After a Boys Breakfast with Kyle and Nicolai and a subsequent landscape plan review with Jeanine, I drove to Schenectady, NY to spend some time with my parents. My father is looking much better after his recent hospitalization and stay at a rehabilitation center. It was a gorgeous day so I elected to take Route 2, the longer but much more scenic route. I stopped for lunch and photography in Shelburne Falls and took a little nap afterwards. The trip took six hours in total.