On the Road Again (Finally)

So, it's been waaaay too long since we've updated this blog, partly because I've been sitting in the dark, in Laguna Playhouse that is, as I've studied the whys and wherefores of regional theatre. It's been quite a post-grad educational experience and I'm a better theatre-maker as a result, but man, I've been itching to get back on the road again, and it's finally time.

This May, we're headed to New England to celebrate Hannah's graduation from Middlebury (yay, Hannah!), but not before a road trip from Newark, NJ, to Vermont via Hyde Park, NY, for a day at the FDR Library, home and museum. It was a memorable visit to an historic place, with lots of interesting lessons and inspiration. Here are a few photos to get us started on our travel blog, circa 2014.

Crossing the Hudson River.

A view of the house where Roosevelt was born and lived from the rose garden where he is buried.

Roosevelt stands guard over a sculpture made from wreckage of the Berlin Wall in honor of his commitment to the four freedoms.

John listens to a fireside chat from a recreated kitchen, circa 1940s. 

Doesn't it look like the set of HEARTLAND?

This is the presidential desk that FDR used while he was in the Oval Office.