Comments on: 9/11 Memorial in NYC

By: Frances

Frances — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:26:36 +0000

Thank you for sharing your camping experience. It is going to help me with our first family camping together in the near future. The best part of your blog is the ending, how regardless of some missing items the most important thing was having fun and enjoy as a family. Love all your photos.

By: Lara

Lara — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 17:37:42 +0000

I hadn't given it much thought, either. It is truly heart-wrenching.

By: Lara

Lara — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:35:31 +0000

WE do have a cigarette lighter inverter, but I didn't even have my camera charger (the other battery was in it), so that would have done me no good. 🙂 We do have one extra blanket always in the car, and believe me, we used it. 🙂

This post was mostly tongue in cheek–we did forget these things, but it was mostly because we left within an hour of deciding to go. Thanks for your advice, though!

By: Lara

Lara — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:33:27 +0000

Good plan! Love that idea.

By: JBofNorthGA

JBofNorthGA — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:31:39 +0000

Wow… okay I understand a "noob" at camping forgetting some of these things. Because we have all of them stored away like the other comment says. But some advice, blankets are very important what if they got to wet or dirty to use, that is why you ALWAYS bring extra best to keep 1 or 2 in the car even in case you get caught in a rain storm and need a quick drying off tool or to warm up quicker. Marsh mellow roasters are good to have but get some steal ones, there easy to clean, easy to store, use multiply times, and good for other things like hot dogs. For the camera go to an auto part store and buy a cheap, 20$, cigarette lighter inverter. You could run a whole lap top off these things but would drain your car battery quick. But works great for camera chargers. And lastly the #1 thing that needs to be added to this list is a good SHARP knife. Never go into any camping situation with out one. At least people still get outdoors and hope you do more of it.

By: Lara

Lara — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 01:16:38 +0000

I still call Utah home and haven't lived there for a long time. It's where I grew up, and it is home, like NYC is to you. 🙂

They did an amazing job with the memorial, I think. I only wish we would have been able to see the museum, too. Next time!

By: Lara

Lara — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 01:15:36 +0000

I still get very emotional, too.

Matt got married to a great girl (not the one he brought over on 9/11) and they live back in Northern CA where he grew up with their (I think) two kids. They only send a Christmas card once in a blue moon, though Joel emails him occasionally. They lived in Orem for a while, so we saw them more then whenever we would visit.

By: TheAtomicMom

TheAtomicMom — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 05:21:08 +0000

I still get emotional when I see the old news footage of the actual events. I had a friend who died in the North Tower. He left a wife and 3 kids. And these last few days rewatching all of the stories of the day, I am a bit sad that we've lost our kindness to an extent. People just helped each other that day. Change of subject … whatever happened to Matt? He was a fun guy.

By: TheAtomicMom

TheAtomicMom — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 05:17:24 +0000

I had never even given thought to "and her unborn child" before. Of course there were pregnant women that died that day. 🙁

By: Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:22:46 +0000

When I went it was being built, so it was several years ago. Hoping one day to go back!