mentioned he had a buddy "somewhere in NY" (super helpful).  He got in touch with Josh, Lauren  & fam and they offered...

I've never been so excited.... so giddy... to hang out at a truck stop.  To the uninitiated (read: me), I thought they were "gross".  No more thought beyond "gross", just "gross".  All that nonsense stops today.  These places are fascinating....

Well, that didn't last long. Evie enjoys school but... she now has a mortal enemy.  There is a kid she hates more than anything else she has ever hated (she's only ever 'hated' some veggies and a bee that stung...