New Amsterdam

   I'm getting ready to fly out of Tejas tomorrow to New Amsterdam.  I was trying to remember the last time I was there (other than as a layover on a plane) and I think it was over 40 years ago.  Funny, though.  I haven't missed it all that much.  I live in a big enough city as it is.  I've got all the traffic congestion and smog that you could possibly want, and some pretty decent culture to boot.  I go primarily to visit two of our sons and spend some time bonding and hanging out and seeing perhaps some of the sites I have not seen in over four decades.  I'm pretty much packed.  It will be interesting.