Christmas Visit

1. Christmas Trip - 2011
From Whati to Yellowknife to Edmonton to
Toronto to New York to Pennsylvania to
Cincinnati
and
Back Again
More than 10,750 km

2. Left home Dec. 17 arriving in
Pennsylvania Dec. 19
Whati Sunrise @ 9:38 a.m.
Spraying the wing with de-icer before we
take off from Yellowknife

3. View from Edmonton 4:05 p.m.
Landing in Toronto
Off to
New York
– view
from the
back seat
of the
plane
This plane is a twin to the one we were flying to New York

4. New York
3D Murals in
JFK Terminal 8
Downtown Manhattan
Paris
London

5. Scenes from the Airport Shuttle to
AmTrac Train Station

6. from the
World’s
Fair
Miles and miles of graves
Left-overs

7. Streets of New York

8. The buildings are built to be
beautiful not just functional

9. My favorite New York people shots
LET’S REDISCOVER
why we’re best friends
(How romantic!)

10. Daddy Norman and his sisters Beaty & Mary’s place
the house they all grew up in
Dec. 31 the men are sitting outside in their
shirt sleeves enjoying the quiet
It was unusually warm – even for Pa.

11. Daddy Norman, Mary, Jim & Beaty
Savannah looks at the Amaryllis
Brunch at Beatty’s
Jim’s eating Scrapple

12. I just love this
dog and cat
house – they get
their own couch
and it even has
a blanket on it

13. Jim and his Scrapple

14. Beaty’s Christmas Roses
amazing even for Pennsylvania to have them still alive in
December

15. Amaryllis
the
Christmas
Flower
So Gorgeous

16. Beaty teaches Alanna & Christie how to braid rugs

17. Marina really
suited Grandpa’s fur cap
Beaty & Mary look at their Christmas
gift of books from Lois, Mary Elaine & Steph.
Debbie Macomber was a new author for them

19. Making pulled toffee. I never saw it actually work before.
Steph is candy maker extraordinaire!

20. Cousin Dorothy
& Lester
Brothers
Horace & Norman
Sisters Kas & Mary

21. Daddy Norman, Cousin Ella, Cousin Anna & Jim
Aunts Ruth, Kas & Mary & Uncle Eli
Uncle Eli, Cousin Jake
& Daddy Norman

22. The first
Deutz diesel
ever sold
Jim’s Uncle Amos started this business

23. You have to share the road with horse &
buggys
I find them
very
fascinating
but they
don’t like
their photo
taken so
you have to
be fast with
the “click”

24. Unique sights of Pennsylvania
Covered bridge not in use any more

26. Christmas Village

28. Christmas visitors from long ago and far away came to church
to tell us the story of Jesus Birth

29. Christmas
Feast

30. New Year’s Eve Day Brunch at Yoders’ with
the whole Clan
Daddy found
such a fun
picture of
Mamma Susie
I have to put
her in with us.

31. Gas prices in Pa. per gallon
That is roughly 4 liters,
$.80+ cents a liter

32. Steph works @ Garden of Eden
They sell
Homemade
Amish
Hmmm!
We couldn’t
get over
all the fruits
sitting
outside and it
doesn’t
freeze
And they sell @
Green Dragon
Market on Fridays

33. Road trip with Daddy Norman to visit Matt & Alanna
Somewhat tense driving
conditions

34. Scenery along the road

35. Matt
&
Alanna
Fixing up their place

36. Matt is installing their new TV stand, but what is Alanna doing?

37. Over-look at CCU – can you read “Cincinnati”?

38. Matt’s Office at Cincinnati Christian University

39. Cincinnati
Christian
University

40. Cincinnati
scenery

41. Driving by view of the same Church

43. Newport on the Levee

46. At 1 a.m. Jan. 4 we started our Journey home with Dale on
his daily ride. A different and new point of view for me, Lois.

47. Dale dropped us off at Jamaica station to take us the
rest of the way to the JFK airport by AirTrain
We travelled by 8 planes, 2 trains,
2 busses, a minivan and a Peterbilt
(but not buggy) 

48. Some humongous planes
@ Kennedy airport
Coming
into
Toronto
at about
11 pm