The deserted village...

Dear Nicky,

So today was a nice day and we all four went to the Watchung reservation to see an old abandoned village from the 1800's. It was kind of neat, and it was nice to get some fresh air, but the few houses that were there all sort of looked the same and were mostly run down. A few were inhabited. Apparently the government gives these houses to people for free with the only requirement being that they restore them. It was a nice walk, but I suddenly had to go to the bathroom very badly. Luckily there was a Port-a-Potty around. It was clean and had toilet paper. What a lucky day! You fell asleep in your stroller, which I laboriously pushed up a long hill. Then we drove around for a while so you could sleep, then we came home. I went and got a haircut and some more firewood. I came home to find you showing off for our neighbors from down the street who have a little kid with trisomy 21 who needed a feeding tube. We're pretty lucky when you think about it.

Love,
Dad