They are big. I mean real big… I am glad we were separated by the wire fence…

I had not seen Mrs. Godura for over 35 years. She was our school teacher when I was in my tenth grade. Although she never taught me directly, she was my brother’s teacher and more importantly, she was an important link recently in getting me in touch with an old school mate and another old school teacher.

I knew she was visiting her son Ruchir in State College and since we were on the road anyways, we headed her way. After 7 hours of driving thru absolutely bucolic Pennsylvania, we finally made it to State College. Had a great evening with Mr. and Mrs. Godura, Ruchir and his family!!

I woke up this morning thinking we might be headed to Durham to touch base with Nikita once.
Later in the day, that got changed to DC. Then Philadelphia.
We started from Madhav’s house thinking we are going to Philadelphia.

One more change in plan. We are now redirecting ourselves to head out State College.

I will tell you later why!!!

We crossed over from West Virginia to Virginia last evening and made a beeline to Blacksburg to meet up with my friend from engineering days – the much acclaimed professor in Virginia Tech – Madhav Marathe. The four of us went for long walks and chatted till past midnight last night!!

Had a great time with Madhav, Achla and Aparna. Missed Malvika this time though!!

Just looking at how much she was leaning in with the heavy Harley makes me scared…

Sharmila was the driver. As the highway spun around Charleston, managed to a get a couple of shots from the moving car. The golden dome against dark clouds looked great…