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Date: 07/01/2006
Jake and Nic in front of the Lehigh church, Lehigh.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Nic and Jake in front of Packard Auditorium, Lehigh.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Jake and Nic in front of the Admissions building, Lehigh.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Jake, Nic, and Karl playing with the techno junk in Packard.
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Date: 07/01/2006
They thought the windows were amazing.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Nic and Jake ran up the stairs, for the full Lehigh experience.
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Date: 07/01/2006
And here they are running down a different set of stairs.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Jake was tired.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Karl, Jake, and Nic re-energizing befor the rest of the Lehigh tour.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Nic trying to pop the tree.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Nic running through campus.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Jake and Nic in the birdcage.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Nic and Jake found the Lehigh "artwork" amusing.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Jake next to his new friend.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Nic and Jake playing with the statue.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Jake is tired.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Nic in front of Rauch.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Jake in front of Rauch.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Nic and Jake in front of Rauch.
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Date: 07/01/2006
The Crayola Factory.
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Date: 07/01/2006
We made birthday hats!
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Date: 07/01/2006
Jake, Nic, and Karl dancing.
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Date: 07/01/2006
We learned how the production line works for crayons and markers.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Nic and Jake with Mr.Red.
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Date: 07/01/2006
Mel and Karl iwth Mr.Red.
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Date: 07/01/2006
After a red-eye flight, exploring Lehigh, and the Crayola Factory, Jake (and the rest of us) passed out for a nap.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Jake and Nic in front of the huge dinosaur in Toys R Us.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Karl, Jake, and Nic exploring the Dinosaur's tail.
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Date: 07/02/2006
The boys with the dinosaur.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Nic and Jake in their favorite section, Barbie!
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Date: 07/02/2006
For some reason they were running from any evidence of their visit to the Barbie section.
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Date: 07/02/2006
We caught Jake!
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Date: 07/02/2006
Nic with his favorite toy.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Mrs.Gumdrop, Nic, and Jake.
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Date: 07/02/2006
The big Ferris Wheel that we got to ride.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Nic, Jake, and Mel with the M&Ms.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Nic and Jake with their favorite friends.
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Date: 07/02/2006
The bike section was dangerous...
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Date: 07/02/2006
Jake in his Escalade.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Nic really wanted this bike.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Nic and his puppy on his bike.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Karl and Jake on the Ferris Wheel.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Mel and Nic on the Ferris Wheel.
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Date: 07/02/2006
A picture from the top of Toys R Us on the Ferris Wheel.
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Date: 07/02/2006
We were in the Monopoly cart.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Jake felt like a celebrity on the Ferris Wheel.
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Date: 07/02/2006
A big truck hanging from the ceiling.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Nic, Jake, and Mel in Times Square.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Jake and Nic had plenty of practice riding the Subway. Every time Jake would say "Subway - eat fresh" before boarding.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Jake at Ground Zero.
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Date: 07/02/2006
A cross made from beams recovered at Ground Zero.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Karl and Nic reading at Ground Zero.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Ground Zero.
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Date: 07/02/2006
The cross at Ground Zero.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Nic and Jake met the firefighters at Station #1 that was established after 9/11.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Nic and Jake talking to the firefighters.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Ground Zero.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Ground Zero.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Ground Zero.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Ground Zero.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Jake posing in front of traffic.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Mel refused to go to the bathroom in the Subway station...
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Date: 07/03/2006
Karl, Nic, and Jake eating bagels for breakfast.
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Date: 07/02/2006
We walked down to the Hudson River, but then it started raining.
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Date: 07/02/2006
Inside Grand Central Station.
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Date: 07/03/2006
The Empire State Building from the Subway station.
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Date: 07/03/2006
The Empire State Building when we got closer.
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Date: 07/03/2006
We had to wait in line around the corner to get through security - Jake found shade.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Who did it?
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Date: 07/03/2006
Manhattan from the top of the Empire State Building.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Nic and Jake at the top of the Empire State Building.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Nic and Jake looking down. We were 86 floors high!
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Date: 07/03/2006
Karl, Nic, Jake, and Mel at the top of the Empire State Builidng.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Looking down!
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Date: 07/03/2006
Karl, Jake, and Nic trying to spot ants (people).
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Date: 07/03/2006
Jake realized how high we were.
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Date: 07/03/2006
The needle is a lot bigger once your at the top.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Jake next to the Eagles guitar in Planet Hollywood.
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Date: 07/03/2006
The Hudson River.
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Date: 07/03/2006
The ferry we took to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
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Date: 07/03/2006
We were stalling in line while Karl and Jake go the tickets...
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Date: 07/03/2006
Nic and Karl on the ferry.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Statue of Liberty from the ferry.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Karl, Jake, and Nic on the ferry with Manhattan in the background.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Karl, Mel, and Jake after a slushy break.
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Date: 07/03/2006
The back of the statue of liberty.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Jake exploring Manhattan.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Jake and Nic looking cool.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Jake and Nic with Manhattan.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Jake's hand.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Mel and Karl with Manhattan in the back.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Mel needed a pillow that needed a pillow (Jake, Nic).
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Date: 07/03/2006
Manhattan from the Statue of Liberty Island.
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Date: 07/03/2006
There she is.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Nic and Jake with Lady Liberty.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Karl, Mel, Jake, and Nic with the Statue of Liberty.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Karl and Mel with Lady Liberty.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Jake and Karl relaxing until the ferry comes.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Nic looking out the ferry window.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Ellis Island.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Nic and Jake reading about Ellis Island.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Jake trying to recover some foreign coins.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Self explanatory, he's so cute. :)
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Date: 07/03/2006
Jake and Nic listening to Ellis Island true stories.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Inside the registry room, Ellis Island.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Leaving Ellis Island.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Karl with little miss liberty in the back.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Karl, Nic, Jake.
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Date: 07/03/2006
Heading back to Manhattan.
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Date: 07/04/2006
On our way to Hershey, the light posts were made of Hershey kisses.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Nic and Jake in front of Hershey.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Jake and Nic in line to see how chocolate is made.
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Date: 07/04/2006
...as told by the cows.
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Date: 07/04/2006
This ride gave us a behind the scenes of Hershey's factory.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Inside the Hershey Factory.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Jake on his first ride of the day.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Nic and Jake in line.
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Date: 07/05/2006
Jake, Nic, Mel, and Karl on Jake's favorite ride.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Nic in his race car.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Jake in his race car.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Jake driving along.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Jake in front of the UPSIDE DOWN RIDE that he went on.
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Date: 07/04/2006
We were soaked waiting in line for the water ride.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Jake is still excited, even though very damp.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Just seconds before the Soaker Coaster.
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Date: 07/04/2006
The Soaker Coster!
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Date: 07/04/2006
After the Soaker Coaster.
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Date: 07/04/2006
We were soaked.
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Date: 07/04/2006
"Can we go on that one again?"
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Date: 07/04/2006
"BRR!" Mel was wet.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Karl and Jake before another ride.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Jake and Nic right before Jake's favorite ride.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Mr. Milton Hershey.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Jake and Nic with all of our bags from shopping at Hershey.
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Date: 07/04/2006
We camped out in the back of the Durango for fireworks.
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/04/2006
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Date: 07/05/2006
Jake helping arrange flowers.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Jake watering Mel's garden.
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Date: 07/04/2006
Jake watering Mel's garden.