the travels

heading into the high desert of nevada

2011-11-05T22:26:00.000-06:00

down town virginia city, nevada

the mckay mansion

a pretty blue bird

a high view of virginia city

one of the mansions on millionaire row

some of the old trucks around town

one of the many head frames all over the area

lake tahoe

you know how i like water falls

heading into san francisco tomorrow

no real plans other that to visit rose marie's aunt

my doctor would be proud

2011-09-26T01:59:00.001-06:00

looking down into the canyon

from the south side

from the south side of the canyon

the view from the bottom of
uncle tom's trail of the
lower falls

some of the 385 stairs leading down

uncle tom's trail and yes
i walked all of them plus the trail
going down to the stairs

bambi along the road

some of the fall foliage coming back

where the fires were years ago

the tower falls from the bottom

seems as though the trail was closed

and what the hell, i thought the other

shoes would be dry by the time

we got back to the camp ground

a long trail that had been washed out

for some time, i wondered across the

river 4 times before i got past the bad

part of the trail.

some mountain sheep between tower falls

and mammoth hot springs

and by the way the snow posts in the park

leave dents in new trucks

just a day out wandering

2011-09-24T20:36:00.001-06:00

sunset at mammoth from last night

a willow swamp

enlarge this photo and see

if you see any future problem

i wondered around for about half an

hour trying to get the photos of the

beaver dam, trying not to get my feet

wet, them decided what the hell

my shoes will dry.

the water seems to be clean up here

these rocks are actually under

about 8 inches of water

i finally found the beaver dam

resourceful little guy

the pond behind the dam

our first day in yellowstone

2011-09-24T00:49:00.000-06:00

not as much wild life as we expected

but we hope you enjoy what we saw

the repair shop

2011-09-22T11:18:00.000-06:00

ok, we have finally made it to

west yellowstone.

i think that today if we make

it out of the camper it will

be a major accomplishment.

I did download some of the photos of the

repair shop that fixed everything for us

a 1934 lasale

an olds tornado with a dual rear axle

flatbed attached

just behind the drivers seat

anyone looking for a carburetor?

there is an entire truck full

the boys

sorry vicky, i know your dad will be envious

but doesn't this look familiar,

the color is wrong but it is an old

dump truck taking up the entire shop

the woes of the road

2011-09-21T08:23:00.000-06:00

sorry there have been no

photos the last couple of days

we have seen nothing but the

inside of tire shops

we left glacier in the middle

of a driving rain storm on the 19th as scheduled

(the smart ones got hooked up before the rain)

by the time we got hooked up

we were both soaked to the bone.

that was the first part of our adventure

we made it all of 31 miles to the lovely

town of browning, mt before one of the tires

fell off of the trailer, I didn't even notice

why would i, who needs all 4 tires

some kind tourist pulled up beside us and said gosh

you might need the tire that just went flying off

somewhere behind that building a few blocks back.

i walked back to survey the damage when another

nice tourist pulled up in her new suv with our

tire stashed nicely in her back seat.

of course there was no one willing to give us assistance

the people of browning didn't seem to be very tourist friendly.

we decided to drive to cut bank and see what we could

find there. we found a tire shop willing to jump

right in and help us out, after looking at the tire

studs he didn't feel comfortable with the length of the

old studs, it seemed we were not getting enough

bite with the lug nuts. he could have new studs in by morning.

off we go heading off on our travels once again

we arrived at the next town about 30 miles down the road

when i let rose marie out to get something at the

drug store when she noticed that the brakes were

smoking. we again started looking for some place

to have them looked at. finally found a car quest and

were followed in by a couple of local characters who asked

if we were aware that we had a bad wheel bearing

of course knowing little more that wheel bearings

had something to do with the wheels I assumed

that it was the one that had grease leaking out of it.

wrong again, he walked me around to the other

side of the trailer to show me that one of the other tires

was about to fall off. the two guys called a friend

who came down and had us follow him up to his shop

where a couple of more guys came out, looked and

promptly said gosh looks you got a problem.

when they started taking things apart, 2 of the wheels came off without

even the need for a lug wrench, the hubs just fell off.

so now the trailer is sitting out in front of their shop with all

4 tires off, 2 new hubs ordered 8 new bearings, all new seals

and 4 sets of new brakes, which we were the parts runners

85 miles each way. haven't been up there this morning but

I guess we will see whats happening soon.

old ranger station and actual photos of a bear

2011-09-18T22:13:00.000-06:00

the oldest ranger station in glacier

built in 1932. since it was old

i thought black and white was in order

we saw another grizzley and another mt. goat but the new lense for the

camera doesn't want to focus at 2000 plus yards for the

goat and I had already put it back when they pointed out the grizzley.

so we drove down the road and there was this black bear munching

on some berrys so we spent about half an hour watching him.

day 6 at glacier just some waterfalls and a few flowers

2011-09-17T21:55:00.000-06:00

the wild flowers are just getting going,

too bad, there was snow on the higher peaks.

day 5 in glaicer this time in canada

2011-09-16T20:55:00.000-06:00

look earl, some people actualy use

these for more than storage

a water fall i had to hike about a mile round trip

rose marie finially saw her first bear in the park

water fall in waterton canada

just some shots from around the area

bambi's dad just steps away from the front door of the

prince of wales hotel

day 4 in glacier

2011-09-15T22:51:00.000-06:00

today we went on one of the jammer tours, didn't see alot

more than we did before the the experience was nice

more wild life today, some actually with photos

big horn sheep on logan pass.

when we were waiting for the jammer tour i saw a

grizzly bear way up on the mountain side.

and when we were driving back to the campground

we were nearly run down by a heard of elk

and then there are the usual they seem to be well suited for rib-eyes and burgers

glacier national park, day 2 & 3

2011-09-14T23:24:00.000-06:00

day one we went on the going to the sun

road, took us a while due to construction delays

but was well worth the effort

some water falls and a little swiming hole

on the west side of the park

a cool looking tree

another cool tree

this one in the many glaciers area of the park

the many glaciers area of the park

the hotel was under re-construction, looked like shit

so i did not take any photos.

on another note, rose marie and i saw a bear that had

been hit in the road, it wasn't dead and there were people trying to help it.

I saw a bear in the camp ground yesterday (no camera) so it was thissssssss big

we saw a moose today, a very large elk and a mountain sheep.

the moose was moving so fast that i couldn't get a photo

the elk was so far ahead of us and it was dark

and the mountain sheep photos looked like crap so i won't show them to you.

a jail for cars, who would have guessed

2011-09-11T21:14:00.001-06:00

the two shots above are of the

old montana territorial prison in

historic deer lodge montana

an old chevy truck

nice chrome

and earl should know what this is

and who can tell us what this one is

and hows this for roughing it

yuck, not a pretty site

last day on the jersey shore

2011-06-30T09:54:00.000-06:00

old and decaying fort handcock, sandy hook, nj

sandy hook light house

first light house in the united states

sandy hook beach

a long way from the road to the water

75% old

85% men

95% naked

seems as though i wandered upon a nude beach on jersey shore

manhattan sky line from the jersey side

find the birdy

more of the jersey shore

2011-06-28T16:56:00.000-06:00

life guards in cape may

shark, shark, shark

not really they are dolphins

cape may light

sunrise on long beach island

one of jersey

the donalds taj mahal

atlantic city

a real disappointment

flowers on long beach island

the view from our room in long branch

we ended up on the jersey shore

2011-06-27T18:52:00.000-06:00

lewes light house, delaware

took the car on a little boat ride,

this was the boat in front of the ferry

the view off the deck of our room in cape may new jersey

june 24, 2011 the wedding

2011-06-26T07:15:00.001-06:00

the bride

the bride and her father

the bride and groom

notice the rain in the background

the bridal party

more of lancaster county

2011-06-22T15:14:00.000-06:00

the bridge out of columbia, pa

a little rider

corn, corn, and more corn

hanging out in lancaster county

2011-06-18T21:53:00.000-06:00

a nice yard near lancaster proper

an amash family

my first attempt at fireworks

the country side

date night, old school

sunset over lancaster county

a new baby

on the road again, this time in jersey

2011-06-16T15:17:00.000-06:00

the torch that was made when they were

using it as a light house?

the statue of liberty

a shot of the spiral stairs up through the middle of the statue

arm out the window looking out at the crown

arm hanging out the window shooting down towards the book

this is another shot with my arm hanging out the window

on the opposite side of the head

statue from upper most terrace

manhattan sky line

these are a couple of shots of the old train terminal, jersey city, nj

our trip home

2010-10-26T22:26:00.000-06:00

it all started with a fairly stiff breeze

from about the middle of iowa yesterday
afternoon we had sustained winds between
30 and 40 miles per hour with
gusts of 55+ miles per hour and then today
add a little snow to the mix and you get
driving in nebraska and wyoming

once the snow stopped we had some great clouds

and we came home to a new member of the family
they have been calling him stripey at his temporary
home in the liquor room at deer valley

but rose marie's mom thinks he looks more
like a ringo due to the rings he has on his tail
we think we'll go in that direction

last day in springfield

2010-10-24T20:43:00.001-06:00

moon rising on our last
night in illinois

today we went up to new salem a rebuilt town where lincoln
lived for several years during his early 20's

they are still showing some good colors in the central part of illinois

a visit to an aunt and a haunted hayride

2010-10-22T20:49:00.001-06:00

on thursday we went up to visit aunt marge

tonight we went into springfield to have another "horseshoe"
and go on a haunted hayride with jody and tom

a day in st. louis

2010-10-20T17:28:00.000-06:00

just a shadow of it's self

looking west at down town

looking straight down

a few shots of the arch from inside and out

voted best barbecue in st. louis three years running
and yes they deserve it the ribs were unreal

i found my kind of garage sale

a day in springfield

2010-10-19T15:42:00.001-06:00

the lincoln library and museum springfield
we didn't go into either, just the gift shop for the
clove and horehound candy

the clock tower on the old central ill train station

this was the antonicci - one of many viraties of the horseshoe sandwich
proscuitto, ham, and salami over garlic toast topped with french fries and alfredo sauce

this is the place where we had our first taste of the fabled
horseshoe sandwich made famous in springfield

heading west

2010-10-17T20:21:00.000-06:00

finally rose marie's idea of a
"yard sale" - post office "box"

the sun is going down, but why slow down
the blurry spots are the bugs on the windshield

and i forgot to tell you that we crossed the same
bridge 6 times with the trailer while
trying to get to the hardrock last night,
there was a concert setting up with 10 tour buses
all parked in the middle of the road

we fit right in.lol

PA still had some colors to offer

2010-10-16T20:41:00.003-06:00

don't adjust your eyes the shots are a little
blurry around the sides due to the fact
that they were taken at highway speed, and you all
know what my highway speed is

today was a learning experience, we had a gentleman
pull up beside us and tell us that the trailer was
smoking really bad, some truckers noticed it and
he decided to chase us down which i am glad he did
evidently the brakes on the trailer were on and causing
them to over heat and smoke

having no idea what had happened i called an
rv service company which gave me a few ideas.

seems that if you let the spare tire to the trailer that you were
too lazy to put back under the trailer bounce around in the
back, it will bounce over the emergency release
for the brakes and pull the pin causing them to engage
you lean something new each day

and no i didn't put the tire under the trailer i just moved it
to in front of the hitch.

going to the hard rock cafe in pittsburgh was an adventure all
in itself, how many of you know that a trailer that is over
10 feet tall won't fit through an underpass that is only 8 feet 2 inches
with no other way out i was forced to be assisted
by a couple of the valet guys from the hotels to block
traffic and allow me to drive up a one way street the wrong way
and then back up into the valet area and turn around.
as i said you learn something new every day
2 in one day is more that i can handle.

heading out of maine

2010-10-15T18:55:00.000-06:00

bucksport church from the top of the
observation deck of the bridge
taken by beth on her field trip with
the third graders she teaches

after leaving bar harbor we decided to take
a side trip to the portland headlight due to the
northeaster that was moving up the coast
the waves were big and beautiful

however the waves didn't come without a price
those damn granite curbs took one of the tires
on the camper to the tire grave yard
so far that is one this year

last night in maine

2010-10-14T18:15:00.000-06:00

today is our last day in bar harbor, we had dinner
with dad and beth and said our good-byes and then headed back to camp

during the day we were going to visit a restaurant
that we had been to just a few days ago
and low and behold columbus day has come and gone as
has the season in bar harbor, the damn place was
closed for the season.

so we ate at a picnic table in the campground
watching the seagulls fight each other for some morsel
we might through their way, which we didn't
so it was all a waste of their time.

an airplane ride

2010-10-13T20:35:00.000-06:00

our plane

our pilot eric

taking off

our campground, you can't see our trailer
but we are just under the trees before you see the first campers

a light house off the coast of mt. desert island and acadia national park

about to land

closer to landing

a rare site, rose maire and i in a photo together

as you have seen through out the photos today
rose marie and i went on a aireal fall folage tour of
mt. desert island and acadia park, there was a lot of
glare in through the windows so i hope you enjoy the photos
we had a great time.

another great day of adventure

2010-10-09T15:34:00.000-06:00

a spider by our camper i took
this shot last night while
we were roasting
marshmallows

on the way to roque state park

lunch time, crab meat and pepperoni and cheese on baguettes

today dad and beth came up and we went
wandering up the coast of maine
to roque bluff state park where we
found nothing but a beautiful sandy beach
it was a beautiful area and the
drive up was great just not what
we expected when we got there

a very nice day

2010-10-08T16:07:00.001-06:00

our camp site in
bar harbor

another mushroom

from cadillac mountain

bar harbor

I think it's over there

from sandy beach at beach level

dad looking good
he just climbed a fairly long
flight of stairs

a whole patch of shrooms

today dad and beth came up for a little trip
through acadia park, we went up to the
top of cadillac mountain and then around the
loop road. beth and i decided that we were
going to go on a little hike and ended up
quite aways from where we left dad and rose marie
no cell service and a one way road.

beth and i had a somewhat longer hike
than anticipated and even rose marie had to
do some walking to get cell service.

every thing worked out and we had some
crackers and cheese for lunch

now we are back at the camper having dinner with them
there are about 300 photos from today sorry i could
only post a few

ok i missed a couple of days

2010-10-07T22:05:00.001-06:00

please forward all correspondence to our new address

portland from the water front

the marina in portland

doors on one of the many - many old churches in portland

and a beautiful sunset to end the day

so yesterday we did laundry and then came
back to the camper where i promptly fell asleep
until rose marie woke me up to take my pills
so that i could go to bed at around 7

and today we went down to portland with dad
and beth so that dad could have a little
electro shock treatment.

it went well and his ticker is not shivering any more
he goes back to the doctor on the 24th to see if
everything is still going alright.

i told him that it would be much cheaper if
he would just let us hook him up to the
battery jumper cables.

we have made it to maine

2010-10-05T07:43:00.001-06:00

just sitting here looking
out the window in the dining room
at high tide

breakfast at polly's

2010-10-03T19:26:00.001-06:00

i wonder what chli pizza fudge soup
tastes like

polly's a great place for breakfast
out in the middle of know where

silver cascade

part of the north conway railroad, look close

someone is working much harder than i am

a couple of shots along hwy 153 and a little off of hwy 153

lower falls on kancamagus road

floating pumpkins

2010-10-02T16:48:00.001-06:00

you need to enlarge this one

the get the full effect, i'll bet that the farmer

isn't happy about this.

and if you look back a

couple of posts you will

see this tree floating

down the river

today we went down to dartmouth college

today, must have been alumni week

or the new kids coming to

tour the school, who knows, but

it was sure a busy place.

just a little more flooding

2010-10-01T17:35:00.000-06:00

this bridge was hit by a large tree and
may have been knocked off
of it's foundation

this sign says it all

some more shots from around the area

2010-10-01T12:58:00.000-06:00

same tree going under bridge
several miles down stream

some high water

waterfall just down from the road flooding

have tree will travel

a little fungi growing on a post

around bethlehem

a river runs through it and around it

2010-10-01T08:46:00.000-06:00

how about some tent camping

the river hasn't risen much since last night
but we still have rain forecast for all day

anyone for volleyball

lake front kamping kabins

shaker village

2010-09-30T20:01:00.001-06:00

all photos from the shaker village
near canterbury, nh

happy birthday

2010-09-30T07:50:00.000-06:00

just sending out a birthday shout
to rose maire's mom juanita
she turned 88 today

happy birthday juanita

above the clouds

2010-09-29T21:05:00.000-06:00

a church near our campground

a fat man at the top of a mountain

all of the above were from the mt washington
auto road a great day on the top
the temperature was 42 and the wind was blowing at
around 50 sustained and gusts of 75
the clouds disappeared as quickly as
they appeared, it was absolutely beautiful

more waterfalls as we drove south from
mt washington

more waterfalls in franconia notch state park and lost river gorge

2010-09-28T16:19:00.000-06:00

waterfall in the flume franconia state park

covered bridge at franconia notch

covered bridge in lost river gorge

just some folage

2010-09-26T17:48:00.000-06:00

just some foliage from around the
northern part of vermont

we visited the cabot cheese factory
and sugar maple farm

in a quarry

2010-09-25T18:27:00.000-06:00

the colors are coming on strong

check out the ladders, some are missing

rock of ages granite quarry
600 feet deep, still a working quarry

hope cemetery
only headstones from the rock of ages
quarry are allowed in, so
all of the headstones are the same color

justin morgan had a horse

2010-09-24T20:28:00.001-06:00

morgan horse farm

sign below explains it

you may need to click on the

photo to make it large enough

to read

this is the little guy they are raffling off

we also visited an old castle, it was
occupied by the family until 2005
it has over 85 stained glass windows
but the place is falling apart.

ok so i like water falls

more back roads

2010-09-23T08:09:00.002-06:00

cruising the back roads

2010-09-22T20:25:00.001-06:00

for all the mormons this is where
joseph smith was born sharon vermont

cruising the back roads of

vermont near the town of woodstock

sold out to the man

2010-09-21T18:25:00.000-06:00

the trees are starting to come along

Smugglers notch just above stowe

more of smugglers notch

today we also went to ben and jerry's

the flavor graveyard

a copy of the van they used to cross the
country, the sad part is that with
all of their save the planet and help
everyone, they sold out to the man,
he also owns slim-fast

so they get you coming and going

lake champlain

2010-09-20T16:27:00.000-06:00

decided to give the truck and trailer a break
took them on a boat ride across
lake Champlain

the leaves are starting to turn but should not peak
until the last week in september - first of october

the ferry from a distance

close to home

2010-09-18T13:56:00.000-06:00

a few shots from the campground
less than a 5 minute walk

a long day all around the adirondacks

2010-09-17T22:00:00.000-06:00

a nice reflection

small fixer upper

nice and calm

the perfect end to a perfect day

we went from lake placid
down to middleville where
they find the herkimer
diamonds, and back again
in about 12 hours

more waterfalls a cool tree and a mushroom

2010-09-16T16:09:00.000-06:00

some more of lake placid

2010-09-14T17:20:00.003-06:00

from the veterans memorial highway
just a little north of lake placid

I hope you enjoy this waterfall shot it was
a challange to get there

things are starting to change

just up streem from the waterfall

another shot from the memorial highway

more waterfalls

2010-09-13T16:30:00.000-06:00

just some more waterfalls in the adirondacks

no colors so just waterfalls and lakes

2010-09-12T17:24:00.000-06:00

wilmington flume, and lake champlain
near lake placid

fall is starting to arrive

2010-09-10T20:11:00.000-06:00

it seems to be getting that time of the year

although babmi seems to still have his spots

watkins glen state park

2010-09-07T16:25:00.000-06:00

a state park in new york state right in the
middle of watkins glen.
a mile and a half trail with over 800 stairs,
19 water falls and several bridges

my glass pieces

2010-09-06T18:00:00.002-06:00

these are the three pieces
i made at the corning glass musem

corning glass

2010-09-05T19:10:00.002-06:00

a sunset shot in watkins glenn

we spent the day at

the corning museum
of glass this was a

great place.

i made 3 pieces which we

will pickup tomorrow

and i will take photos

and post them

we also took a little trip

up to watkins glen

who would have thought

that they would

have put a nascar track

in the middle of no-where

2010-09-04T17:50:00.000-06:00

just a few more shots of
lake erie

an angry lake erie

2010-09-04T09:17:00.000-06:00

seagull trying to maintain

today we stoped in a little town on lake erie

the waves were coming over the break

water in the harbor.

did anyone remember that it is labor day weekend

2010-09-02T19:56:00.000-06:00

no photos today, made a run for new york, didn't make it, campground all booked up for tonight and tomorrow, have reservations for saturday.

do any of you know how difficult it is to find a campground for thursday and friday nights of labor day weekend. we are staying in streetsbouro, oh. find that one on the map, we did but finding it in person was somewhat more difficult especially with a large nail in one of the campers tires and having to stop every 15 minutes to put air in.. some may ask why he didn't just change the tire and you know what? he is asking the same question.

across the muddy mississippi

2010-09-01T23:23:00.000-06:00

a new stained glass i created

today we crossed the mississippi river into illinois

Dad has been released from the hospital

and not a day too soon. i think that if he had

to stay a day longer he may have done who

knows what. he had to have a little tweeking

done on his pace maker so his stomach didn't

contract every time his heart beat.

god nebraska is long

2010-08-31T19:28:00.004-06:00

today we made it across nebraska

that fricken state is 487 miles across

looks like these girls are heading
for wal-mart after not finding
anything to their liking at cabbellas
in sidney, nebraska

the windmill is in elk horn, iowa. a small

danish community in the middle of no where

dad's surgery went well and he hopes to go

home tomorrow if all checks out

day one

2010-08-30T19:29:00.000-06:00

not much going on today, we made it to sidney, nebraska and are spending the night here before moving along. i would have posted some photos but the camera was wedged behind the seat and i couldn't get it out.

got some news about dad, he will be having his pace maker installed tuesday at around 1:30 pm eastern time.

a new year a new look

2010-07-27T22:29:00.000-06:00

a few shots from one of our trips to southern utah this spring

we are heading out on our next adventure around the first
of september, fall foliage in new england

butterfly conservatory

2009-08-28T18:26:00.002-06:00

today we had the opportunity to visit the

niagara butterfly conservatory on the

canadian side of the river.

what an experience, they also had posionious frogs

inclosed in their own space of course, they should have had

them out where the kids could touch them

we also went on the areo car the thing has been in operation since

august of 1918 they claim that there have

never had any operational problems

just video today

2009-08-27T16:50:00.007-06:00

these are a few of the videos i took using a camera

inside of a baggie. they in no was show what a great time

we had, they took us through the rapids at least

5 times and then a trip up to the whirlpool area of the

lower niagara river.

today we also went on the maid of the mist and the

cave of the winds.

look who i found

2009-08-26T21:28:00.005-06:00

look who i found (inside joke)

the american falls at night

(as if you couldn't tell it was dark)

the horseshoe falls with colors

today we took a drive up to toronto to get

some hard rock tees for rose marie's collection.

was a neat town to get stuck in traffic in, although

it may have been our fault for being there at 5pm with a

blue jay's game taking place at the same place that one

of the hard rock restaurants were

first views of niagra falls

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the famed niagra river whirlpool

the areo-car that runs across the whirlpool the maid of the mist taken from the walking bridge across to canada the us falls from the canadian side we have booked a ride on the whirlpool jet boat for thursday we plan on going on the maid of the mist, cave of the winds and behind the falls

a mormon kind of day

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the smith family (parents of joseph) log home with 8 children

the smith family (parents of joseph) frame home

the sacred grove at the smith farm in palmyra, ny from the top of hill cumorah

the moroni monument at the top of hill cumorah

some canadian wild life

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today we went over to canada and down to kingston

to a home where the first prim mininister lived.

they had a beautiful flower garden as well

as black squirrels and spiders

tomorrow is moving day, down to niagra falls.

antique boat day

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the lighthouse in cape vincent

the spider in the lighthouse, keeping the bugs down from the toy section of the clayton antique boat museum http://www.abm.org if anyone is looking for a birthday present for me these are miniature electric outboard boat motors

or if you have a whole lot of cash to waste these are beautiful full size versions of restored antiques

the photos below are from the bolt houseboat

yes this is the same bolt that built the castle and then abandoned it when his wife passed away

a piece of stained glass on the houseboat

notice the initial b inside the heart with

the stagg standing on top

a piece of the dinner ware from bolt's houseboat,

d o

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today we went on a boat tour of the 1000 island area around

the alexandria bay area of the st. lawerance river

the window above is the stained glass sky light in the bolt castle

it is located on the 4th floor celing and can be seen from

the entrance hall if you look up, this one was taken

from the 3rd floor

this is a shot of the outside of the bolt castle

you can see the pile of granite in the foreground

is left from when mr bolt telegrahamed and had

the work haulted after the death of his wife.

he never allowed any person to including his children

to step foot on the island again

the home with it's 128 rooms sat abandoned and for 70 some years

until the bridge athority acquired it in the 70's and

started to restore the property.

this is a shot of the interior of the home,

the upper floors still look alot like this, seventy some years

of vandals and weather make a mess.

a shot from one of the 4th floor terraces, looking

towards the roof of the home

this is one of the 1800 plus islands with homes on them

to qualify as an island the peice of ground must remain above

the water 365 days of the year and have at least 1 tree and some other

kind of form of plant life.

a long day on the road

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yesterday was a long haul, we didn't get an early start

and then we had to stop and check out maple grove farms

for those of you who are fans of maple you will reconise the lable

this is the front of the main building in st. johnsbury vermont

a little unassuming for the largest producer of maple syrup

and maple candy in the country

needs no explaination

or this one either and these are the folks that make it we are in clayton, ny now and are planning a trip to a couple of historic homes in the area and taking a boat tour around the 1000 islands area of the st. lawerance river (you have to take a boat to both of the houses)

2009-08-19T01:47:00.000-06:00

well after a great stay in maine we are on the road again

as you can see, week seems to still be enjoying the trip,

or she is at least tolorating it

part of a hydro-electric plant in new hampshire and a parting shot of maine. we made it to st. johnsbury vermont yesterday and are camped on the banks of moose creek. the heat was intense yesterday, in the mid 90's so i thought i would go soak my feet in the creek but it was like luke-warm bath water so that didn't last long, as you can see from the post time it is a little early for me, week needed to go out and she has become fairly vocal about what she wants, (i guess you can tell who wears the pants in this family)

just wandering

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more maine mushrooms, these from dad and beth's yard blueberry fields in stockton springs

camden harbor from behind a bush

swans island, maine

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a mushroom along the trail

blueberry plant

lobster warf

sunset

swans island is off the coast of acadia national park

beth's brother has a "camp" on the island and we

went out for an overnighter.

we bough lobsters right off the boat for dinner a starfish i found on sand beach on the island a shot of bass harbor where we cought the ferry

just hanging around

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rose marie, dad and beth hanging out at the lookout in stockton springs

the sunset from the lookout

the new window for dad's house, just finished it up today

beth's flower garden, the photo doesn't do it justice

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just a few shots

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the bridge going from prospect, me to bucksport, me

a sunset from dad and beth's house in prospect light house in york, me

we are hanging out in bucksport for a couple of weeks

visiting dad and beth and doing some day trips to

who knows where, we will decide when we get there.

pam, jonathan and one of their friends will be up around the

13th for a week long visit so we will get to catch up

with them again this trip.

guess what we did today

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now this is a houseboat

they say that we saw at least 15 different hump back whales

and several other breeds.

if you ever get a chance this is well worth doing

ok, this video is alot better than the polo match

we have video now

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blow these two up, it's not an optical illusion, the road on this

side of the yellow line is actually only 3 feet wide.

this is the ispwich river, notice the nice golden color

they claim that if you go down and fill a glass the water

would be as clear as tap water.

went to our frist polo match, stayed for a few chucker

and decided that it was alot like watching grass grow

cape ann

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right outside the entrance to the campground we are staying

in on cape ann, just outside gloucester, ma. the campground is

called cape ann camp site. it is an interesting campground,

all of the sites are cool, but very rustic. the 30 amp breaker

won't run all of the gagets (refrigerator, water heater) we have

so we had to switch them to propaine, and when we tried to light

the water heater we had flames spewing out the side and up

into the wireing, evidently a spider had made a home

in the gas line. all better now

just up the road in rockport anyone feeling dingy (haha) the fishing shack, they claim that it is one of the most photographed buildings in the world, i can't recall ever seeing it before

this was an old granite quarry.

last day on cape cod

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anyone for a beach toy

someone did it again and let all the water out

sunset from race point on cape cod, we were actually

due to leave today but seemed to have spaced it off

and when we returned there were several notes taped to

our door demanding that we get to the office asap and pay

for an additional day.

we are going to another cape tomorrow, cape may just north of boston

from the reviews you either love or hate the place, we will see.

beach sunset

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a peaceful day

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today we drove into provincetown for a look around

and found this garden in front a quaint b & b it had lots of lilly's

it also had a great looking snail

i scaled the pilgrim tower

and then took a labored stroll on the beach

(sand is hard to walk in)

plymouth, ma

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yesterday we went on a little wander down to hyannis port

to see where the kennedys play, and low and behold

we actually saw one of them. (no photos, that would be tacky)

but there facial features leave little doubt who they are.

so while we were that far down on the cape we decided to take a

side trip to plymouth, the house above, although probably not pink

at the time was built in 1640, the mini-van was probably there though.

the grist mill is among the oldest in the united states and

now serves as an ice cream parlor, restraunt and bar as well as

musem and gift shop

and here is the actual rock, they have it corraled so it won't

run away. it has been moved and thus broken into several

peices, i have no idea how old the mortar holding it into one peice is.

a half size replica of the mayflower, guess it was built for

small pilgrams, and did you know that they wern't called

pilgrams until sometime in the 1800's.

plymouth harbor

another rainy day in paridise

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i think someone pulled the plug

and let the water out. one of the many lights on cape cod. saw this sign, took a shot of it for vicky

a couple of beach shots, just down the road from

the campground. not doing much today but relaxing.

it has been raining alot, but yesterday the tempature nearly made it to 65

week went for her first walk on the beach, bitched

the whole time that her feet were getting wet, and really

had a fit when i put her down in a puddle to wash off her paws.

island hopping today

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today we did a little island hopping, we caught a ferry

out of hyannas port and went over to nantucket from around 11:30

until around 4:00 we took an island tour, not a very big island

but there was a lot to see. the photo below is the harbor as we were

pulling up to dock.

we then caught a high speed ferry over to marthas vinyard, that took about an hour

we decided to rent a jeep and tour the island ourselves.

we took the insurance on the jeep, the way our luck has been going...

the three photos above are of one of the light houses and just a couple of

other shots of the sun, water and boats.

tomorrow and over the weekend we are not planning much

due to all of the weekend traffic, not as bad as some

but we have the beach within bike riding distance, yeah right, rose marie

hasn't ridden hers at all and i just use mine to take the

trash to the dumpster, hahaha, a wise investment they were.

just wandering around

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honkers hanging in hyannis

sunset from cape cod, not a great one, we were a little late

week needed a little snack, she enjoyed it even more when i broke the

shell she didn't get it all but enough that she quit begging and went to sleep

moveing along

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a water fall in connecticut, around east haddam this is the samual clements house in hartford.

we made it back to orange county chopper before we left

new york state, they have some great looking bikes

some of which i have actually seen them make on their show.

we arrived on cape cod yesterday afternoon. someone should tell us

that only stupid tourists travel on saturday, but we made it.

i haven't been down to the ocean yet but i will get there

today

some more of new york

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cony island

peter and stephine

mauntak point, long island

wrong day, edited the last post

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ok the last post was on today altough is says the 10th

finially a hot spot

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ok the last few days we have had a hell of a time getting things

to upload from where we are camped, so i am wrighting this

from under the l train outside of yankee stadium. we have visited woodstock as well as bethal woods where the

woodstock music festisval was actually held, getting there was a chore

in 2009, have no idea how they all got there in 69.

for those of you looking for the next vehicle carnage, here it is.

driving down the road in albany and some lady expected me to

move, boy was she mistaken.

they were having a cat thing in catskill, they had different cats painted all over town and they even had some painted statues ha haand a lovely shot of the hudson river and hudson river valley. we came down to "the city" today and were able to manage the traffic although we haven't left yet and will have to make another trip in to head out to long island.

new york today

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time square

from atop the empire state building

where did we go?

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well we made it to new york, and our first stop was food

and then this place.