We have had my mother here since Tuesday. We told her that we were going up to the lake house this weekend, but in the end she decided that she didn't want to go there (she's city folk and the quiet scares her). The ultimate schedule is for us to stay at home through the 4th and go to the lake house on the 5th (our sons work next week so they will stay here). Logistically, that means that we will drive to NYC on the 5th to drop my mother off and continue to the lake house. This isn't quite as bad as it sounds because the lake house is a bit closer to NYC than it is to where we live. Here's the experiment: We take Hendryx to the lake house (he loves it there); he's finally tolerating car trips; he has NEVER seen a city, much less NYC. He's also never been in an apartment house. This should be interesting. I think we'll make sure to have a good supply of poop bags handy, and some dramamine just in case.

Sounds like a fun time and it'll be good for all of you to get away for awhile.  Hendryx will have a blast in the country.  The city...that will probably be a lot of strange sights and sounds for him.  Cameo gets a little startled sometimes when we are out and a tractor trailer releases it's brakes or when I take a wrong turn and end up in the construction area.