With the imminent birth of the peanut on the horizon, Nan and I decided to get in a little traveling while she was still up to it. First on the list was a trip to see friends in Yorktown, VA and Washington, D.C. We left for VA in late September with all the trees turning that beautiful spectrum of yellow to dark orange, what a perfect time to visit! Our best friends Meg and Rob joined us on the trip to D.C. where they ran the Marine Corps marathon. While they ran, Nan and I visited Keerti and Craig who recently got married in Charleston. It was good to be back among friends in my old stomping grounds. A couple of weeks later, we were off again, this time to Chicago. Nan and I had thought of going to New York, but flights weren’t cheap, and neither of us had been to Chicago. We stayed with our friends Barnali and Alok who have a beautiful house in Berwyn just outside the city. Barnali and Nan grew up together and both got pregnant around the same time. A few people thought we were crazy for going up there in the winter, but the weather was good and we had a great time with our friends!