tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58769673242734419462024-03-13T22:26:10.513-07:00Casita Trip to MaineAugust 17, 2011 - November 6, 2011Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-17453345039257802242011-11-06T17:18:00.000-08:002020-04-22T09:33:02.057-07:008/17/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhM_VMY7SapcppkLsE5nHSQwtdEiUpANB6Z6PG24SVDISUdHDkFUDY83ZeT4PJ2LX2pRfliyXvms9yn1EIG4US4AnMYUEjal6pHLzYYTs8wNTcPz28U7S7RQhzdr0Vnb6mOr-z06chXIA/s1600/IMG_0415+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643847397549159842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhM_VMY7SapcppkLsE5nHSQwtdEiUpANB6Z6PG24SVDISUdHDkFUDY83ZeT4PJ2LX2pRfliyXvms9yn1EIG4US4AnMYUEjal6pHLzYYTs8wNTcPz28U7S7RQhzdr0Vnb6mOr-z06chXIA/s400/IMG_0415+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We got a late start this year on our summer trip because the transmission on the Pathfinder broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We fixed it, sold it and purchased a new tow vehicle - a Chevy Silverado.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We finally left today at noon and drove as far as Texarkana, Texas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stayed at an Army Corps of Engineers campground on Wright-Patman Lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was 109 degrees today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-3564441475148055242011-11-05T17:23:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:32:38.067-07:008/18/2011<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We left Texarkana and Jim drove 523 miles to Nashville, Tennessee. We stayed at another C.O.E. campground on J. Percy Priest Lake named Seven Points campground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t get to camp until 6:45 pm so all we did was set up and cook dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We had to change campgrounds because all sites for Friday and Saturday were reserved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The camp host called another campground on the same lake and we moved to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The name of it was Poole Knobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While we were drinking coffee before we moved there were 8 turkeys walking around our camp site. After changing campgrounds we drove in to Nashville and went to buy Grand Ole Opry tickets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We chose to go tomorrow night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was time for a beer so Jim drove us to 4 of the 5 brewpubs in Nashville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While walking to one brewpub near Vanderbilt University we just happened on one of the Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives I wanted to try.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a cup of cantaloupe ice cream there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After sampling some beers at the brewpubs we drove to the Athens Restaurant featured on DDD and had some great Greek food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the sun went down and it got dark there were fireflies at camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were pretty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We had breakfast and then drove to Murfreesboro to visit Stones River National Battlefield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over 25,000 men were killed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After touring the battlefield we went to the cemetery which held several thousand of the men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterward we drove to Andrew Jackson’s home named The Hermitage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a beautiful old mansion that was on his cotton plantation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim wanted to go back into downtown before we went to the Grand Ole Opry and see the full size replica of the Parthenon that was built for the Tennessee centennial in 1897.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was quite impressive, and on the inside was a huge statue of Athena in all gold that Jim called cheesy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We visited a fifth brewpub and walked around the main drag downtown where I talked to an Elvis tribute artist. We left downtown and drove to the Grand Ole Opry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw: Larry Gatlin, Bill Anderson, Jimmy Dickens, and Vince Gill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were the hosts of four thirty minutes segments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other performers were:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jimmy C. Newman, John Conlee, The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, Mike Snyder, Jimmy Wayne, Jan Howard, James Wesley, Connie Smith and Bradley Gaskin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Opry Square Dancers performed twice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We really enjoyed the Opry and thought Larry Gatlin and Jimmy Dickens were the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larry Gatlin was very personable as host and his first song of the night was “Houston”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little Jimmy Dickens was 90 years old and he was so funny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told a lot of jokes and sang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Conlee sang “Rose Colored Glasses".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We waited for the parking lot to clear and then went back to camp and had a very late, quick dinner.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-88231080100655252612011-11-02T17:33:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:30:42.446-07:008/21/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitguOSxMcIdZ7xUKeKtfdSc-nsR1PY859CaoxiUhCKG-3RKk6ATdDnboz6dKt4Gb_wfdh4fUrmTuYLiljmlfl00b7VGxpbPGT9-J7KX0yXH3DaoAoLFdY3ZAp8qzyKhjbvJ8lIejsezwza/s1600/IMG_0616+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643856591673439058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitguOSxMcIdZ7xUKeKtfdSc-nsR1PY859CaoxiUhCKG-3RKk6ATdDnboz6dKt4Gb_wfdh4fUrmTuYLiljmlfl00b7VGxpbPGT9-J7KX0yXH3DaoAoLFdY3ZAp8qzyKhjbvJ8lIejsezwza/s400/IMG_0616+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A rainstorm woke us up at 6 am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It rained until after 7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to go out and dance in it since it has been so long since Houston has seen any rain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hooked up and took off for Kentucky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got a site for the night at Mammoth Cave National Park campground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our National Park book states all sites are primitive but we found out there are two full hookup sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was occupied and we got the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We unhooked and went to the visitor center and purchased tickets for the Historic Entrance Tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a two hour tour. This cave is the longest cave system in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was 54 degrees inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After dinner we worked on the blog and went to a Ranger Rick talk on the “underworld”. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-55295743062369439282011-11-01T19:27:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:30:14.859-07:008/22/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEYvTtSUROw_ukx-6LSPYdd3p6U_E0yLe_9FYe1UyxxGzmIhQED53ZIkv7mlAbOXDWhA6qkWj_SR9weFTI_jsaXqBlPRT2zs-1hwrV4L00dPMbq7Zoe7MscAQ4Uh389wloIF8MPZdAQ1y/s1600/IMG_0642+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643881147187414978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEYvTtSUROw_ukx-6LSPYdd3p6U_E0yLe_9FYe1UyxxGzmIhQED53ZIkv7mlAbOXDWhA6qkWj_SR9weFTI_jsaXqBlPRT2zs-1hwrV4L00dPMbq7Zoe7MscAQ4Uh389wloIF8MPZdAQ1y/s400/IMG_0642+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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We woke up to a beautiful sunny day and took a short hike to Echo Spring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This spring is where the underground river inside Mammoth Cave comes to the surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hooked up and drove to Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace and then to his boyhood home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His log cabin birthplace is inside a magnificent stone monument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The boyhood home is a reconstruction using one of his neighbor’s log cabin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We decided we needed to visit at least one bourbon distillery while in Kentucky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We drove to Makers Mark, the oldest operating bourbon whiskey distillery, and went on a tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They made a big deal out of hand dipping the necks of the bottles in hot red wax. </span>At the conclusion of the tour we got to taste 3 of their bourbons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim took a small sip from each and I had mine and finished his.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bourbon is not Jim’s thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We got a camp site at My Old Kentucky Home State Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This park has a golf course, campground and the home which inspired the Stephen Foster song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also wrote, “Oh Susanna”, “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair” and “Camptown Races”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My camera is on the blink and won’t work anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We drove to Walmart to look for a new one and Jim didn’t like any of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will try to get me a camera in Louisville at a Best Buy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is another Casita trailer in camp and they are from Slidell, Louisiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We talked to them and found out they went to the Bluebonnet Rally in Bandera, Texas for the first time this year when we didn’t get to make it because of the Pathfinder transmission trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-84908050215149494182011-10-31T18:23:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:29:48.481-07:008/23/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilI0q9XI1KLnDUcaEYdCZmSP9nEUjxVAcKYqgXZ4CoDz9lGgNRR9rA5Qp3TGShjEF7Qx1qLNI4SExeTkMfr-AhkpIE8BqkWOocIKioeL4qi67McU_Qima0krBLiMf3t6IQSGzbBdDB-IO5/s1600/IMG_7979+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644600348755316818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilI0q9XI1KLnDUcaEYdCZmSP9nEUjxVAcKYqgXZ4CoDz9lGgNRR9rA5Qp3TGShjEF7Qx1qLNI4SExeTkMfr-AhkpIE8BqkWOocIKioeL4qi67McU_Qima0krBLiMf3t6IQSGzbBdDB-IO5/s400/IMG_7979+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 267px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After having breakfast we drove to the other side of the state park and took a tour of My Old Kentucky Home and drove through the historic part of downtown Bardstown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We visited the old Talbot tavern. Among those who have stayed here are Daniel Boon, Jesse James and Abraham Lincoln.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tennessee Volunteers who died in the Goliad Massacre left from here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hooked up and left for Louisville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way we went tothe a Jim Beam distillery and had a tasting but didn’t take the tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just south of Louisville we went to Best Buy and got me a brand new camera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will have to let it charge all night and I will use it tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We couldn’t find a cheap place to stay in Louisville so we drove across the Ohio River into Indiana and stayed at Charlestown State Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This place was virtually deserted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were only about 6 campers and there were 160 sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got settled and then drove back across the river into Louisville and went to 3 brewpubs. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-79823199432682935522011-10-30T18:32:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:29:22.381-07:008/24/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XQI8Rso_P6lux1MCGrX6VS4jhEgnUgcS902bkT1i5DNOMnEPav1SqQRx1DB1hSuCmRFWOnbMUnirw1RqAgfRvUl0DJGgxTZzXDYR_1gBl3NGyvEM_-JJdVWvgdBoStTzU7w313n7j1t5/s1600/IMG_0029+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644602530028883698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XQI8Rso_P6lux1MCGrX6VS4jhEgnUgcS902bkT1i5DNOMnEPav1SqQRx1DB1hSuCmRFWOnbMUnirw1RqAgfRvUl0DJGgxTZzXDYR_1gBl3NGyvEM_-JJdVWvgdBoStTzU7w313n7j1t5/s400/IMG_0029+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We had a little rain this morning about four but it didn’t last long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to head out for Indianapolis and found a place to stay just south in Greenwood at a Camping World.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have electricity hookups and you can stay for free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After unhooking we drove into downtown to the U.S.S. Indianapolis memorial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mother’s brother and my uncle was on the ship on July 30, 1945, when a Japanese submarine sunk it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lost his life with over a thousand other men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I called my mom and her three sisters and her brother to tell them we were at the memorial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made several tracings of Uncle Albert's name from the monument. We then went to one brewpub and two breweries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two weren’t open for tasting until Thursday, Friday and Saturday but they were really nice and let us taste the beers since we were from Houston and were only in town for one day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim then took me to eat at a restaurant featured on Diner’s Drive-Ins and Dives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had really good comfort food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had beef and noodles with mashed potatoes and green beans and I had meatloaf, mashed potatoes and mixed veggies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We left from there to go back to Camping World before rain set in because we are under a thunderstorm warning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow after it goes through it will be a little cooler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-32571497534440887952011-10-29T12:08:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:28:51.486-07:008/25/11<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUIu0wpiP72sQeuHKoM7aO9Taz1HRK533DB0r8Uata_LON5NJfYnKHZy0ZtakvGc48aH6cTgnreWcU8ad9kfiIlGso4RI6Zc31O7YGDOULu8BLhMFEi97U58PYaA3XZRWQAlKrd5a8ybg/s1600/IMG_0097+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646359758096746546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUIu0wpiP72sQeuHKoM7aO9Taz1HRK533DB0r8Uata_LON5NJfYnKHZy0ZtakvGc48aH6cTgnreWcU8ad9kfiIlGso4RI6Zc31O7YGDOULu8BLhMFEi97U58PYaA3XZRWQAlKrd5a8ybg/s400/IMG_0097+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We got up and Jim bought us breakfast at a Bob Evans Restaurant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We left Camping World and drove to Ohio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we got to Dayton we stopped to visit the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This included the Wright Cycle Shop, Huffman Prairie Flying Field Visitor Center and the Wright Memorial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Huffman Prairie was where Orville and Wilbur Wright tested and perfected their airplanes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was after the initial flights they conducted at Kitty Hawk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that we toured the National Museum of the United States Air Force and National Aviation Hall of Fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This museum was on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the Air Force base where the UFO that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico was reportedly transported for study along with the bodies of the aliens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The museum had airplanes from every era from<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WWI to the present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim’s favorites were the B-36 and B-52.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two planes were HUGE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We left at closing time and continued to Cambridge, Ohio, where we stayed in the Cracker Barrel parking lot for the night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cooked and then Jim went in and bought us each a peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-32696983559636629922011-10-28T12:20:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:28:21.722-07:008/26/11<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqVdoHRVgZxTSgoqIunyhscJNJuI7mywlSII_ug4vL6V6hTts-WTtOYU3RoNomtbxYZ_Iqok-Cx8l2G_Ukyi9p55rUL5QBVtTzDdZus3vhDc16JN1R50c2oMs6DeXtopREnaqMHwoKpUd/s1600/IMG_0110+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646361629106033826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqVdoHRVgZxTSgoqIunyhscJNJuI7mywlSII_ug4vL6V6hTts-WTtOYU3RoNomtbxYZ_Iqok-Cx8l2G_Ukyi9p55rUL5QBVtTzDdZus3vhDc16JN1R50c2oMs6DeXtopREnaqMHwoKpUd/s400/IMG_0110+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After I fixed breakfast this morning we drove only 24 miles down the road to the AEP (American Electric Power) Recreation Area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a 10,000 acre area that has been reclaimed from strip coal mining and made into several really pretty parks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A couple of them are day use and picnic and the others you can camp at.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got a site at Bicentennial Park right on a beautiful lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>parks have no hookups but do have central water hand pumps and pit toilets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t charge to camp in any of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We came here to cool our heels and see what hurricane Irene will do to the northeast before we travel any farther.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-4428642868480242622011-10-27T12:27:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:27:54.199-07:008/27/11<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ovk-aQL0EeM0FrJqBxpJymHOYMRwMWmY7XHwfBDAHIaEszEm5sh99MpfISy31oA7MZmniVvSVabaP81coXycT5Ue-GWmoYWKnV6a7cVJPxcScx3HkMS8hOy9Tk_-SdI5YSWDb_xTAlNX/s1600/IMG_0128+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646362001056737698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ovk-aQL0EeM0FrJqBxpJymHOYMRwMWmY7XHwfBDAHIaEszEm5sh99MpfISy31oA7MZmniVvSVabaP81coXycT5Ue-GWmoYWKnV6a7cVJPxcScx3HkMS8hOy9Tk_-SdI5YSWDb_xTAlNX/s400/IMG_0128+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hurricane Irene made landfall in North Carolina this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is clear and 58 degrees here this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim made sweet potato pancakes for us this morning from the box that I bought from Cracker Barrel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were really good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to drive to the other campsites in the AEP Recreation Area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the sites was a memorial to all the people who have worked at the coal mines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A really cool, colossal, 240 ton dragline bucket (Big Muskie) they used for excavation was on display here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were really close to a town and we drove there to a small Kroger and bought a few groceries and then drove back to camp, set up the satellite dish to see about Hurricane Irene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We just drove from one camp to another today since hurricane Irene didn’t seem to be as bad as it could have been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trip took us across the 13 miles of West Virginia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we were in 3 states today. Thank goodness we drove through Pittsburgh on a Sunday and the traffic wasn’t as bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We drove past the Steelers and Pirates stadiums.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t playing today. The drive was beautiful but very hilly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got a campsite in the Allegheny National Forest, Red Bridge campground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our site is right on the Allegheny Reservoir.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t have hook ups but they do have showers and a dump station with water scattered around the campground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are at the north border of Pennsylvania near New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The temperature was 58 degrees this morning and at 7:30 pm, now, it is 64 degrees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-70862441164961488092011-10-25T18:49:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:26:35.206-07:008/29/11<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1PzYySD0jTuqE3E8v4e107eAkKFgQWrlRJLiYSyXQIVfLyjXCBPj4pr2TmkJSxzh4yO1ZyuX5KpzfsoRB2sqYNDfoqu2KTZAKmktNSKdhSaVWZatXhyphenhyphen0pHRkT-xppJbjs71CqFkMoutb/s1600/IMG_0152+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646833298178701906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1PzYySD0jTuqE3E8v4e107eAkKFgQWrlRJLiYSyXQIVfLyjXCBPj4pr2TmkJSxzh4yO1ZyuX5KpzfsoRB2sqYNDfoqu2KTZAKmktNSKdhSaVWZatXhyphenhyphen0pHRkT-xppJbjs71CqFkMoutb/s400/IMG_0152+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It was 49 degrees when we woke up at 7:30 this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After breakfast we decided to move across the road to a site with electricity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After we got settled we took a drive on the scenic loop road and checked out the other campgrounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first stop we made was at an historic powerhouse that supplied power to nearby oil pumping units from 1939 until 1989.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made a couple of stops at overlooks on the reservoir.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t pack a lunch today so we stopped at the Kinzua Wolf Run Marina and had burgers and local beers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We needed to find wi-fi to update the blog and returned to the town of Kane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While looking for the library we saw a VFW post and stopped for a beer and they had wi-fi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we updated the blog there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The locals wanted to know what we thought of Rick Perry when they found out we were from Texas. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-52555497647650786992011-10-24T19:46:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:25:56.423-07:008/30/11<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2EcQObKwuCQ2y-yinLWGoERf_EMK1BC4sfyKXhlPlDPNvq1MhGGecKYmqbE9YcF9lcvsDPzP-_lkOCca4QC49lr6y8-wjpLk0r19hon0BvJ1z5kePEpEwTXiauvjKSkyGehkyZ0PksYB/s1600/IMG_0157+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646848004403142754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2EcQObKwuCQ2y-yinLWGoERf_EMK1BC4sfyKXhlPlDPNvq1MhGGecKYmqbE9YcF9lcvsDPzP-_lkOCca4QC49lr6y8-wjpLk0r19hon0BvJ1z5kePEpEwTXiauvjKSkyGehkyZ0PksYB/s400/IMG_0157+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We left camp and drove north to Barcelona, New York, so we could drive Hwy. 5 which runs by the shore of Lake Erie. This was a really pretty drive with houses along the edge of the lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Highway 5 took us right through Buffalo, New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got a site to camp at Cinderella Motel and Campground on Grand Island, New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This island has the Niagara River running around it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got set up and then drove to Niagara Falls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took pictures of American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls from the edge and then from an observation deck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterward we walked over a couple of bridges above the Niagara River to Goat Island and took pictures of Horseshoe Falls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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<br />While driving into Buffalo we saw Pearl Street Brewery so we went back into Buffalo and had dinner there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had about 10 different beers that they make there on tap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had half chocolate stout and half raspberry stout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was really good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim had double IPA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The food was really good also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This place is in an old building downtown and it is four stories tall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can rent the third or fourth floor for events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first and second is the restaurant and bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the front balcony you can see downtown and from the back one you can see the Niagara River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lower level has a deli.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We really enjoyed this brewpub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About a mile from the RV park there was another VFW hall so we stopped there, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-35232659723078163282011-10-23T19:28:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:25:18.706-07:008/31/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifexOq5t98e1dJs_0sYMQrK2S-AMDF1DlbM3QrXpoFVp1qKmWMniQMP9Eqp4CfA9YDoj_isTNaSKftYAHQrp6us_1O1TEIEWqNB06m6JFTBVRQ0OKrwV9ze2Ju99rr2aDeF3Ep1g9G9zDv/s1600/IMG_0225+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647216458722297682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifexOq5t98e1dJs_0sYMQrK2S-AMDF1DlbM3QrXpoFVp1qKmWMniQMP9Eqp4CfA9YDoj_isTNaSKftYAHQrp6us_1O1TEIEWqNB06m6JFTBVRQ0OKrwV9ze2Ju99rr2aDeF3Ep1g9G9zDv/s400/IMG_0225+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Today we drove across the Rainbow Bridge into Canada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to see the falls from across the river.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you are on the same side you can’t see them as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Niagara Falls, Canada is known for all its beautiful flower gardens. </span>While there we saw some men dressed in costumes with really big heads of the presidents on Mount Rushmore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After coming back into the USA we went to the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When President McKinley was shot in 1901 at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt traveled to Buffalo and stayed with the Wilcox family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When President McKinley died from his wounds, Roosevelt took his oath of office as the new President in his friend’s home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While we were there, the big headed presidents showed up and we took a picture of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house also contained a replica of President Roosevelt's West Wing office. While in Buffalo we went to the Anchor Bar and Grill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the bar that lays claim to being the first to make Buffalo wings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a platter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After coming back to the island we went back to the VFW for a beer and then on to our camp. We had to do laundry tonight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-56903511701790824332011-10-22T17:09:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:24:41.900-07:009/1/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7JnrXHD52etr-etdNfN7zzzXcNU85WMBszYz2Y-nPCW3cXFYBv78XW0sCq0zu4rnLlEyiGG6vJ8C-Ko1JS1YHAmoPTjQNgQ8pb_R4Nt1aCUa-3bVVCvtHkG_mXEjUSUs8_dnImg0oh0A/s1600/IMG_0274+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647921843272313682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7JnrXHD52etr-etdNfN7zzzXcNU85WMBszYz2Y-nPCW3cXFYBv78XW0sCq0zu4rnLlEyiGG6vJ8C-Ko1JS1YHAmoPTjQNgQ8pb_R4Nt1aCUa-3bVVCvtHkG_mXEjUSUs8_dnImg0oh0A/s400/IMG_0274+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We got up a little earlier to take showers before leaving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to see the Erie Canal so we went to Lockport near Buffalo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Locks 34 and 35 are in this town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After going to the visitor center we walked about a half a block to the canal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as we got to the locks there was a boat ready to go through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got to see the locks in action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was very neat to watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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<br />We drove a few miles down the road to Gasport, N.Y. where there is a brewery and winery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They didn’t open until noon but they filled a small growler we had in the trailer so we could take some with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We passed through the town of Rochester and got us a site at a county park in the town of Webster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After unhooking we drove back into Rochester because Jim wanted to see the George Eastman House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the Eastman of Eastman Kodak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1888 he perfected a portable box camera that used flexible film.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He named the camera “Kodak”, a word he created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also had a gallery with a special exhibit on Norman Rockwell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This exhibit showed how he made his paintings from meticulously posed photographs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes more than one photograph was used to complete a painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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<br />There is a brewery in Rochester that makes Genesee Beer and Dundee Beer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim went by there but they don’t have a tasting room so he took us to brewpub and we had a beer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way back to camp we drove to the shore of Lake Ontario and took a picture just as the sun was starting to set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At camp I cooked dinner, pork chops, green beans and fresh corn on the cob.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everywhere since Kentucky we have seen cornfields and we finally bought a couple of ears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-58556849528598940342011-10-21T19:43:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:24:10.011-07:009/2/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6f7NauU80lfI4HI4_ZJFlVRqR1vhPY_dPlt80uN_3YUV6Ss19l_jn4Hb-JhjLCMqSQpoFe4XJR7_HQQTH1A6OjhMaJlqWCMa4oK7LF_7aRke8rhYXHMrwSUxeMkgwIHzGJ5jZS5Odzf0/s1600/IMG_0353+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647960922598032770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6f7NauU80lfI4HI4_ZJFlVRqR1vhPY_dPlt80uN_3YUV6Ss19l_jn4Hb-JhjLCMqSQpoFe4XJR7_HQQTH1A6OjhMaJlqWCMa4oK7LF_7aRke8rhYXHMrwSUxeMkgwIHzGJ5jZS5Odzf0/s400/IMG_0353+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We left camp and drove the scenic road along Lake Ontario.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All along the drive there were orchards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stopped and bought some apples and peaches. We then continued on and drove to Seneca Falls, N.Y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Women’s Rights National Historic Park is there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an exhibit about women’s rights and equality through the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It started in Seneca Falls in 1848 at the first women’s right convention to protest laws and customs that discriminated against women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meeting was at the Wesleyan Chapel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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<br />We went in the VFW post 1323 there also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is in an old building on a canal that flows into the Eire canal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a really pretty setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continued on to Syracuse, N.Y and stayed at the Camping World.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We unhooked and Jim drove us to Middle Ages Brewery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their beers were all named things like: ImPaled Ale, Dragon Slayer, Black Heart Stout, Swallow Wit and Wailing Wench.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of their beers were really good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then went to two brew pubs that were a block apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was really bad (they used malt extract instead of malted barley grain) and the other was good (Empire Brewing).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Empire Brewing had a wheat barley wine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went back to the Casita and talked to Allen about our mail for the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-72150387152365742182011-10-20T15:44:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:23:44.995-07:009/3/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKd0cnR_KWFaKLlDzsUapqijFk6_h5HnW6KaddR9SsL04LTqOnTULPVk3o9SXruUcUSOV49U4xAMvqisM4kGIbKT2a3s_FrCnItx9VNmyxOjit7P2XrSw3Cjbyaer90nM757dlzIKVUOk/s1600/IMG_0257+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649384257941530018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKd0cnR_KWFaKLlDzsUapqijFk6_h5HnW6KaddR9SsL04LTqOnTULPVk3o9SXruUcUSOV49U4xAMvqisM4kGIbKT2a3s_FrCnItx9VNmyxOjit7P2XrSw3Cjbyaer90nM757dlzIKVUOk/s400/IMG_0257+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12pt;">After breakfast we left and went to Rome, N.Y. to see Fort Stanwix National Monument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The park ranger was from Tyler, Texas, Jim’s hometown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We talked to him awhile and then went through the fort. The fort was involved in the French and Indian Wars and the War of 1812.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While in Rome we went to the VFW there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The men at the VFW in Syracuse had told us to make sure and stop by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The VFW in Rome is in an old historic red stone house that looks like a castle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people who were there gave us a tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house still has original woodwork, fireplaces, chandeliers, clocks, furniture and beautiful ceilings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The ladies room has a beautiful overhead frescoe. </span>The first floor is used as a gathering place and bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second floor is offices and restrooms while the third floor is a ballroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a beautiful house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a beer and talked to the members and then left for Cooperstown, N.Y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cooperstown has the National Baseball Hall of Fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way we tried to see the Remington arms manufacturing museum but it was closed for the weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent two hours in the Baseball Hall of Fame and we went through really fast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could have spent days reading everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Cooperstown there was another brewery that makes Belgian style ales by the name of </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ommegang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had some really good pomme frites (French fries) and two beers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We asked them if we could stay the night on their property since because of the holiday everything was booked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They told us yes and we had a really quiet site in a pretty field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-88846883864075273432011-10-19T16:04:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:22:57.746-07:009/4/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDYJCEvHcEr5r5pQpsEkbF0fS5k0QKJGg5mg6phxyTsia-09MRQ0BIg-X3hsAL285floQiL3-iRfrcpjAKTg5GBWQe-dLRUErFh-h_BEujmTRROraIzrbgVMbZM9MUKvm0c86IONlXMYH/s1600/IMG_0525+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649387419049828082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDYJCEvHcEr5r5pQpsEkbF0fS5k0QKJGg5mg6phxyTsia-09MRQ0BIg-X3hsAL285floQiL3-iRfrcpjAKTg5GBWQe-dLRUErFh-h_BEujmTRROraIzrbgVMbZM9MUKvm0c86IONlXMYH/s400/IMG_0525+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We left early and stopped for breakfast at McDonalds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We headed out toward Albany, N.Y. and on the way there drove over the Hudson River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was very high and very muddy because of the hurricane's rain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to Martin Van Buren’s house, Lindenwald, and took a tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the 8<sup>th</sup> president of the U.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Down the road not too far was another house Jim wanted to visit so we headed out for that one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was called Olana and was designed and owned by Fredrick Edwin Church, the famous landscape painter of the 1800’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We left N.Y. and drove into Massachusetts and stayed at the Wal-mart in Chicopee (a suburb of Springfield).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dump valve came loose from the Casita and we are headed to a Camping World near Concord, New Hampshire tomorrow for repairs.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-47973771904604809642011-10-18T16:09:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:22:33.247-07:009/5/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9Y1vUHnmSWWR7tR811N4DWF4bp1Tq2lmIXGN_nryeLyAJhUctqqIZcmHqQGOVl6zBOI39QX9wg3BSQAtXR-iim5W21m1bA4vnC0Akr577gUnIQZNyUnggUecwvkm6TjsqCRqFemQKpXR/s1600/IMG_0571+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649388558893281474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9Y1vUHnmSWWR7tR811N4DWF4bp1Tq2lmIXGN_nryeLyAJhUctqqIZcmHqQGOVl6zBOI39QX9wg3BSQAtXR-iim5W21m1bA4vnC0Akr577gUnIQZNyUnggUecwvkm6TjsqCRqFemQKpXR/s400/IMG_0571+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We had breakfast from Panera Bread and then drove to Springfield to visit the Springfield Armory National Historic Site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is where the U.S. government manufactured military firearms from the late 1700’s until 1968.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The amount of weapons inside this museum was phenomenal!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We needed to get on the road and go to Camping World but on the way there we stopped in Worchester and had a sample of the beers at Wormtown Brewing and talked to the brewer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made one final stop in Lowell to see Lowell National Historic Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This park was all about textile milling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was the mill and the old boarding house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We finally got into New Hampshire and to Camping World about 4:30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim talked to them and we are set up for repair tomorrow. Tonight we are staying in their parking lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-76989703229580093922011-10-17T17:37:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:21:56.121-07:009/6/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4Lgro2WI7oQ1EAtMfdpprTogjjX_ZdnaU0pZzmBBe-rl4OEwwXCyRFNhMlVXvKTqyG2Bl9LKYCZJdiZrR4qmbO3bc7_eL2F8R-K664fShvFs0ZJGzB93H6T887nAXE35x3A9SCVAoIkm/s1600/IMG_0625+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649413976494747714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4Lgro2WI7oQ1EAtMfdpprTogjjX_ZdnaU0pZzmBBe-rl4OEwwXCyRFNhMlVXvKTqyG2Bl9LKYCZJdiZrR4qmbO3bc7_eL2F8R-K664fShvFs0ZJGzB93H6T887nAXE35x3A9SCVAoIkm/s400/IMG_0625+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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We talked to the man when Camping World opened this morning and then took off for sight seeing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is one national historic site in New Hampshire and one in Vermont. They are pretty close together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Near the first site we came across a covered bridge and stopped to take pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is bridge #20, the Cornish-Windsor bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the longest covered bridge in the U.S. and the longest two span bridge in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We drove to Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site. This is the house of the famous sculptor, August Saint-Gaudens. He made sculptures of the heroes of the Civil War and was a master of bas-relief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also was the first sculptor to fully design three coins for the U.S. Mint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of them was the $20 double eagle gold piece, considered to be the most beautiful U.S. coin ever made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We toured his house, workshop and grounds. One of his workshops had a guest painter’s work displayed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t my type of art but the colors were bright.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We left there and went into Vermont via the covered bridge and drove into Windsor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This town had a brewery called Harpoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a beer and lunch then continued on to Woodstock (not the famous Woodstock where the concert was).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we entered Woodstock we began to see some of the river and creek flood damage in Vermont.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stopped to see Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a park about the environmental movement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the Revolution settlers poured into Vermont and cut down nearly all the forest causing severe erosion and flooding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Billings bought a farm and developed one of the nation’s first programs of scientific forest management.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We left there and headed back to our Casita at Camping World.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just before we got to the New Hampshire state line we saw another covered bridge that had been cordoned off because it was undermined and unstable for traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will be staying in Camping World parking lot again tonight because a part had to be ordered and won’t be here until Friday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Since our Casita part won’t be in until Friday we decided to move about 15 miles down the road to a little town called Northwood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is between Chichester and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is supposed to rain all day and again tomorrow so we thought we would ride into Portsmouth and go brewpub hopping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first one we stopped at was Portsmouth Brewing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim ordered the sampler of 10 beers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We talked to some people from New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we tried to go to Portsmouth Brewing’s sister brewery called Smuttynose but it was only open Friday and Saturday for tours and tasting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a couple of theirs in the sampler from Portsmouth Brewing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We walked around the historic downtown area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim then drove us to Red Hook Brewing. We have been to two of their other locations in Seattle and Walnut Creek, California.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to the Walnut<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creek location with Lorna and David Neill a few years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a really big operation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the brewing process – he was quite entertaining. The tour cost $1.00 and you get samples of beer and a free glass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t pay anything because we had coupons from a visitors map.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There was one more brewery not too far away just inside Maine in the town of Kittery. This one was called Shipyard Brewing. We ordered a snack and a beer at the bar and Jim immediately noticed the distinctive accents of the Maine patrons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We talked to them awhile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they find out we are from Texas they all want to know what we are doing up here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went back to the Casita and I fixed dinner. It didn’t get above 58 degrees today.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-74949171970675396712011-10-15T16:54:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:20:41.549-07:009/8/2011<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">It was raining again when we got up this morning. Jim and I took showers and just after I washed my hair the electricity went off in the area. It was fixed in about 40 minutes and I finally got to dry it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow should be partly sunny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim wanted to drive into Manchester to go to a brewpub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took the scenic route through the countryside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had a beer at Milly’s Tavern and then we drove to Hookset to have a sample of beer at White Birch Brewing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterward we looked through an antique mall. </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /></span>After supper we drove to the corner store and got some vanilla ice cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sliced a couple of the peaches we got in New York from the road side fruit stand and we had them with the ice cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While we were at the corner store, we saw a farmer’s market across the street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It closed at 6:30 pm and they were packing up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We drove over and bought zucchini squash, tomatoes, a purple onion and a large cucumber.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876967324273441946.post-32919625912340900382011-10-14T18:40:00.000-07:002020-04-22T09:19:48.206-07:009/9/2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDDZSy9JduFtax5qyu-h2Gx0be6byKvw9DOmuTfSYelzTnKpl8PY2dbuZ3cnD3iiZFDaAO2rB4lVsY6_yfBoLbwdKt7CLUoPHjN64VcA0BWb4c9VOfXHdnAoVlUwzAHrwRbevm64S0bHI/s1600/IMG_8148+%2528Large%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650542207548277650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDDZSy9JduFtax5qyu-h2Gx0be6byKvw9DOmuTfSYelzTnKpl8PY2dbuZ3cnD3iiZFDaAO2rB4lVsY6_yfBoLbwdKt7CLUoPHjN64VcA0BWb4c9VOfXHdnAoVlUwzAHrwRbevm64S0bHI/s400/IMG_8148+%2528Large%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 267px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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We took showers and drove back to Camping World.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One part was in but the other wasn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hoped it would be in sometime today but it was shipped today and will be in on Monday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While they were putting the part in we drove about 10 miles away to the Canterbury Shaker Village which dates from 1792.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At its peak in the mid 1800s the village had about 300 Shaker members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The members were called brothers and sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last member of the community was a sister, and she died in 1992 at 96 years of age. We went on a tour of the buildings but interior photography was not allowed.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Shakers are a celibate religious order and they depended on converts and orphans for membership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They led a very austere life style and were very inventive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among their inventions were the cloths pin, the flat sided broom, and seed packets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are only three shakers left in the U.S. in a village in Maine -- one brother and two sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The men and women were kept separate and used separate doors to enter buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children were kept in a separate building also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No moms, no dads, men and women were equal and no racism. It was a commune society and everyone gave up their property when joining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They made money by selling brooms, clothes, baskets, and food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also patented a washing machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were called “Shakers” because of the dancing and singing they did while worshiping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We went to the VFW in Concord for dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had meatball subs with potato salad, spaghetti salad, slaw and dessert. </div>
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We thought we would move to a state park a few miles away while we waited over the weekend for the Casita part in come in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to go without the Casita in case we didn’t want to stay there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once there we were glad we didn’t pull the Casita.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sites would have been impossible to back the Casita into -- there were too many trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The state park didn’t have any hookups and they charged $25.00 per night.<br /><br />We went back to Camping World and called the Saddleback Campground where we stayed two days ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The price for a site there was $15.00 with water and electricity (they are in Passport America).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also have amazingly fast wi-fi and hot showers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great place to stay if anyone is up in this area. We sat outside and played games at the picnic table and then went to look at antiques. Jim bought a beer tray for $10 which he thinks dates to before prohibition. Before we left the campground owner told us they were ordering pizza for everyone tonight and we only needed to make a donation. When we returned everyone ate pizza and sat outside around a fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we moved to the campsite next to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people were from Concord about 20 miles away and he had some hard cider for us to try.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was made from local apples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0