tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47135221547445508152024-03-14T03:29:03.056-05:00M and M R adVenturesFollow Marty and Mary Konopacki as they travel the North American Continent in search of new adventures and new friends and reconnect with old friends. m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-80044595312650153152018-12-05T22:09:00.000-06:002018-12-05T22:09:47.810-06:00Post #105 - November, 2018 - Arizona Here We Come (again)!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In November we traveled from Elgin, Illinois to Mesa, Arizona. We drove through seven states and visited three Presidential Museums and Libraries. We kept our campground fees down to $550.00 (for the whole month) but paid a little over $800.0 in fuel and drove 3217 miles. We stayed north of I-40 too long and had our pipes freeze twice (in Missouri). And we FINALLY visited the state of Kansas. <br />
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Our rig needed a few items fixed before we headed west so when our campground closed for the season on Wednesday, 10/31 we drove over to General RV in Huntley, IL to have everything taken care of. The bar under our grey tank needed to be bolted on and our grey tank handle needed fixing. We were there when the service department opened at 9:00 and we were on the road by noon,<br />
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Our first stop was at the Amana Colonies RV Park in Amana, Iowa. This park was laid out like a fairground and since it was the end of their season we pretty much had our pick of sites. We settled in and I walked over to the nearby laundry and got three loads done. Usually I would have done all our laundry before we hit the road but our local laundry had a problem with their dryer. Happy to hear that a new dryer has been installed - thanks Judy and Don!<br />
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The Amana Colonies are seven villages in east-central Iowa (near I-80). They were built and settled by German "Pietists". They left Germany due to religious persecution by the state government and Lutheran Church and headed to the land of religious freedom. From the time they settled in Iowa in the mid 1850's until about 1932 they lived communally. They were almost completely self-sufficient using their crafting and farming skills learned in Europe. Here's a link to a Wikipedia article about them: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amana_Colonies">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amana_Colonies</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">31st President - Herbert Hoover</td></tr>
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On Thursday morning we drove over to Cedar Rapids for an oil change on the truck. While doing that the mechanic discovered a problem with our differential (I think that's what they said)? They could fix it but it was going to take a couple of hours. They were kind enough to lend us a car and we headed over to the Herbert Hoover Museum and Birthplace in West Branch, Iowa. I knew very little about President Hoover and came away with a great appreciation of his life and presidency. He was orphaned at the age of nine and was sent west to Oregon to live with an aunt and uncle. He graduated from Stanford College with a degree in Engineering and traveled the world plying his trade. He made his fortune and then spent the rest of his life in public service. He was a very interesting man with a very interesting life. <br />
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After leaving the museum we picked up the truck and headed back to Amana. We were too late to see the Amana Museum but the General Store/Christmas Store was still open and we picked up a few goodies.<br />
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The Amana campground closed on Friday, 11/2 for the season so we headed southwest to the tiny town of Osceola, IA where we found a Casino/RV Park with full hook-ups and CABLE! We stayed three nights and left with a little more cash than we started out with. Cha-Ching! It rained all weekend but there wasn't much to do in that area anyway. Having cable was a nice perk.<br />
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From Osceola, IA we continued our drive southwest and spent 8 nights in Crow's Creek campground in Smithville, Missouri near Kansas City. We hadn't really planned on 8 nights there but the weather wasn't very good and it was better to stay put rather than drive in freezing rain or snow.<br />
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The campground was almost completely empty. During our time there I think the most campers we saw were about 10. The view out our back window was of Lake Smithville and there was a 7-mile walking path right behind us. It would be a nice place to visit earlier in the fall, the colors must be spectacular.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crow's Creek Campground on Smithville Lake in Missouri</td></tr>
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We visited four museums while we were in this area. On Tuesday, 11/6, we drove to Independence, MO and toured the Truman Home and Museum. According to the National Park Docent, the house was painted white because it was the summer white house. Bess Truman grew up in this house and Harry moved in once they were married. His mother-in-law lived with them until here death (even went with them to the White House - lucky Harry). They've kept the house exactly as it was when the Truman's lived here. Bess died in 1982 so some of the house had more "modern" touches (including wall paper in the kitchen that went up the walls and covered the ceiling - tres chic). We were only allowed to tour the first floor (keeping to the carpeted path). There were 6 bedrooms - 5 upstairs and 1 downstairs off the parlor. They had a large screened-in porch and spent many of their summer evenings outside (pre and post presidency).<br />
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The weather got really cold (it snowed!) so on Thursday, 11/8, so we drove into Kansas City and visited the Negro Baseball Museum and the Jazz Museum. They are in the same building which is very convenient. These were two very well done museums (I liked the baseball one better, go figure). <br />
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Friday, 11/9, was another cold, blustery day so we were off to visit another museum. It was the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day (Veteran's Day) so we visited the amazing World War I museum in Kansas City. Because it was the 100th anniversary the museum was 1/2 price. It was so well done that I wouldn't have minded paying full price. You could easily spend a whole day there, so much information and lots of interactive exhibits to entertain/inform you. They even had a research area with computers available to look up veterans from any era. I looked up my grandfather and confirmed that he was a cook during WWI and learned that he sailed from New Jersey to France in 1917 and came back thru Brest, France in April of 1919. I Love History!<br />
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It was a very cold weekend and on Saturday, 11/10, we woke up to frozen water pipes. They "un-froze" around 1:00, this is ridiculous. On Monday, 11/12, we got 1 - 2" of snow so we did something we haven't done in a long time - we went to the movies. We saw Bohemian Rhapsody and loved it! Once is usually enough for me but I'd definitely see this one again. The only problem with the movie is that I can't get the song out of head - Scaramooch, Scaramooch can you do the fandango, thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening..........<br />
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On Tuesday, 11/13, our pipes froze again (overnight temp was 16). We really needed to get out of misery (oops, I mean Missouri) so we packed up the rig and headed west to Abilene, KS. We were there at 12:45 PM which may be the earliest we've ever checked in. This was our first time in Kansas - we've now stayed in every state WEST of the Mississippi River - YAY!<br />
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Abilene turned out to be a pretty nice place to spend a few days. We drove downtown and ate at "Tossed and Sauced Pizza" a hole-in-the-wall pizza place with surprisingly good pizza. After dinner we always need a little something sweet and discovered that Abilene, Kansas is home to one of the Russell Stover Candy Factories and they have an outlet store! Wow, did we have fun picking out candy - we thought we bought a lot but it only cost 10.63 so obviously we didn't buy enough. Sadly, it was all gone within a week.<br />
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Due to the renovations and so many items not being on display our tickets are good for all of 2019 so now we have three good reasons to come back to Abilene, Kansas - Pizza, Chocolate and DDE.<br />
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We left Abilene, KS on Thursday, 11/15 and continued our drive south down I-35. We spent one night in Guthrie, Oklahoma and by Friday afternoon we were in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Why - Thackerville? Because they have the largest casino in the United States and we wanted to check it out. Their RV park was very nice with full hook-ups. They have a shuttle bus to take you to the casino but it was a short walk (2 blocks maybe?) so we walked and then we walked some more inside. This place was huge! We didn't do very well on any of the machines until it was time to leave, that's when Marty found the lobster machine and we (he) broke even for the night. We went back on Saturday to try our luck again on the lobster machine but after walking back and forth for about an hour we couldn't find it. We did find the DQ inside the casino and after a blizzard break we headed back to the rig and wouldn't you know it, right outside the DQ was the lucky lobster machine. Unfortunately it was out of order so we'll never know how lucky it truly was.<br />
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We left Oklahome and planned to drive west to Childress, Texas. Unfortunately while we were driving Marty noticed that the rig was leaning. Oh, no - our leaf spring broke! The same leaf spring that was replaced in Alabama back in April. We ended up spending the night in a truck stop parking lot in Wichita Falls, Texas and taking it to "Big Tex Trailer" early Monday morning. They replaced it and we were on the road by early afternoon.<br />
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We were only about 100 miles from Childress, Texas and we pulled in to their city campground by 3:00. For $15.00 a night it was a pretty nice place. I wanted to stay in Childress because I have good memories of going on a road trip there back in 2008 with my parents and Sue to visit mom's brother, Uncle Frank and his wife, Aunt Jody. It is a tiny town with not much in it but we did drive by where they lived and had a blizzard at the local DQ.<br />
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I also met the Chief of Police of Childress and had a very nice conversation with him about baseball. He's a huge fan and he and his wife like to visit baseball stadiums so I gave him my email and told him to let me know when he comes to Chicago. <br />
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We left Childress (and Texas) and headed west on I-40 to Tucumcari, New Mexico. Our campground (Blaze-In-Saddle RV Park) was right on Route 66. It was a tiny campground in the desert in the middle of nowhere but the price was right so we stayed here two nights. There was a museum in Tucumcari, it was a large building with lots of stuff but not much information to go with that stuff. The outside exhibits were better, they had a caboose which you were able to walk thru - that was pretty cool (so cool that I forgot to take any pictures - sorry).<br />
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By the way, the weather has been pretty nice since we left Kansas. Mostly sunny days with temperatures in the 50's and 60's. The nights get down in to the 20's. I just thought you might like to know that.<br />
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On Thursday, (11/22 - Happy Thanksgiving) we continued our drive on I-40 and ended up at the Elks Lodge in Albuquerque, NM. We got there in time to get set up and watch the 2nd half of the Bears game - Go Bears!<br />
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We drove up to Los Alamos on Friday to visit the Bradbury Science Museum. The museum explained the history of the lab, and how the nuclear bombs were developed. The history part was interesting but the technical stuff was over my head (Marty liked it all).<br />
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Here's some information from the internet about the lab:<br />
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<i>The Laboratory was established in 1943 as site Y of the Manhattan
Project for a single purpose: to design and build an atomic bomb.</i><br />
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</i><i>It took just 27 months. On July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic
bomb was detonated 200 miles south of Los Alamos at Trinity Site on the
Alamogordo Bombing Range. Under the project leadership of General Leslie
R. Groves and staff direction of J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientists at
the Laboratory had successfully weaponized the atom.</i><br />
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</i><i>Hitler was defeated in Europe, but the Japanese Empire continued to
wage an aggressive Pacific war. So President Harry S. Truman chose to
employ atomic bombs in an effort to end WWII. Little Boy, a uranium
gun-type weapon, was used against Hiroshima; Fat Man, an implosion
plutonium bomb, was dropped on Nagasaki. On August 14, armistice was
declared; on September 2, the war officially ended.</i><br />
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Since we were already in the area we decided to continue our drive and visit Bandolier National Monument to see the cliff dwelling and do a little hiking.<br />
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We left Albuquerque on Saturday, 11/24 and headed south (YAY!) on I-25 to Deming, New Mexico. We've driven through Deming before but had never stayed. It's a small town but there seemed to be plenty of things to do. We checked out reviews on Trip Advisor for a restaurant and the best one seemed to be Irma's Mexican Restaurant. Unfortunately when we got there around 4:30 it was already full with locals (I guess the reviews were right). There were two other restaurants on the same block so we decided to try "Si, Senor". It was good but I bet Irma's was better. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg073Wx80S4Qxo4khTM34zFFGeajrD86rl7ScVFXtRky_QKj63B9O4YWhIf5vVtilQaZp3_N92Le3SsnmMtlLRqBynzdGOkSQtk52tSwl_lUgNsAFhKtK4AGisWtHK6sohSHmlEMt88yGg/s1600/IMG_6915.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg073Wx80S4Qxo4khTM34zFFGeajrD86rl7ScVFXtRky_QKj63B9O4YWhIf5vVtilQaZp3_N92Le3SsnmMtlLRqBynzdGOkSQtk52tSwl_lUgNsAFhKtK4AGisWtHK6sohSHmlEMt88yGg/s320/IMG_6915.JPG" width="320" /></a>Everyone we talked to in Deming told us we needed to check out the local museum; Deming Luna Mimbres Museum. According to their website they were open on Sunday from 1:30 to 4:00 but that is no longer true as we discovered that they are now closed on Sundays. We went back on Monday and are so glad we did, this may be the best small town museum we've seen in our travels. It is housed in an old armory building so they have lots of room for their displays. And boy do they have displays! The first room we went into was the Doll/Toy Room and there were cases and cases to look at. Everything was labeled and it was all very well organized. Every room was like that, I love museums that explain what you're seeing. I had major museum envy and can't wait to get back to Forks, WA to work in our favorite museum.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One whole room of dolls (yes, it's a little freaky)</td></tr>
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Deming, NM is only about 320 miles from our winter destination in Mesa, Arizona. Our reservations in Mesa start on Saturday, 12/1 so we left Deming and spent a few days in Benson, AZ which is about 30-40 miles east of Tucson. We stayed at an Escapee Park and it was very nice. Our site was huge and the weather has been pretty perfect - sunny and low 70's (sorry Midwest friends/family).<br />
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We took a drive on Wednesday (11/29) to Coronado National Forest and up into the mountains. It was pretty neat to start out in the desert and take the winding road up to an elevation of about 8500' to the pine trees.<br />
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That's it folks! We arrived in Mesa, Arizona at the Good Life RV Resort on Saturday, 12/1 and will spend the next few months here. November was a very busy travel month and it will be nice to be back at our "winter" home for a few months. <br />
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m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-14806714331670106072018-10-30T15:43:00.002-05:002018-10-30T15:46:03.938-05:00Post 102 - Part A: Back in the Midwest, 9/3 thru 10/31 We've been very busy since Labor Day. We spent about 7 weeks in the Midwest and 10 days on a bike/barge trip in Europe. We also had some interesting issues with our rig. And, sadly, we had to put Maddie down - she was 16 years old and had a good life. She really seemed to enjoy our travels.<br />
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I'm doing three posts, one for the Midwest, one regarding the rig and one for our bike trip. This is the Midwest Portion<br />
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<u><b>Traveling back to Chicago (with a slight detour)</b></u></div>
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After spending Labor Day weekend at Lithia Springs Campground on Lake Shelbyville we drove about 2 1/2 hours west to St. Louis (Dr. Edmund Babler State Park) to visit my niece Katie and her family. We had so much fun with them! Emily is 3 1/2 and Ethan is 1 1/2 and they are super sweet kids with lots of energy. On Wednesday (9/5) we met up with Katie at the community center for Ethan's first mom/tot's music playgroup; that was fun to watch.<br />
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On Saturday (9/8) Katie was working so we volunteered to take the
kids to the "Magic House"which is an awesome children's museum in St.
Louis. Unfortunately it was a rainy Saturday and everyone else in St. Louis had the
same idea so the place was packed! We lasted about two hours (maybe)
and then dropped them off with their daddy and we spent the rest of the
day relaxing (recuperating) in the rig.<br />
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We drove by the Arch on Friday (9/7) and realized that the best place to take a picture would be from the Illinois side. We walked around the outside of the Arch with plans to come back for the inside later.<br />
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From the Arch we drove to the International Photography Museum. They had a baseball stadium exhibit and the museum is free on the first Friday of the month - that was a win for both of us!<br />
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Monday, we drove across the river into Illinois to East St. Louis and discovered a park with a platform for viewing the Arch. Marty did his photography thing and then, since it was right next door, we visited the Casino Queen. We broke even so we had a fun morning.<br />
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From East St. Louis, IL we drove back to St. Louis and actually toured the Arch. We've been in St. Louis many times but had never been inside the Arch - it's pretty amazing. There is a museum with exhibits about the Lewis and Clark expedition and the importance of St. Louis to the Westward Expansion. There are also exhibits about the building of the Arch and the design competition to build it. We wandered through the exhibits and then viewed the movie about the construction of the Arch. The movie was very interesting. There were no OSHA regulations back in the early-mid 1960's and watching the men walk the beams without safety harnesses was pretty scary. Amazingly no one was killed during the construction. There were also a lot of workers smoking which is something you don't see much of anymore (thank goodness). <br />
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After the movie it was time to get into a five person pod and ride to the top. These pods are tiny and you wouldn't want to ride up with anyone too chubby. Once at the top they have tiny "slit" windows to look out, you can look eastward across the Mississippi River into Illinois or Westward and imagine the pioneers leaving St. Louis and traveling across the country.<br />
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On Tuesday (9/11) it was back to the Simmons house to hang out with Katie and the kids. We had hoped to visit Grant's Farm but discovered that it's closed on Tuesdays after Labor Day. Luckily, Grant's House was open and we caught up with a tour group and walked around and learned a little history. There is just so much history you can learn when you're with a one and three year old so our next stop was at a park near their house. We stopped back at their house for a little while, the kids ate lunch and went down for their naps and then we headed back to the rig to take care of Maddie.<br />
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Katie and the kids came by our rig after nap time so Emily and Ethan could see our house with wheels. They liked it but what they really liked was the nearby camp playground. After a little bit of playtime we headed over to Dewey's Pizza to meet Paul and have some pizza - yay! This is a fun pizza place, when you walk in there is a window into the kitchen and you get to watch them make the pizzas. The pizza-makers love an audience and were quite entertaining - they made a dough circle, stuck peppers for the eyes and mouth and then threw it at the window where it stuck, the kids loved it!<br />
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After dinner we stopped at Dairy Queen for dessert. I tried to take a video of Ethan when he saw the case of ice cream cakes - he was so excited, pointing and jumping around. Very adorable, too bad I'm not any good at video taping.<br />
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We were at Katie's bright and early on Wednesday. She had an appointment to get her boot removed (did I mention that she had a broken ankle?) and we drove Emily to preschool and went back with Katie to pick her up. We stayed at their house until the kids went down for their naps and then it was time to say good-bye to the Simmons Family.<br />
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We left Comlara Campground on Monday (9/17) headed up to the Chicago area. We spent the end of September and the last two weeks of October in the Paul Woolf Campground in Elgin. We come back in the fall hoping for a lot of October baseball. I was hoping for a better year for the Cubs - it was exhausting watching them this year - 95 wins and yet it never felt like they'd go very far in the playoffs (and they didn't). I went to three games the last week of the season and they lost two :( and went on to lose the Wild card<br />
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We're always happy to be back in the Midwest. It's great to catch up with our family and friends and visit our favorite Midwest restaurants and it's also very nice to eat good pizza! We get to meet any new babies (and there are always new babies in my family!).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch with my sisters at Portillo's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One new baby (Madison, 4 months) with an old baby (Grace, 17 months)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Barone's: Tom, Judy, Sue, Mary, Jeanne, Donna and Joe - 7 out of 8, not bad!</td></tr>
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We are leaving Elgin on 10/31 because that's the day they close for the season. We are heading to Mesa, Arizona from here with six weeks to get there; we have reservations from 12/19 thru 3/19. Not quite sure of our route but do know that we will be going through Kansas since that is the ONLY state west of the Mississippi River that we haven't visited.<br />
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<br />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-59595194337180287222018-10-30T14:29:00.000-05:002018-10-30T14:30:47.700-05:00Post 102 - Part C: Bike and Barge Trip, 10/4 thru 10/14/18<u><b><br /></b></u><div style="text-align: center;">
<u><b>Biking and Barging through Belgium and The Netherlands </b></u></div>
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<u><b>About the Barge and Bikes</b></u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our very tiny cabin</td></tr>
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We joined the Mitchell Family (Terry, Linn, and Krissy) for another amazing bicycle trip in Europe. This was our fourth bike trip in Europe with them but the first for all of us on a barge. We loved this trip, sleeping in the same bed every night and being able to unpack all your stuff was a nice perk. On our previous bike trips we packed up every night and our luggage was transported to our next hotel.<br />
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The barge (Fiep, named for the owner's daughter) was much nicer than we expected. The rooms were tiny but manageable. The lounge area was plenty big enough for our group of 21, the dining area was downstairs from the lounge and was very comfortable with three tables.<br />
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There was a small crew on the barge - Captain Cuba (pronounced koyba), Chef Frank, Karin (Jill of all Trades) and Tomik (deck hand). They did an amazing job all week keeping everyone happy and well fed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lia and Stefanie, our fearless leaders</td></tr>
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Our bike guides were Stefanie and Lia. They did an awesome job keeping us well informed about our daily rides. One guide would stay with the van meeting up with us for water and snack breaks. The other guide rode with the group making sure everyone was doing ok and that no one got lost.<br />
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This was a trip planned through Vermont Bike Tours and everyone in our group was from the United States. 6 people were from Virginia, 2 from Florida, 1 from New Hampshire, 1 from Minnesota, 2 from Washington State, 2 from Califorina, 3 from New York, 2 from Michigan and 2 from Chicago.<br />
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E-Bikes (electronic bikes) were an available option and 7 people chose them. Since we were riding in the "Low Countries" we chose regular road bikes with 27 speeds.<br />
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<u><b>Biking and Touring</b></u><b> </b><br />
We left Chicago on Thursday, 10/4 on a 5:50 PM flight and arrived in Brussels at 9:00 the next morning. We were met and driven into Bruges, Belgium and arrived at our hotel around 12:00 noon on Friday (5:00 AM Chicago time and we did not sleep on the airplane due to their very fine selection of movies) I was very happy when our room became available at 2:30 (7:30 AM Chicago time so we were up 24 hours straight, I'm getting too old for this) We took a short nap and then walked over to the main square for dinner. It was nice enough to eat outside. <br />
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We started our trip on Saturday from Bruges. We were meeting our bike leaders at 12:30 in the hotel lobby so we had a little bit of time to walk around. We decided to visit the St. John Hospital Museum. This Hospital opened in the 1100's! We walked through what had been the hospital and the pharmacy. The hospital was an open room where nuns attended all the patients. It was pretty interesting but there was very little signage in English.<br />
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Once back at the hotel we met up with the our group and our group leaders and walked about a mile and a half to where our barge was docked. As we walked thru Bruges, Group Leader Lia pointed out interesting sites and explained what we were seeing.<br />
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When we got to the barge, we found our assigned cabin and changed into bike gear for a short 12 mile ride mostly along the Ghent-Bruges Canal. The barge met us where we finished the ride and we got cleaned up and met in the dininig room for dinner. Chef Frank was amazing! The first night's dinner was a pasta dish with Tiramisu for dessert - yum! <br />
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We woke up Sunday to a very windy day with temperatures in the 60's. We started the day with a guided boat tour through the city canals of Ghent, Belgium. We got off the boat in the old section of Ghent and walked over to the flower market with Linn, Terry and Krissy. Then it was time for a snack break (waffles and hot chocolate - it was chilly outside). We walked back to the meeting place and took a taxi to our bikes. We rode 18 miles from Melle to Dendermonde on flat ground but the wind blowing at us from the north made it feel like we were riding uphill. The first half of the ride was rough but once we had a water and snack break it felt easier. We were back on the barge by 4:00 and up on deck for a beer tasting at 5:30. Our dinner was at 6:30 with pork tenderloin for me and baked cod for Marty.<br />
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Monday was another chilly day but there was very little wind. We rode 36.5 miles mostly through farm land. We ended the ride in Antwerp where we met our barge. 36 miles sounds like a lot but it was broken into 3 segments and was very "do-able". After the first 23 miles we stopped and picked up some sandwiches and ate outside near Wisserkerke Castle. Our last 13 miles included a ride down an elevator with all our bikes, through a long tunnel under the river, and then back up the elevator. Europe is very bike-friendly!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little Antwerp history</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google means the same thing in any language</td></tr>
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Tuesday was a "no-biking" day. We walked to the old section of town with our group and toured the Cathedral. We were then on our own and off we went looking for chocolate shops. We stopped to take a break in the main square and were approached by some students (4th grade?) on a field trip. They had a sheet of paper with questions to be answered. They asked us if we knew how many clocks were on the cathedral - we didn't but boy did their eyes light up when we said the word google! We looked it up for them and off they went, I hope the information we gave them was correct.<br />
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From the main square it was a short walk back to the barge. It was also a very interesting walk as we realized that we had wandered into the "Red-Light District" of Antwerp. How did we realize this? Well the very scantily clad ladies in each of the store front windows was a pretty good clue. Did I mention that it was only noon? I wonder what it's like it there in the evening.<br />
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Once on the barge it was time to sail out of Belgium and into The Netherlands. It's interesting being on the barge - the captain has to synchronize with bridges to be raised and locks to be gone through. Our stop for this night was in Tholen, Netherlands.<br />
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Antwerp is Europe's largest harbor (after Rotterdam) and it was fascinating seeing all the cargo ships traveling the waterways. <br />
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Our dinner on Tuesday was the most spectacular of all the evenings. Chef Frank prepared an Indonesian smorgasbord. I didn't write down the name of any of the dishes but it was all really good!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marty, Marco, Mary and Petra</td></tr>
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After dinner we were invited in groups of 2-4 to visit a local family. I was a bit apprehensive about this, we were tired and I wasn't sure how it would go. We met Marco who walked up over to his house where his wife, Petra was waiting to meet us. They offered us some cheese and some Ketel (vodka?). With a little alcohol in us the evening was quite pleasant. They both spoke English very well, Petra works for a company based in London and has an English accent and Marco works for a company based in Scotland and can put on a Scottish brogue when the mood strikes him. They were delightful. They gave us a tour of their whole house, it was built in the early 1900's so not as old as many of their neighbors. Up in the attic they took us through a door which led out to a small deck overlooking the neighborhood. My favorite part of the evening was discovering that Petra was a reader and belonged to a book club and they had just finished reading a book about Barack Obama. Europeans that we talked to throughout our trip loved President Obama and can't figure out how Trump happened (neither can we).<br />
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On Wednesday it was back on the bikes for a total of 28 miles. It was a very pleasant day for riding, temperatures were in the 60's and 70's and we had sunny skies.<br />
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The first part of our ride took us to the village of Oud-Vossemeer, the ancestral home of the Roosevelt Family. We stopped at the local museum and learned about the Dutch Roosevelts. We continued riding and ended up in the town of Willemstad around 1:30. We ate lunch on the barge as it sailed through the canals to the town of Dordrecht (oldest city in Holland).<br />
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Once we docked, Marty and I took a stroll through the town and then headed back to the barge. I stayed on the barge to read and Marty went back out with a few other people. He came back with a hair cut!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If the shoe fits......</td></tr>
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Thursday started out overcast and a little cooler. As we ate breakfast the barge sailed to the UNESCO site Kinderdijk. We started our ride on the western corner of the "Alblasserwaard Polder" (diked-in-land) which is surrounded by 19 traditional windmills. We went inside one and were able to climb up, it was pretty steep going up the ladder so I only went up to the first landing. The windmill we were in was built in the 1700's but a few kilometers down the path we saw some from the 1500's. We continued the morning ride of 17.5 miles and met up with the barge for lunch. I elected to stay on the barge for the afternoon (after all it is a BARGE and bike trip). It was very relaxing sitting on the deck reading and watching the world go by.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This windmill was built in the 1500's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A more modern windmill (from the 1700's)</td></tr>
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The afternoon ride was 16.25 miles with two ferry crossings. Marty did that and gets bragging rights that he did all the miles.<br />
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Our barge docked in the town of Vianen and after another delicious dinner we strolled through the town and visited the local carnival. Looked like fun but our carnival ride days are over.<br />
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Friday was our last riding day and the weather was perfect! The barge sailed us to the town of Breukelen. We crossed the original Brooklyn Bridge and rode into Breukelen town the home of the first settlers to New Amsterdam (New York). We stopped at a cheese farm, toured the factory and sampled many different cheeses, it was hard to leave without buying something. I was tempted but didn't want to deal with lugging a round of cheese home on the airplane.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch break</td></tr>
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We continued our ride to our lunch spot between two windmills near the town of Weesp. After lunch it was time to get back on the bikes for the ride I had been dreading - the ride into Amsterdam. There are more bikes in Amsterdam than cars and it's scary to ride with all those bikes and not be sure of where you're going. Our ride leader, Stefanie, assured us we'd be fine and had everyone wait at the last break spot (McDonalds) so that we could ride in to Amstedam together. She was a really good guide, always checking to make sure everyone was there; her motto was "Stand your ground", don't worry about anybody but yourself - they are very used to bicycles in the Netherlands.<br />
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We did survive the last few miles into Amsterdam with only one slight issue (we stopped for a light and unwittingly blocked the path for the people going right and one man was not happy with us - oh well). We were happy to see our docked barge in Amsterdam but sad that our biking was over. We had one last dinner on the barge (Steak and potatoes with chocolate mousse for dessert). Marty presented everyone with a polaroid of themselves and Jackie and Chuch made up awards and gave us each a piece of chocolate. Then it was time to pack up our bags to be ready to leave the barge at 9:00 AM on Satuday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last night on the barge, time for a group photo</td></tr>
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We had a final breakfast and then Stefanie walked us to our Amsterdam hotel and we said our goodbyes.<br />
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Our luggage was dropped off at the hotel for us but it was too early to check in so some of us (Linn, Terry, Krissy, Jackie, Chuch, Marty and I) walked around and found an outdoor cafe right on a canal that served crepes. We hung around there for a while watching the canal traffice and then checked in at the hotel. <br />
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Kirsi and Tukka flew in from Finland to meet up with us. Kirsi was an exchange student who stayed at the Mitchell's while she was in high school. Marty and I met them when they did the bike trip with us back in 2008. It was very nice to see them again.<br />
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We had reservations for the Anne Frank House at 3:45. It was overwhelming to see the "Annex" where the Franks and the four others lived for over two years. It's a very well done museum and you actually walk upstairs to where they lived. I bought the book just to say that it came from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam (I did the same thing in Monroeville, AL when I bought "To Kill a Mockingbird", I think I've found a new thing to collect).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anne Frank House Museum</td></tr>
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When we left the museum we were getting hungry so Krissy looked up "Dutch" places to eat. The first one we stopped at wasn't big enough for our group of 7 but right across the street was a very nice place and we had our Dutch Dinner. All three men ordered mussels which came in a very large pot, they all seemed to enjoy it. I think Kirsi, Krissy and I all had the "Stamppot" which was basically meat and potatoes and was very good. Sorry, Linn, I can't remember what you ordered.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">800,000 people and 1.2 million bikes in Amsterdam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We "ran" into Tukka and Kirsi as we were leaving for the airport</td></tr>
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We were being picked up at 8:00 the next morning (Sunday, 10/14) for our 11:00 flight so we said our good-byes. We had a wonderful time biking and barging and meeting new friends and catching up with family. What great memories we have of Europe.<br />
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Sunday happened to be my birthday and since we left Amsterdam at 11:00 AM and arrived in Chicago at 1:00 PM but flew for 8 hours I had a 30 hour birthday! I thought that was kind of neat. I also enjoyed the ticket agent and the security agent both telling me congratulations. I guess when you're my age they don't say Happy Birthday anymore just congratulations for making it to my age?? <br />
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Here's a link to a few more pictures:<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/konopacki/sets/72157701027627421">https://www.flickr.com/photos/konopacki/sets/72157701027627421</a><br />
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And here are our biking totals for the week:<br />
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Saturday: 12 miles</div>
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Sunday: 18 miles</div>
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Monday: 36 miles</div>
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Tuesday: no biking</div>
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Wednesday: 28 miles</div>
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Thursday: 18 miles for Mary and 33 for Marty</div>
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Friday: 26 miles</div>
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138 miles for Mary and 153 miles for Marty </div>
<br />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-52629422407638232812018-10-30T11:13:00.000-05:002018-10-30T14:30:47.642-05:00Post 102 - Part B: Rig Issues, 10/1 thru 10/31/2018Our first stop in the Chicago area was General RV in Huntley to make an appointment to have some
work on our rig done. Our grey water tank (shower water) was leaking
due to a crack and we were hoping it could be repaired. Unfortunately
when we brought it in on 10/1 they couldn't repair the crack and a new
tank had to be ordered. They agreed to keep the rig in the shop while we
were out of the country (did I mention that we went on a bike/barge
trip to Belgium and The Netherlands?).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Defective tank :(</td></tr>
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Having them keep the rig in the
shop was a big help to us since we now didn't need to drive it to Rick and
Celeste's property in Indiana (3 hours each way). The rig would be
fixed while we were gone and we would pick it up on Monday, 10/15 and
spend two more weeks back in Elgin. Ahhhh, if only that had worked. We
drove back to General RV on Monday (10/15) to pick up our rig and found out
that nothing had been done. The new tank had just come in and they
weren't sure when they'd get it put on - yikes! Luckily, the Schmidt
Hotel (thanks Judy and Don) had a room available and that's where we spent the next four nights.<br />
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We expected the tank to be installed and ready for pick-up by Wednesday (10/17). On Wednesday morning we received a phone call from the service department telling us that the new tank had a crack in it and another one would need to be ordered. They had no idea how long it would take to get the new tank. We asked where it was being ordered from and when we realized it was coming from Goshen, IN told them we'd pick it up. Great idea but we got the call from the Service Department at noon and the place in Goshen closes at 3:00 and it's a three hour drive and they're an hour ahead! Oh no, what do we do? We call Brother Rick's family in Walkerton, IN and see if there is someone available who can go pick it up. Very lucky for us, Adam was willing to drive the hour northeast and pick up the tank. We then got in our car and headed to Indiana to pick it up from him and had a nice visit with Rick, Celeste, Sharon and Adam. Thanks Adam!!<br />
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We were back at General RV by 9:00 Thursday morning with the tank and handed it over to our repair guy. We finally picked up our rig on Friday and got set up in the Elgin campground.<br />
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I was in the shower one morning and heard a loud thunk. Marty went to check it out and discovered that the support bar for our new tank had fallen and hit the ground. We also found that our grey water tank handle was loose and we were unable to use it. We got in the truck and headed back to General RV to make an appointment to get these two items taken care of. Our appointment is at 9:00 on Wednesday, 10/31 - our fingers are crossed that these are easy fixes and that we'll be on the road by noon.<br />
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With these latest problems we thought it would be fun to look at new rigs. We sat down with a sales rep and told him what we had and what we like. He drove us in his golf cart to look at some Grand Design rigs. They're very nice but we really like our layout and it's still less expensive to fix and maintain ours. It was nice to see what was out there, it really made us appreciate what we have. m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-3867645861325579582018-09-28T14:52:00.002-05:002018-09-28T14:52:38.159-05:00Post #101 / August 8 through Labor Day, 2018 - 5 StatesWe did a lot of sightseeing after we left Maine on August 8th. We visited New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Central Illinois, Missouri. A few things were crossed off our bucket lists and we discovered a few unexpected gems. We were able to use our brand new Senior National Park pass to get camping for 1/2 price at two different COE parks which was awesome! This post covers August when we did most of our travels. I'll catch up with September and probably October next post.<br />
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Our first stop was White Birches Campground in Shelbourne, NH. It was right on Highway 2 and very convenient to Mt. Washington. We only booked two nights here; that was a mistake because it's a beautiful area with lots of things to do and see.<br />
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The reason we stayed here was to visit Mt. Washington. We wanted to experience the crazy weather that's it famous for. The temperatures at the top are, on average, 20-30 degrees cooler than at the base. Pretty nice place to visit on a hot summer afternoon. We took the Cog Railway to the top which is quite an experience, we highly recommend it! <br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Mount Washington Cog Railway, also known as the Cog, is the world's first mountain-climbing <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_railway" title="Rack railway">cog railway</a></span> (rack-and-pinion railway). The railway is still in operation, climbing <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_(New_Hampshire)" title="Mount Washington (New Hampshire)">Mount Washington</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a>. It uses a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_railway#Marsh" title="Rack railway">Marsh rack system</a> and one or two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotives</a> and six </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel" title="Biodiesel">biodiesel</a> powered locomotives to carry tourists to the top of the mountain. Its track is built to <span class="nowrap">4 ft 8 in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,422 mm</span>) gauge, which is technically a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railway" title="Narrow gauge railway">narrow gauge</a>, as it is a <span class="frac nowrap"><sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub></span>-inch (12.7 mm) less than <span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="visualhide"> </span><sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_gauge" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span>. </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is the second steepest rack railway in the world after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_Railway" title="Pilatus Railway">Pilatus Railway</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, with an <b>average grade of over 25% and a maximum grade of 37.41%</b>. The
railway is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) long and ascends Mount
Washington's western slope, beginning at an elevation of approximately
2,700 feet (820 m) above sea level and ending just short of the
mountain's summit peak of 6,288 feet (1,917 m). The train ascends the
mountain at 2.8 miles per hour (4.5 km/h) and descends at 4.6 mph
(7.4 km/h). It takes approximately 65 minutes to ascend and 40 minutes
to descend, although the diesel engine can go up in as little as 37
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And some edited information from Wikipedia about Mt. Washington (I'm getting lazy):<br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444;">Mount Washington, is the highest peak in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States">Northeastern United States</a> at 6,288.2 ft and the most <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence">topographically prominent</a> mountain east of the Mississippi River. <br /><br />The mountain is notorious for its erratic weather. On the afternoon of April 12, 1934, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_Observatory">Mount Washington Observatory</a> recorded a windspeed of 231 miles per hour at the summit, the world record for most of the 20th century, and still a record for measured wind speeds not involved with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone">tropical cyclone</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_(New_Hampshire)#cite_note-4">[</a> <br /><br />The mountain is located in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Range">Presidential Range</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountains_(New_Hampshire)">White Mountains</a>. While nearly the whole mountain is in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountain_National_Forest">White Mountain National Forest</a>, an area of 60.3 acres surrounding and including the summit is occupied by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_State_Park">Mount Washington State Park</a>. <br /><br />The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_Cog_Railway">Mount Washington Cog Railway</a> ascends the western slope of the mountain, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_Auto_Road">Mount Washington Auto Road</a> climbs to the summit from the east. The mountain is visited by hikers, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Trail">Appalachian Trail</a> crosses the summit.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">We left New Hampshire on Friday, August 10th and headed to Stowe, Vermont. This trip is a little unusual for us because we made reservations up to Labor Day. Don't really like doing that but it's hard to find campgrounds in the East without them. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">We arrived at Goldbrook Campground in Stowe around 2:00 and were in line for the tour at the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream tour by 3:30! Ben & Jerry's is in Waterbury, VT and was only about a half-hour down the road from our campground - how convenient. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">When we parked our truck and headed towards the factory we noticed a cemetery. We stopped to take a look and realized it was where flavors go to die. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">When we left New Hampshire we had a problem with our truck battery. We had it jumped and went on our way but knew we needed to take care of it. On Saturday, we spent the morning trying to find a place that could replace it but everybody was busy or closed. We bought a jump starter battery and that worked until we got to New York where we had a new battery installed. The jump starter gives us peace of mind for future issues. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">After a morning of driving to repair shops and finally to Napa Auto Parts Store for the starter we started our tour of Stowe. Stowe, VT is the home of the Von Trapp Family Lodge and that is the main reason (ok, only reason) we visited Stowe. Vermont turned out to be one of our favorite states. Breathtaking views and very friendly people. I understand why the Von Trapp Family ended up here. We toured the lodge and grounds and had lunch at the Trapp Family Bier Hall. We drove back to Stowe and checked out some of the shops and bought some cheese and maple syrup. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Sunday, August 12th (happy birthday Sarah, Zach and Sammie). We took a drive north on Highway 2 along Lake Champlain and, since we were so close to the border, decided to have lunch in Quebec. It was a beautiful day, sunny, temperatures in the 70's and the humidity was manageable. After lunch we headed back to Stowe but decided that we needed to see Chester Arthur's birthplace. President Arthur was a very interesting president (who knew?) and since we were the only ones at the small, two-room museum we got a private tour and lots of information from the docent who was very happy to have someone to talk to. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Chester Arthur was the first president with birther issues. As a child, his family moved often. One of his political foes speculated that Arthur had been born in Ireland. When that rumor failed he then claimed that he was born in Canada. This claim also failed (because it wasn't true!) I guess some things never change. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">We had an interesting ride to our campground in Mt. Vision, NY. We spent most of the drive on the highway but when we reached our exit, it was all county roads, very narrow and windy county roads. Once we got to the campground we discovered that the very wooded site assigned to us was impossible to get into with our rig so it was back to the office to get a new site. Luckily our new site was in a nice large open field; we even had one bar on our cell phones. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">We came to this campground because it is only about 1/2 hour drive to Cooperstown (YAY!). The Baseball Hall of Fame has always been on my bucket list and it was definitely worth the visit. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">There is limited parking in the town of Cooperstown but there are parking lots on the outskirts and they have free trolleys to take you to town. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Inside the museum we watched a short movie which showed baseball highlights throughout it's history. Yes, I did get teary eyed when they showed the Cubs winning the World Series. After the movie we wandered for about three hours looking at all the exhibits. There sure is a lot of Yankee history here. I guess it's because they've won a few World Series.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">There was so much to see and read although the poor lighting made reading a little difficult. The exhibit about the Women's Baseball League was one of my favorites, probably because "A League of Their Own" is my favorite baseball movie. Walking thru the Hall where all the Inductee plaques are was pretty amazing, enjoyed finding some of my favorite Cubs. The Hall of Fame was well worth a stop, there's so much to see, it's laid out very well so that it's not overwhelming. We were there about three hours and pretty much saw everything. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">We left New York and headed to Woodland, PA for three nights. I thought the campground we were booked at was close to Johnstown, PA. I was wrong, our reservation was at a campground in Woodland, PA about 2 1/2 hours away. Oh well, it was a rainy weekend and we ending up staying in the rig most of the time anyway. We left Woodland on Sunday morning and drove a couple hours to Mirror Lake CG in New Florence, PA. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Once we were set up in that very lovely campground (our back window looks out over a creek) we took a drive to Buttermilk Falls. Between 1931 and 1956 this property was owned by Fred McFeely, grandfather of
Fred Rogers of children's television fame. McFeely, a wealthy industrialist
from Latrobe, PA, utilized the property as a retreat. His estate featured a
cottage, horse stables, a three car garage, outbuildings and a swimming area
in the creek above the falls. Mr. Rogers often visited the site as a child.
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<span style="color: #444444;">We stopped for dinner at Our Sons Family Restaurant in Johnstown, diner dining at its best! Driving through Johnstown reminded me so much of the movie, "The Deer Hunter". It's an older town with old buildings and beautiful older churches. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">We finally made it to the Johnstown Museum on Monday but, being Monday, the museum was closed. We decided to walk over to the Johnstown Inclined Plane which is the steepest Vehicular Incline in the World. "The Inclined Plane opened on June 1, 1891and on it's first day of service it made a trip every five minutes transporting 600 passengers and 30 horse-drawn wagons". It was built after the 1889 Johnstown Flood which killed more than 2000 people. In 1936 there was another flood in Johnstown and the Inclined Plane carried nearly 4000 people to safety. </span></div>
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its first woman operator. It was nice talking to her, she's very proud (as she should be) that she's the first. <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/paproud?source=feed_text&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAWbYfnnutKFuL6FqdJTJ5-YEBRdj-ag6L-souqJHDbPWtEJsMy0T98wKAEFlo5kCrI8gXAmvZGoQJ-Mo_JdhxZsq1_c50MewbusIN4ZDYa3bY0FzhpSv6FVU137mKu_ahPutj1QkO_2ZrKiJPIf_zknkQNEmBaQfqkVgVPuoy25Wnz-PuB&__tn__=%2ANK-R"><span class="_5afx"><span class="_58cm"></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Since the museum was closed we decided to take a drive over to the National Park Service Johnstown Flood Memorial which overlooks the site where the dam was. We watched a movie about the tragedy and then looked out over the site where the lake was before the dam broke. If you want to learn about the flood, here's a link:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Since we were already depressed we continued our day by visiting the Flight 93 Memorial in Somerset County. From the parking lot to get to the Visitor's Center you walk the path that the flight took. Once in the Visitor's Center there are exhibits about all the events of 9/11. It's very powerful, some of it was still too much for me to watch. There are phones on the wall that you can pick up and listen to the messages that some of the passengers left for their loved ones. Outside there is a wall with the 40 names and some biographical material. It's amazing to think how brave these people were and how many lives they saved by their actions. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">We left Pennsylvania around 9:30 on Tuesday, 8/21 and arrived at Berlin Lake COE Campground around 1:00. This is our first COE park since Marty got his Senior Lifetime Pass and we camped here for five nights for only $60.00 total. Love that pass! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">All COE parks are on water and our back window looked over the lake. We had our own trail down to the beach, pretty great spot. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">We've been kinda lazy lately (plus it's been rainy and really humid) so we decided to walk around the park. It was about 7000 steps (approximately 3 miles) so we decided to reward ourselves by heading to the nearby Hollywood Casino. We've discovered that we are pretty lucky in casinos in states that begin with "O". We came home happy and can't wait till we are heading to Arizona and can stop in Oklahoma. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">On Thursday, 8/24, we drove an hour over to Cuyahoga National Park. We did a little bit of hiking and saw two waterfalls. When we stopped at the Visitor's Center we found out that there is a bike trail along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath through the park. We also found out that you can drive to different points along the trail and catch a train with your bike and ride back for only $5.00. We decided to do that on Friday.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">On Saturday I convinced Marty that we should take a one hour drive over to Newell, West Virginia to visit the Homer McLaughlin - FiestaWare Factory. You can never have too much fiestaware!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">From Ohio we drove to Lake Shelbyville to spend Labor Day Weekend. Lithia Springs Campground has some walk-up campsites so we figured if we got there on Monday, we'd be all set for Labor Day Weekend. It worked! We got the last spot on the lake and spent the week relaxing with a little hiking and biking thrown in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No collusion! No collusion!<br />Worst Room Service<br />Olympic Correctional Center Tour<br />Forks, WA Aug 2016<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpSXWO1auLexQckgfVOxTJsr-qCf8-tM8dYuwVM64ldc53mNDAjIpJMR8DTmWl7ejQsVkhsn1h4vA-g7m7Z20igQDDGRXRPHc1mKd1k60LBI46KShuOzbjNgx-eL6ixAzIWA8omlvqOg/s1600/Forks+Jail.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpSXWO1auLexQckgfVOxTJsr-qCf8-tM8dYuwVM64ldc53mNDAjIpJMR8DTmWl7ejQsVkhsn1h4vA-g7m7Z20igQDDGRXRPHc1mKd1k60LBI46KShuOzbjNgx-eL6ixAzIWA8omlvqOg/s320/Forks+Jail.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br /><br />See, Libra's are well-balanced<br />Balanced Rock at<br />Lees Ferry, AZ April 2015<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUXwIw17sW4Sq_TZ7_v_2oIsrcALzr_DHGr19VGiSozfoMa9qHDOVuqkYwFmLFok05XuxX2r77o5-Z-7QjPWMcqmB28rzA7Up5nKPRQGfs9r3D-gqfbRLbsA534T1rhDS1o8trVPkvuY/s1600/Balanced+Rock.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUXwIw17sW4Sq_TZ7_v_2oIsrcALzr_DHGr19VGiSozfoMa9qHDOVuqkYwFmLFok05XuxX2r77o5-Z-7QjPWMcqmB28rzA7Up5nKPRQGfs9r3D-gqfbRLbsA534T1rhDS1o8trVPkvuY/s320/Balanced+Rock.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br />It’s good to be buoyant.<br />Best Diving with the Manatee's<br />Crystal River, Florida Dec. 2015<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpbXrKH-Nbb9QxjWAuo01CuGmFQnDfSlL88qPQ0OKdRnqry1cgIs6BMcZZ6b6yM463OaSnp3G-NHU5q9gdblNvXVAHogu7RfawoQRZYvxCzLwKA7xv-Ga_lenmO7-nQCER6L4WE6ffRs/s1600/Manatee+Dive.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpbXrKH-Nbb9QxjWAuo01CuGmFQnDfSlL88qPQ0OKdRnqry1cgIs6BMcZZ6b6yM463OaSnp3G-NHU5q9gdblNvXVAHogu7RfawoQRZYvxCzLwKA7xv-Ga_lenmO7-nQCER6L4WE6ffRs/s320/Manatee+Dive.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br /><br />And you don’t have to get up early<br />Best Sunsets<br />Any coast of the Pacific Ocean April 2015<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lke6cdgAPT7ARgSO6FW8mif762K81uSp53Ho56IpKHEJQf8cb37mqTR9Tiw43Em4UBH0WVefm8bfI6CMqviZDNbO84i38Lj_ACLbythzeZdVV_PiDCsGxL_fuUeUvifxe5sQQxUfHCA/s1600/Pacific+Sunset.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lke6cdgAPT7ARgSO6FW8mif762K81uSp53Ho56IpKHEJQf8cb37mqTR9Tiw43Em4UBH0WVefm8bfI6CMqviZDNbO84i38Lj_ACLbythzeZdVV_PiDCsGxL_fuUeUvifxe5sQQxUfHCA/s320/Pacific+Sunset.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Brightest and lightest.<br />Most Brilliant Sunlight<br />Bonneville Salt Flats, UT April 2015 <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2fJdqku2ZbFi3ugbPhOBMDVukIhWpFySU9Ahe9VtAtLZixgzrmOZ1TZ2q1Og4ZKWZEmCv0RAGV-p9eG5WlICIOrqS1ZrpV8hdt5NMlOq-hiDxQAgCVnc9C2IV60oJclKxke-q4KgQOw/s1600/Bonneville.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2fJdqku2ZbFi3ugbPhOBMDVukIhWpFySU9Ahe9VtAtLZixgzrmOZ1TZ2q1Og4ZKWZEmCv0RAGV-p9eG5WlICIOrqS1ZrpV8hdt5NMlOq-hiDxQAgCVnc9C2IV60oJclKxke-q4KgQOw/s320/Bonneville.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br /><br />The hills are alive…<br />Most Twirlable Mountaintop<br />Hurricane Ridge, WA June 2015<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7orAxc_EP_WLVGyJDCm-J6EbOwaTSQUZDOYrMJhn8soPsyy7ehtUYS73GnzpDMydm73GqAtJ0KNpXhA1Twu6WApMxJ9n8jY3RlorAHR4mDYFMtijU4tVJT3j6By5Bto3fHQKzDEhCeg/s1600/Hurricane+Ridge.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7orAxc_EP_WLVGyJDCm-J6EbOwaTSQUZDOYrMJhn8soPsyy7ehtUYS73GnzpDMydm73GqAtJ0KNpXhA1Twu6WApMxJ9n8jY3RlorAHR4mDYFMtijU4tVJT3j6By5Bto3fHQKzDEhCeg/s320/Hurricane+Ridge.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br /><br />From A to Zoned-out<br />Most Robotic Chapter<br />Amazon Fulfillment Center<br />Campbellsville, KY Nov. 2014<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75K3LPU3LWkDMK4wSvhyphenhyphenoYGxIQg-Z7d5LyYLv3xiY4hC10PLeA2K8JLynlSMJw-PEU8_oggqslrWco9IqmqgiLoj2XmY-SKFle5Qoww2nr3rC9Qu5uEf3YJcVdyhs95_d5N-D_bQFino/s1600/Amazon.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75K3LPU3LWkDMK4wSvhyphenhyphenoYGxIQg-Z7d5LyYLv3xiY4hC10PLeA2K8JLynlSMJw-PEU8_oggqslrWco9IqmqgiLoj2XmY-SKFle5Qoww2nr3rC9Qu5uEf3YJcVdyhs95_d5N-D_bQFino/s320/Amazon.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br />This is too much like work<br />Favorite Mine<br />Copper Queen Mine<br />Bisbee, AZ Feb. 2014<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfqcWqrvaQnD2l-kdw3V82f75InOO2-eH4n7ElMVsnP3dLl3bZ11QrcmccMLfFaRYsSXWcE42XsFpgchmfVoEhzVdA3Z6iZD6H5ljqliQHUHjqBn7yClK7Si8DZnMtsHCzbOUDIdFU0s/s1600/Copper+Mine.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfqcWqrvaQnD2l-kdw3V82f75InOO2-eH4n7ElMVsnP3dLl3bZ11QrcmccMLfFaRYsSXWcE42XsFpgchmfVoEhzVdA3Z6iZD6H5ljqliQHUHjqBn7yClK7Si8DZnMtsHCzbOUDIdFU0s/s320/Copper+Mine.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br /><br />I have to give this place a plug.<br />Best Hole In The Ground<br />Grand Canyon, AZ March 2014<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IddYWUGd6DlqsSL0Xhkuv1GTeuccSCpmCpGS9GHn2BNdC32A7Nqxt_IDr0bLJj3kJQ_SPymOKMeMYZ6wy82ynuYEZMXevkQv4rZGubKeLUvz-fRyiJeFR7veCVawoQobDTRJVEfmUHw/s1600/Canyon+Plug.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IddYWUGd6DlqsSL0Xhkuv1GTeuccSCpmCpGS9GHn2BNdC32A7Nqxt_IDr0bLJj3kJQ_SPymOKMeMYZ6wy82ynuYEZMXevkQv4rZGubKeLUvz-fRyiJeFR7veCVawoQobDTRJVEfmUHw/s320/Canyon+Plug.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br />Make sure that bag is sealed.<br />Best Buoyant Buddy<br />Flat Stanley <br />Mesa, AZ March 2014<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P8aKgxnLTuX6_IFWxWNNAO-aaZzUl56IJu3nXU0-64mnVjWefI_J_dFblbaz4ypdCJJQD66VcJpXRqoYmNgyL7yqU473k1hM8OmK6ASvfwd8hLTGBGI2tIKyUz89Sb77nhiGo1tkh6o/s1600/Stanley+Buoyant.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P8aKgxnLTuX6_IFWxWNNAO-aaZzUl56IJu3nXU0-64mnVjWefI_J_dFblbaz4ypdCJJQD66VcJpXRqoYmNgyL7yqU473k1hM8OmK6ASvfwd8hLTGBGI2tIKyUz89Sb77nhiGo1tkh6o/s320/Stanley+Buoyant.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A little closer to the fire pit would have been nice.<br />Nearest Miss<br />Tree falls during storm, just missing our rig.<br />Blanding’s Landing, IL June 2014<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Qn05s28NrBVJO7RNJzqIg1QE_BRKI5vguIxN1zOEJ73rSqMgKDPQFXfMNnKZT2I_7csNBluyYTsV8G31SzQ67xX6XYzA9-P1rVyMwZ7gC7DY_Dn_20L7MdPchFcwqr50rfofMXxLA9E/s1600/TRee+Fall.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Qn05s28NrBVJO7RNJzqIg1QE_BRKI5vguIxN1zOEJ73rSqMgKDPQFXfMNnKZT2I_7csNBluyYTsV8G31SzQ67xX6XYzA9-P1rVyMwZ7gC7DY_Dn_20L7MdPchFcwqr50rfofMXxLA9E/s320/TRee+Fall.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />===================<br />Hey who’s gonna push?<br />Best Playground<br />Marion, Indiana July 2014<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqk9z3B6CN7o-0F_O6ArxWfYmwGaVbEQmwm4GGNKRhpJXHaCJrKy5g4xgI_exA4tzhxeNflyj1vAXid6ts8AhXzMk8bDk8hbs8XMpu045EN6eNkFPZwB7pQiyuHAZCFF_gsZhr5rOigo/s1600/Swinging.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqk9z3B6CN7o-0F_O6ArxWfYmwGaVbEQmwm4GGNKRhpJXHaCJrKy5g4xgI_exA4tzhxeNflyj1vAXid6ts8AhXzMk8bDk8hbs8XMpu045EN6eNkFPZwB7pQiyuHAZCFF_gsZhr5rOigo/s320/Swinging.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br /><br />Yes, Virginia.<br />Best Hot Dog<br />Coney Island, Jackson, MI Oct 2014<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVRLcVc6T7CgTK4VUYQGn5RMY0G4XLNqILahZEVat-bW7-IVx1yXpN3Zh-bDAF_gFMmymVTxIB3opYM-KjduxOOzOJtM1sFoU5sUnHFa23i5PLljmkfert-pm5Xo8y_n6jhebvM5eQnM/s1600/Hot+Dog+Virginia.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVRLcVc6T7CgTK4VUYQGn5RMY0G4XLNqILahZEVat-bW7-IVx1yXpN3Zh-bDAF_gFMmymVTxIB3opYM-KjduxOOzOJtM1sFoU5sUnHFa23i5PLljmkfert-pm5Xo8y_n6jhebvM5eQnM/s320/Hot+Dog+Virginia.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br /><br />If you throw in the floor mats we’ll take it<br />Best Photo Location For A Truck Sales Ad<br />Galveston Beach, TX Jan. 2014<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWV1qYL5ZtKOQ05YVwZZcJl2YZxo48Vk-Uf2SPLq2YlAfoLIrdK4jSDtu-XMttGuIqnBlvk6Ptdvxi7yEPcfw2_sQveA7-9wdKx46Jsol3QzlvzsuzazfVbcztwOGZza6pM6eaDIoogs/s1600/Silverado+Galveston.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWV1qYL5ZtKOQ05YVwZZcJl2YZxo48Vk-Uf2SPLq2YlAfoLIrdK4jSDtu-XMttGuIqnBlvk6Ptdvxi7yEPcfw2_sQveA7-9wdKx46Jsol3QzlvzsuzazfVbcztwOGZza6pM6eaDIoogs/s320/Silverado+Galveston.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />====================<br /><br />New Career Path<br />Favorite Space History Spot<br />Flight Directors chair at mission control<br />Houston, TX Jan 2014</span></span><br />
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m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-763601263352433112018-08-07T14:11:00.004-05:002018-08-07T14:17:57.707-05:00Post #99 - Maine-ly Done / June 26 through August 7<br />
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<u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Post #99</span></b></u><br />
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We’ve been in Bradley, Maine since May 16th and it is time to get back on the road! We’re leaving Maine on Wednesday, August 8th and expect to be in the Midwest around Labor Day. <br />
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The weather in Maine this summer was warmer and more humid than we expected and with no electricity to run the air conditioner it’s been a little challenging. <br />
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Our weekly routine has been laundry and groceries on Monday, exploring on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and opening the gift shop and museum buildings on Thursday through Sunday. <br />
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On Tuesday, 6/26, we took a drive to
New Brunswick, Canada. We visited the Ganong Chocolate Museum in St.
Stephens. We drove thru St. Stephens about 10 years ago and stopped at
the chocolate store (imagine that) but didn’t have time to stop at
the museum. Ganong is Canada’s oldest chocolate and candy company.
They are family owned (for six generations) and have been in business
since 1873. As we were walking thru the museum and looking at the
conveyor belts we couldn’t help but think of the “I Love Lucy” episode -
do you remember the one I’m talking about? When we came to the end of
our tour they had a chocolate packing game so we channeled our inner Lucy and Ethel and gave it an unsuccessful try.<br />
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From St. Stephens we continued down the road to the very cute town of
St. Andrews which is located on the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay. We visited a campground right on the waterfront which we’ll stay at if we come back this way. We ate lunch at Olde Tyme Pizza and had a nice
meal out on the deck overlooking the water. Marty had fish and chips
and I had a calzone with donair meat. Donair is a local specialty, the Donair sauce is very tasty with a
weird combination of ingredients:<br />
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Donair Sauce<br />
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk<br />
1/4 cup white vinegar<br />
1/2 tsp garlic powder<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Going to Camp</b></u></span><br />
On Tuesday, 7/10,
we went to camp - The Crosby Family Camp. One of the volunteers at
MFLM (and the president of the board) is Herb Crosby. He invited us
over to visit his family’s camp which was about an 1/2 hour drive from
the museum. What we in the Midwest would call a cottage people in Maine
call a camp. Also, what we call lakes they call ponds. Herb’s
grandparents built the camp back in the 50’s and he and his four siblings
share it. They have lots of kayaks but the weather was too choppy so we
just visited for a little while. The upstairs of the cottage was
exactly what I pictured a Maine camp would be - unfinished with 5
single beds, 3 on one side and two on the other. There were a few
bookcases with old books and games. I found a book that I remembered
from my childhood, “Five Little Peppers and How They Grew” and Herb was
kind enough to let me borrow it. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Bangor</b></u></span><br />
Bangor is the closest "big" town to Bradley with a population of about 32,000. It’s a nice town with a older downtown area and another area with your usual chain restaurants and stores. There is also a City Forest with lots of walking trails. On Thursday, 7/11, we drove over and took a hike on the boardwalk to the Orono Bog. It’s about a mile long, with signs along the way explaining what you’re seeing. From the boardwalk we hiked for a little bit in the forest; it was a nice shady place to spend a sunny afternoon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strolling the boardwalk at the Orono Bog</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Visitors!</b></u></span><br />
My friend, Chris, took a train ride with her mom, Cathy, from Chicago to Springfield, MA. From there they rented a car and visited some of the east coast states (MA, ME, NH, VT, CT & RI). Her goal is to stay overnight in every state and after this trip she has only six more including Oregon and Washington so I’m pretty sure we’ll get to see her again next year when we go back out west. They stayed overnight in Kennebunkport so we drove south and met them for a late lunch. It was a little chilly but we ate outside and had a delicious meal at Mabel’s Lobster Claw. It was nice catching up with our Chicago visitors.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Big Chicken</u></b></span><br />
I bet that got your attention. On Monday, 7/16, we drove to Ellsworth and visited the Big Chicken Barn Books and Antiques. We didn’t run into any chickens but the building was a chicken barn in its earlier days. This place is HUGE - 21,000 SF! The 1st floor was all antiques and the 2nd floor had all the books. It was very organized and very overwhelming. We did buy a couple books and I even found some Cubs baseball cards that I can use in a world series shadowbox that I’m thinking of making (one of these days).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Checking out the Competition</u></b></span><br />
We love to visit museums and on Wednesday, 7/18, we took a drive north to visit the Patten Lumberman’s Museum. The museum consists of nine buildings that you can wander through. The reception center is where you enter and pay your admission fee; there are photo exhibits, a gift shop and a 1/2 hour original movie from the early-mid 1900’s that is well worth viewing before viewing all the out-buildings (bunkhouse, cookhouse, blacksmith shop, etc.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They used "caulk" boots in the northeast too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many "ponds" in Baxter State Park</td></tr>
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From the museum we grabbed a quick lunch and then drove to Baxter State Park to see the start of the Appalachian Train and Mt. Katahdin (the highest point in Maine). Before we got to the park we saw a Visitor Center and stopped to pick up some information. As we were getting out of our truck a ranger was getting out of her car and asked if we planned to visit the park. We said yes and she told us our truck was too wide; they don’t allow anything over 7’ wide on the park road. She walked with us into the center and gave us a map which showed us a couple places where we could park our car, so we drove in as far as we could and walked around a little along a lake with a view of Mt. Katahdin. <br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b><br />Say Cheese!</b></u></span><br />
On Saturday, 7/21 and Sunday, 7/22 Marty led some photography classes. There were 5-7 people each day and they seemed to enjoy it (I know Marty did). Here's a link to a youtube video of "Professor" Marty: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFyfGA50alo&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFyfGA50alo&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Heavy Metal</u></b></span><br />
Heavy Metal Days at the museum was on Saturday, 7/28. There were blacksmithing demonstrations and hands on learning, Lombard Log Hauler Rides, smelting demonstrations. We had live music and bean hole beans, biscuits, lemonade and strawberry shortcake. It was a very busy day, we had over 100 visitors and they all seemed to really enjoy everything. I worked in the gift shop, and Marty wandered around helping where needed and taking pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lombard Log Hauler Crew</td></tr>
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Bean hole beans are a big deal in Maine. A visitor to our gift shop asked if we had the recipe. We didn't but now, thanks to Marty's creative photography, we have postcards for sale with the recipe.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yum - homemade strawberry shortcake</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Biking in Acadia</b></u></span><br />
Once we decided to spend the summer in Maine I knew we had to take our bikes on the carriage roads at Acadia National Park. We finally did that on Tuesday, July 31. No cars are allowed on these roads, only hikers, bikers and horses. The surface is a fine gravel and they are nice and wide. We did a loop and rode along two ponds (Bubble Pond and Jordan Pond). They were a little hillier than we expected (or maybe we’re just getting old). It was a perfect day for riding. When we got back into the car we drove the 27 mile park loop road. It’s a nice drive, partly along the ocean and there is a nice beach which was very crowded.<br />
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We drove back to Acadia on Sunday, 8/5 to pick up Marty's Senior National Park Pass - woohoo! Now we're free getting into any National Park and their campgrounds along with all COE campgrounds are half-price! From the Visitor Center we drove over to Schoodic Point to say goodbye to the Atlantic Ocean.<br />
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On our last day at the Museum (8/7) they had a cookout. We said goodbye to all the wonderful volunteers and our boss, Sherry. The people that we’ve met and worked with have been incredibly nice and
we’ll really miss them. We may be back in this area some day but now we
know to come later in the season after bug season and hopefully after
the heat - who knew Maine could be so hot.<br />
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Now we’re off to visit a place that I’ve always wanted to see. Here’s a hint, it’s in New York - can you guess? <br />
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<br />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-2464184045668970492018-06-28T13:05:00.001-05:002018-06-28T13:05:54.053-05:00Post #98 - Maine - May 17 through June 25, 2018<br />
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We have survived our first six weeks in Maine and are settled into our summer site. We arrived on Thursday, May 17th and the black flies were HORRENDOUS; I was trying to direct Marty into our spot but had to constantly wave bugs out of my face, we’re lucky he didn’t land in the creek! We had been warned but nothing can really prepare you for how bad they are. Luckily, we had our head nets from our adventure on the Mississippi River back in 2014 and they helped a little. The black flies lasted about three weeks and then it was mosquito season - yikes! We seriously wondered what we had gotten into and considered leaving but as I write this on June 23rd, the bugs have died down. <br />
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The grounds here are beautiful, we are parked behind the empty caretakers house (which we have the use of). Down the road from us are the water hand pump, the smoke-house and settlers cabin. Across the covered bridge over Blackman’s Creek are the water powered sawmill, the blacksmith shop, the sawyer’s house (used for spinning wheel demonstrations) and other “old-timey” buildings. Up the hill is the gift shop (where I work), the machine shop, and the saw mill complex. The parking lot is at the top of the hill and there is a gate that is kept closed so there are no cars except our truck. It’s very peaceful and now that the worst of the bugs are gone it’s a pretty nice place to be.<br />
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We are roughing it this summer. We are not connected to electricity but we do have solar panels and the use of a generator. We turn the generator on for about 1/2 hour in the morning to make coffee and then turn it on again in the evening for another hour to watch the news and Jeopardy and to make dinner. It hasn't been too hot yet so we're ok without A/C for now. We aren’t connected to sewer but the museum did buy a “blue-boy” portable tank that we can use to dump our waste into and then Marty loads it into the truck and dumps it into an outhouse. We also have the use of the caretaker cabins bathroom and 6 outhouses (TMI?). We get our water from a well which is electronically (generator) pumped into a cistern which is located on the second floor of the cabin. We then fill our tanks from the cistern. It seemed a bit overwhelming when we first arrived but we’ve settled into a regular routine. We have no internet or cell service but we can get a signal at the top of the hill. We have also found a spot that we can drive to about 1/2 mile down the road which has a decent signal. Our boss, Sherry, has an office in the Forest Service building and we can go in their to plug in and catch up (Monday- Friday). I think not having internet and cell service in our rig has been the hardest adjustment. You don’t realize how much you use the internet until you don’t have it at your fingertips.<br />
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We are near Bangor and do most of our shopping and dining our there. Our first purchase at Walmart was a Bug-Zapper! The mosquitoes have gotten into the rig and are very annoying! The bug zapper didn’t work so it was returned and we bought a dust buster. The dust buster works pretty well for sucking up mosquitoes. We also use a fly swatter and I’ve killed quite a few with my hands - whatever it takes!<br />
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<u><b>The Maine Forest and Logging Museum </b></u><br />
The museum has five main events and we’re here for four of them. Children’s Days were May 23 -25; three days of school groups (about 300 kids a day). All the buildings were open with activities and demonstrations for the kids. They could make necklaces with a tin punch, bookmarks with quills and stencils, and catch alewives with their hands and move them over to the fish ladder. There were old fashioned games set out that they could play (checkers, tic-tac-toe, tug of war), wooden stilts to try walking with. There were horse drawn wagon rides available, with two beautiful Percheron horses, Amos and Andy. It was a very busy three days, the kids all seemed to have a really good time and we’ve even had a few come back with their parents.<br />
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The next event was Alewife Day on Saturday, May 26th. There were over a million alewives swimming upstream this season and they were pretty easy to catch. On Thursday Marty helped set up the smokehouse and then tended it. On Saturday smoked alewife samples were available for tasting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alewives, swimming upstream</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catching alewives with nets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparing smokehouse for the alewives</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">48 hours of smoking and they're ready for human consumption (or lobster bait)</td></tr>
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The next big event was a cross country run held on June 16th. That was also the day we had the “Axe Women of Maine” here for three shows. The run was 3.8 miles down a logging road and thru the forest. The museum complex is on over 400 acres of the 4000 +/- Penobscot Experimental Forest.<br />
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The Axe Women show was pretty cool. They did log rolling with a “peavy”
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showing off their chopping skills</td></tr>
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Beanhole beans are very popular in Maine and were served all day along with biscuits to all who wanted them. The beans were soaked and then the pots were buried overnight in hot coals. They are cooked with molasses, onions and salt pork. The biscuits were also cooked outside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lowering the beans into the fire pit for overnight cooking</td></tr>
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Here's a link to the beanhole cooking process as shared by our boss, Sherry (double-click): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEmcONyZcEk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEmcONyZcEk</a><br />
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I worked in the gift shop all day with Ruth; Marty spent the day hanging out with the guys giving rides on the steam powered Lombard Log Hauler. The Lombard Log Hauler was used in the woods of Maine in the early 1900's. The museum has two steam powered log haulers, one is operable and it's quite a big deal when it's operating. They run it maybe four times a year and we got to see it running on June 16th. Marty even got to drive it and took me for a ride! Here's a link to the Lombard Log Hauler running: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgy4xzRlLzM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgy4xzRlLzM</a><br />
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<u><b>Our Day Trips</b></u><br />
We drove through Acadia National Park on Monday, May 21st. We took the loop road up to Cadillac Mountain and drove past some of the famous carriage roads. We will be back with our bicycles to check them out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A gull enjoying the view from Cadillac Mountain</td></tr>
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On Sunday, May 28th we took a drive to the coast. We stopped at West Quoddy State Park which is the eastern most point in the continental United States. We took some pictures of the lighthouse and did a little bit of hiking. There are no bugs along the coast!<br />
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On the following Sunday (6/3) we drove south to Freeport, Maine to check out the LL Bean Flagship store. It’s quite a complex with the flagship store, the bikes and boats store, home supply store and an outlet store. There’s even an outlet mall of other stores across the street. I found two nice flannel shirts on the clearance rack in the main store for 10.00 each, I think that’s a pretty good deal!<br />
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Our next sightseeing day was on Monday, 6/11 (Happy Birthday Rick and Derek). We drove to Fort Knox State Park and Observatory. The observatory is 400’ high with windows on all four sides overlooking the Penobscot River -- beautiful views. The observatory is actually part of the bridge structure. After the observatory we took a stroll thru Fort Knox State Park. It seems like we’ve seen quite a few forts this year - I liked this one because they have overnights there in October; “fright at the fort”, what a fun idea for kids (very brave kids).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking out over the Penobscot River from inside the observatory</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside Fort Knox State Park</td></tr>
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We had a nice drive west to Moosehead Lake on Sunday, June 17th. On our way there, we stopped at the Appalachian Trail and hiked a bit of it (a very little bit). Once we got near Moosehead Lake (largest lake in Maine) we stopped at the visitor center and the young woman working there suggested we take a loop drive. We drove along the lake and then turned west (and south) and drove along the Kennebac river. Moxie Falls looked like a nice hike so we stopped there and hiked the mile trail to the falls. Once back in the car we discovered the Kennebac River Brewery and stopped for a late lunch<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Campobello Island, summer home of the Franklin Roosevelt Family</td></tr>
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On Wednesday, 6/20, we drove 2 1/2 hours back to the coast to Campobello Island. Campobello Island was the summer home of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. It’s a 34 room “cottage” on the shores of the Bay of Fundy. Campobello Island is actually in New Brunswick, Canada but since it’s considered an international park half of the employees are American and the other half are Canadian. We took a tour of the amazing cottage and then had lunch on the porch of an adjoining cottage.<br />
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We don’t always go sightseeing on our days off, sometimes we have local adventures. On Tuesday, 6/19, we got our bikes out and took a ride on the logging road. Unfortunately it had rained the day before so there were very large puddles. Rather than turn around and ride the 4.5 miles back on the logging road we decided when we got to the end to take paved roads back. We ended up doing a 15 mile loop road on somewhat hilly roads. It was a good ride but next time we’ll be dressed more appropriately and we’ll bring water.<br />
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Well that's it for the first six weeks of our Maine adventure. We still have lots of exploring to do so stay tuned! <br />
<br />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-8735893680855443552018-06-06T14:57:00.000-05:002018-06-06T14:57:45.535-05:00Miama to Maine (4/15 - 5/16/2018)We are currently in Maine with no internet where we’re staying; We can drive down the road about 1/2 mile to check emails but to do the blog takes a little more planning and work than usual. The laundry mart has decent wi-fi and we can also use the Forest Service Office during working hours - we'll make this work!<br />
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We spent April 15th thru May 15th traveling north from Miami to our summer destination of Bradley Maine. We drove more than 1500 miles and spent nights in Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. We spent time with the Winchell Family in Mobile, Alabama for Emily and Chris Coleman’s very fun wedding, we visited Linn and Terry in Reston, VA and got to see our newest great-nephew, Jacks Schmidt, also in Reston VA. We had a fun month of travel and now we're looking forward to a fun summer in Maine.<br />
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From Wauchula we continued our drive north to Stephen C. Foster Folk Center State Park in White Springs, Florida. <br />
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About fifty miles south of the park we had our very first tire blow-out on the 5th wheel!<br />
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We were on I-75 in the middle lane and Marty very carefully slowed down and got us over to the shoulder. He got the spare put on and we were back on the road within an hour. <br />
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The Stephen C. Foster Folk Center is situated on the banks of the Suwanee River. They have a Stephen C. Foster Museum and they also have a Carillon (Bell) Tower which houses some more memorabilia. The bells weren't ringing during our stay there because the tower had been hit by lightning and was still being repaired.<br />
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Our campsite was a very large (90’) pull-thru. The sites are separated by trees so you have lots of privacy. There were some nice hiking trails and it was a short walk to the river. There was a nice gift shop with lots of locally crafted items. They also had a “craft village”, an area of cabins where craftspeople work and you could watch. They have bluegrass jam sessions every Friday Night, of course we went and Marty played. In late May they host a big bluegrass festival which must be amazing. <br />
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We left Stephen Foster Folk Center on Monday (4/23) and headed west on I-10 to our next destination of Mobile, Alabama for the wedding of our niece, Emily Winchell to Chris Coleman. We had planned to break up the drive by staying in a Wal-Mart parking lot but the drive was pretty easy so we kept going and drove 366 miles to Creola, Alabama (just north of Mobile). We found a county park, River Delta Marina and Campground, which was perfectly situated to where we needed to be. This is a very nice county campground and with our senior discount it was only $15.28 per night! We have found county parks and COE parks to be inexpensive and scenic options for camping (especially as we get those senior discounts). <br />
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As we were driving to Alabama from Florida Marty noticed that our rig seemed to be leaning towards the right side. When we got to our campground he crawled under it and found that our leaf spring was broken in half - yikes!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sprung Spring!</td></tr>
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He took a picture and on Tuesday we found Johnny's RV Repair Center and they could fix it once they located a part. The woman in the office (Mary) was incredibly helpful and called numerous places trying to find our part. The only place that seemed likely to have it (Porters) needed more information so we drove over there to find out what exactly they needed. Then we drove back to the rig to take measurements. Then back to Porters with the dimensions so he could get it ordered. He had the part on Thursday, we picked it up and went back to Johnny’s to set up the repair for Monday morning. We arranged to stay overnight in their lot on Sunday night so they could fix it and we could get on the road at a reasonable time on Monday. We were very happy to have this all arranged so we could enjoy the rest of the wedding week without worries about the rig.<br />
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<i><b>Chris and Emily Get Married</b></i><br />
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We met up with Amie (Marty’s sister), her daughter Becky Winchell and five of Becky’s seven kids for dinner on Thursday (wedding eve-eve). It was a good chance to catch up before the wedding. <br />
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Friday was the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner at Moe’s Original Bar-B-Q. This is quite a wedding - 11 couples are standing up with them; all four of her sisters and her two brothers plus many of their friends. It’s nice when you’re from a large family and can have all your sibling in the wedding party. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wedding Party during the service</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"parading" to reception</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beautiful Winchell sisters</td></tr>
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The wedding on Saturday was amazing. The weather was perfect. The bride was beautiful (of course) and the whole bridal party looked amazing. The wedding was held at St. Joseph Chapel on the grounds of Spring Hill College (where they met) and from the chapel we were led the four blocks to the reception by a Dixieland 4 piece band. The bride and groom held feathered parasols above their heads and the whole crowd waved white hankies (handed out as we left the church) above their heads. It was so much fun, I’ve never paraded to a wedding reception before. The reception was held at Stewardfield which is a mansion on campus. The food and dancing were outside under tents and the house was also open. There was a live nine piece band and they played a lot of Motown! They were incredible and really got the crowd dancing. Marty even got up on the stage at one point and sang with them! I could go on and on but I’ll just finish by saying this wedding was definitely one of the most fun ones we’ve been to.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marty covering Earth, Wind & Fire</td></tr>
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On Sunday it was back to reality. We packed up our rig and drove about 1/2 hour to Johnny’s RV Center where we settled in for the night. We stayed overnight there so that we’d be taken care of early on Monday (and we were). Our rig was fixed by noon and we were back on the road.<br />
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We spent three nights at a COE Park (Corps of Engineers) in Montgomery, Alabama. The cost was supposed to be 26.00 per night with full hook-ups. However, when we started talking to the couple in the office and said we’d be 62 this year he said since we’re in the year of turning 62 and have a National Park Service pass we were eligible for the 50% discount - YAY!! Instead of 78.00 for three nights we only paid 39.00! We are definitely going to be looking for more COE parks in our travels. <br />
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There is so much to see and do in the Montgomery area. We left our campground and planned to drive about 1 1/2 hours south to Monroeville but the road we were on happened to be the same road (U.S. Hwy 80) that the March from Selma to Montgomery took place on. We stopped at the Lowdnes Visitor Center and watched a short film about the march and then checked out the exhibits. <br />
Here's some information from the Visitor's Center:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pair of shoes worn during the 54 mile march</td></tr>
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<i><b> "On March 7, 1965, Rev. Hosea Williams and John Lewis stepped from the pulpit of Brown Chapel Church and led 600 marchers toward Montgomery. After just six blocks, Sheriff Jimmy Clark's mounted deputies and state troopers, dispatched by Gov. George Wallace, attacked the group with nightsticks and tear gas as the crossed the Edmud Pettus Bridge, injuring dozens. America was shocked by the brutal images of what became known as "Bloody Sunday".</b></i><br />
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<i><b> Two Weeks later, religious leaders from throughout the country joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the march. Alabama National Guardsmen and Army troops protected the court-ordered limit of 300 marchers as they walked along U.S. Hwy 80 during the day and slept in the fields at night. They covered the 54 miles between Selma and Mongomery's State Capitol in four days." </b></i><br />
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<i><b> "Viola Liuzzo, a 39-year-old white mother of five from Detroit, was shot while shuttling marchers back to Selma. Her death outraged moderates, and President Lyndon Johnson was emboldened to push the stalled Votings Rights Bill through Congress." </b></i><br />
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From Selma we drove down to Monroeville which was about an hour away, we had to go there since Harper Lee and Truman Capote both lived there (right next door to each other). "To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of my favorite books and oddly so is "In Cold Blood" (I have very eclectic tastes in reading). As I’m writing this I realized that as good as both books were the movies were just as good and that’s not usually the case. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with Scout, Jem, and Dill</td></tr>
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We were able to walk around the courthouse where Harper Lee’s father had his law office. There was much more information about Truman Capote’s life than Harper Lee’s (her papers haven't been donated, I believe there is some kind of issue with settling her estate). <br />
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From the courthouse we walked the two blocks to the street where they grew up. Neither house is still standing although there is a partial stone wall on the property where Truman Capote lived. We ate lunch on the property of Harper Lee’s house; it’s now a Dairy Bar. <br />
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We spent a day in Montgomery visiting the newly opened Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. <br />
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Our first stop was at the Memorial, here is some information from their brochure: <b><i>"The National Memorial is designed to take visitors on a journey from slavery, through lynching and racial terror and into the modern era of mass incarceration".</i></b><br />
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There are more than 800 steel monuments, one for each county in the United States where a racial terror lynching took place (including Cook County, IL!) The names of the lynching victims and the dates when these lynchings occurred are engraved on the columns. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jars and Jars of dirt from lynching sites around the country</td></tr>
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The Memorial and Museum are about one mile apart. The Legacy Museum is located on the site of a former warehouse where black people were enslaved in Montgomery, Alabama. It is a small museum that is packed with information and history about lynchings that occurred after the Civil War and the mass incarceration of African Americans that is still going on today. <br />
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<br /><u><b>Virginia</b></u><br />
After almost two weeks in Alabama it was time to continue our northward travels. We left Alabama on May 3rd and spent that night in an Eastern Tennessee Walmart. We had reservations for the weekend at Hungry Mother State Park in Marion, Virgina but, while at the WalMart, Marty noticed that three of our rig tires looked worn. Since we had just replaced one (due to the blowout) we decided to go ahead and replace the other three. There was a tire shop in Wytheville, VA just a little east of the state park so we stopped there first and replaced the three tires. We finally got settled at Hungry Mother S.P. and had a quiet weekend. This park is located in the Blue Ridge mountains and has lots of hiking and biking trails. <br />
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The one "touristy" thing we did while in this area was visit Mt. Airy, NC, home of Andy Griffith. We toured the Andy Griffith Museum and ate lunch at an “old-timey” soda
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We left Hungry Mother State Park on Monday, May 7th and headed east on beautiful Interstate 84 to Reston, Virginia. It was a pretty easy 325 mile drive and we arrived at our next campground, Lake Fairfax County Park, around 4:00. A very nice campground but all the sites only have electric. We stopped at the water spigot to fill up our fresh water tanks and we’ll stop on our way out to dump our grey and black water tanks. $45.00 a night for just electricity is pricey but the location can’t be beat. We are a 10 minute drive from Marty’s sister Linn and her husband Terry and also 10 minutes from our nephew, Kevin and his family.<br />
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Once we were all set up we took a drive over to Linn and Terry’s house. They drove us to a Japanese restaurant, Ariake, where each couple ordered a “Bento Box” which contained an assortment of items. Marty ate everything with fish and I ate the chicken. We both ate the veggies and it was all very good. This was a neat little restaurant housed in an old McDonalds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And now for the rest of the story......</td></tr>
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From the Newseum we grabbed a quick snack at a food truck and then headed into the National Archives. We didn’t have enough time to tour the building, just visited the gift shop for some postcards. There was a kiosk in the gift shop where you can enter your last name and find out the origin. I entered my maiden name, Merkes, and this is what I found out: <br />
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“The meaning of Merkes”: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Merke, Mirke (see Mirkin).<br />
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Since our family has been Catholic since they came over from Germany this was a bit of a surprise. <br />
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Terry picked us up back at the subway in Reston and we went out to dinner at a Vietnamese Restaurant, Pho 75 Dulles. Another very good meal!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Observation Tower</td></tr>
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On Wednesday Marty and I had some errands to run as did Linn and Terry. We met them for lunch at an Indian Buffet - Angeethi. The food was good but it stayed with me, I could taste the curry for two days. After lunch we chilled for a while before heading to the Smithonian Air and Space museum near Dulles Airport. Our first stop there was the Observation Tower where you can watch the planes landing at Washington Dulles International Airport. Then we just wandered the museum looking at the historic airplanes. The Enola Gay is here as is the Space Shuttle Discovery. There were a lot of older gentlemen being escorted around, they were on an honor flight from the Chicago area - how cool is that? I talked to a few of them, they were mostly Korean war veterans from the south suburbs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary, Linn, and Terry enjoying dinner</td></tr>
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After the museum we headed back to Reston where Linn made us a delicious pulled chicken dinner and we had a very enjoyable evening hanging out and watching videos of past vacations. They’ve been on some amazing trips! Terry put together a video of their photos set to music of their Africa trip - quite impressive. We also watched the YouTube video that Marty did of our trip bicycle trip with them to the Baltics in 2014 - such good memories! We are going on another bike trip with them this October to Belgium and the Netherlands. <br />
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We have more family living in Reston, our nephew Kevin, his wife Mary and their one month old baby, Jacks Benedict Schmidt. We stopped by on Thursday morning for a quick visit and baby snuggle. Jacks is the 19th great nephew/niece born on my side and we have a new great niece coming in June - Wow! When we left Chicago back in October of 2013 we only had 8, this family just keeps growing. On Marty’s side we even have one great-great niece, 4 year old Mila. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacks Bendict Schmidt - I think he likes me!</td></tr>
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We left Reston on Friday Morning following Terry’s excellent directions on avoiding tollways. Bath, Pennsylvania was our next stop and we spent four night there. Why Bath, Pennsylvania? It just happens to be the closest campground we could find near Nazareth, PA which is where Martin guitars are made. They offer weekday tours of their factory and on Monday we took the tour. <br />
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The campground we stayed at was nice but with very tight spots to get in and out of. It was wooded and right in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. When we checked in I looked over the “rules and regulations” and noticed that you can’t walk your dog after dusk. When I asked why, they told me it was because of the bears. Ok, we’ll keep Maddie inside and we’ll stay inside with her to keep her company. <br />
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Saturday and Sunday were both very rainy days. The rain was no problem because we had cable with the MLB station and the Cubs were playing the White Sox and we got to watch the games! We did do some Walmart shopping on Saturday and on Sunday we drove over to Bethlehem to check out the town. It was still raining so we couldn't get out and walk around but we did happen to notice there was a Hollywood Casino so we spent some time in there. It was a good place to spend a rainy afternoon, there was a mall with a food court attached to the casino so we didn’t spend our whole time gambling (just most of it). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I pulled into Nazareth...."</td></tr>
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On Monday morning we headed over to Nazareth and toured the Martin Guitar factory. The tours are hourly so we had to wait about 45 minutes but they have a very nice museum and gift shop so the time went quickly. Walking through the factory was fascinating, you see the guitar making process from start to finish. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok Marty, we can go in and watch them make guitars</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clothespins, low-tech but effective</td></tr>
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Tuesday was another travel day. We drove through five states (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire) We spent the night in a Walmart parking lot, one of the nicest ones as far as nearby amenities - there was a Michaels Craft Store, a dollar store and a grocery store in the same parking lot and a Panera’s right next door. <br />
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Wednesday (5/16) was our last full day of traveling - YAY! We left New Hampshire and crossed over the Connecticut River west back into Vermont to head north on 91. I 91 is one of the prettiest highways we’ve ever been on and hopefully when we leave Maine we’ll be able to spend some time in Vermont. From I 91 North we got on Highway 2 east across New Hampshire and finally into Maine. Highway 2 has lots of warning signs to look out for moose but sadly we didn’t see any. <br />
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We are spending the summer at the Maine Forest and Logging Museum but since we won’t have any utilities there we decided to spend one last night in a full hook-up campground 3 miles south of the museum. We set up our rig and then took the short drive to the museum to check out our summer home and meet our new boss. You’ll have to wait until my next post to read about Maine. I will tell you this much, it's "buggy" and beautiful. Here's a link to the museum where we're working: <a href="http://www.maineforestandloggingmuseum.org/">www.maineforestandloggingmuseum.org</a>m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-85041101330086222602018-04-20T16:53:00.000-05:002018-04-20T16:56:49.763-05:003/15 thru 4/15/2018 - Our month in Miami We loved Miami (except for the traffic)! From the beach to the ballpark (with family) to the Everglades we had a great month.<br />
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We stayed at the Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park which is a South Dade County campground and it was very reasonably priced, especially for Florida. It's just about impossible to find any campground in Florida for the winter unless you book a year ahead. And most are very expensive especially compared to our usual winter destination of Arizona. We were very lucky to find a spot and for $600.00 for the month including electricity it's one of the best deals we've found since we started our travels. We never expected to be this far south in Florida this winter but once I saw the Cubs schedule and realized they were opening their season in Miami it was a no-brainer. I'll follow them anywhere and Marty is happy to come along (right, Marty?)<br />
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This is a nice campground with some very nice walking trails and a swimming pool. The land was originally a fruit orchard and there are still many fruit trees along the trail (no picking allowed). The park is laid out in 11 pods (9 pods with 15 sites and 2 with 20 sites). Many of the people who come here in the winter have been coming for years and stay in the same pod so each pod is like a little community with pot-lucks and outings. There is also a large building (Cabana) next to the pool and once a week they have an ice cream social. Staying here is a cross between a state park with lots of hiking and a private park with social activities. The "snowbirds" start leaving in March which is why we were lucky enough to get a spot (we came down on 3/15).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IWJT4lh7cog1nr7y5AKpCgt2ZBgkTdXiILrB2QMronTHHrsBHig_xOHx67WObdI1HF9Jg2Xi6-zu0G7oAyG-yDli_CyxzBk1ytaA792Xw7hk_NPwBseajRrInvcZLhLYzGXwHgCoMcI/s1600/Biscayne+Beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IWJT4lh7cog1nr7y5AKpCgt2ZBgkTdXiILrB2QMronTHHrsBHig_xOHx67WObdI1HF9Jg2Xi6-zu0G7oAyG-yDli_CyxzBk1ytaA792Xw7hk_NPwBseajRrInvcZLhLYzGXwHgCoMcI/s320/Biscayne+Beach.jpg" width="273" /></a>When we arrived in Miami the weather was perfect - sunny and mid 70's! On our first full day (Friday, 3/16) we took a drive over to Key Biscayne to visit Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park. It was lovely! We walked along the seawall and then climbed the 109 steps to the top of the lighthouse and then checked out the beach. Considering it was Spring Break the beach wasn't too crowded. After leaving the beach we drove to Costco and discovered the very worst thing about Miami - THE TRAFFIC! Floridians like to blame all the tourists and snowbirds for their bad traffic and bad drivers but we were down here after most of them left and it never got any better. Lane changes without turn signals were the norm - very aggravating. It's a good thing we're retired and are never in a hurry.<br />
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The couple in the site next to us (Ken and Rosanna from Ontario) were extremely friendly and gave us lots of ideas of things to do in the area. On Sunday (3/18) they had us follow them to the Miami Flea Market and gave us some tips on how best to navigate it. We walked around for a couple hours, bought a few things (mangos and orange t-shirts) and headed back to our rig.<br />
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Later that week, we took a drive south to Key Largo and stopped at John Pennecamp State Park. We are having visitors (Yay!) next week and are looking for places to take them. When we got back in the car we drove a little bit further south in the Keys to an Elks Club that has 10 RV sites right on the Gulf! We were thinking about leaving Miami a few days early and staying here a couple days. Decided not to but it was very tempting.<br />
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Saturday, 3/24, was "March for Our Lives" and we were proud to be able to march with the Parkland Community. And now I'm getting on my soapbox: The NRA puts out so much misinformation and too many people believe that their guns are in danger of being taken away. If you have no mental health issues, have never been convicted of a crime and are licensed and trained and feel you need a gun to protect yourself and your family go for it. Just please keep it in a safe place and away from young people. We have been on the road for almost five years and have never felt that
our lives were in danger. The people we meet in our travels are friendly and kind as are the majority of people in our great country and
I'm so tired of all the negative news that is put out just to scare us. STOP IT! <br />
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Below is a list of what March For Our Lives is all about (nothing radical, just common sense laws).<br />
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<li><b><i>Universal, comprehensive background checks</i></b></li>
<li><b><i>Bringing the ATF into the 21st century with a digitized, searchable database</i></b></li>
<li><b><i>Funds for the Center for Disease Control to research the gun violence epidemic in America</i></b></li>
<li><b><i>High-capacity magazine ban</i></b></li>
<li><b><i>Assault weapons ban </i></b></li>
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Guns are a huge problem in our country and something
needs to be done. I just recently found out that the NRA is a
non-profit (501C 4) organization which makes no sense to me.
Organizations like Moms Demand Action which are all about educating
people and fighting for common sense gun laws don't get the tax break.<br />
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On Sunday, 3/26 (Happy 30th Anniversary to us!) Sue, Earl, Sarah Beth and Megan drove down from the Chicago area to spend spring break with us. The girls stayed with us and Sue and Earl stayed at a nearby Quality Inn which turned out to be the "No" Quality Inn, it was disgusting! They ended up moving over to a LaQuinta which was even a little closer to us.<br />
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Monday (3/27) was beach day. We drove back to Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park and set up our chairs and beach umbrellas and enjoyed the day.<br />
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On Tuesday, 3/28, we drove to the central part of the Everglades. We had planned on taking their tram tour but when we got there people were parking outside the park because the parking lot was full. We decided to drive a little further west on HWY 41 and check out the Big Cypress Visitor Center. It would have been nice to take the 2 hour ranger guided tram tour but there were plenty of alligators to see outside the Visitor Center and a short movie inside so our visitors had their "Everglades" taste.<br />
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Wednesday (3/29) was "hang around the pool" day. It was pretty hot so the girls were very happy to go swimming and sunning.<br />
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Ahhhh, Thursday. Cubs opened their season in Miami (you didn't really think they came down from Chicago just to see us, did you?) We had great seats, the Cubs won and we have very high hopes for the rest of the season. The ballpark was filled with Cubbie Blue - there were at least as many Cub fans as Marlin fans. As I'm writing this on 4/14 the Cubs have been struggling and are just at .500 but they just had an incredible comeback in a game they were losing 10-2. They WON 14-10!! Go Cubs!<br />
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Our visitors left us early Friday morning (4:30!) for their 22 hour drive back to Chicago. My crazy brother-in-law does all the driving and on the way down put in a 17 hour day! I think if I was driving 22 hours I might split it a little more evenly but, hey, that's just me. Once they left, we went back to sleep and had a very lazy day.<br />
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Full time Rving isn't all play. We didn't make it to the dentist when we were last in Chicago so we found one in Miami with a "new patient" rate of $59.00 for cleaning, x-ray and exam. They were very thorough and even re-glued Marty's crown which had been bothering him and fell out during the cleaning. I was talking to one of the technicians (Yulietta) who was pregnant and asked if she knew what she was having. She knew that she was having a girl but was waiting for one of her co-workers to get back from vacation before telling the staff. She tried to tell me she was having a "gender-reveal" pinata to make the announcement but wasn't sure how to say it in English so she asked one of the other girls. Poor Yulietta accidentally told me that it would be filled with pink items and was so upset with herself because she thought the other girl heard her. I was sure she hadn't noticed but it was pretty funny how easy the slip was.<br />
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We asked the dental staff for a recommendation for a good Cuban restaurant and they suggested the nearby LaCarretta. When we got there at 3:30 the parking lot was pretty full which is always a good sign. The food was just ok but the Mango Mojito was pretty tasty.<br />
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We've spent some time shopping thrift stores and estate sales. We are going to a wedding later in the month and don't travel with "wedding-worthy" clothes. We both did pretty well, I found a brand new dress and Marty found a nice jacket, tie and shoes. I'm still looking for shoes but we still have a few weeks.<br />
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We had two more tourist days. The first was on Tuesday, 4/10. We drove north to Hugh Taylor Birch State Park in Ft. Lauderdale. It was very hot and muggy but we still hiked the 1.5 mile trail - yay for us! Then a quick peak in their visitor center and a walk across the street to the beach - Do you know what movie this beach was a major part of? <br />
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Our next and final tourist day was on Friday, April 13th. We drove to the south part of the Everglades. We stopped at the Edward Coe Visitor Center and watched a movie about the Everglades. Did you know it's not a swamp? I learn something knew at every National Park we stop at.<br />
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Did you know that there's a missile site in the Everglades? From their brochure "Everglades National Park houses one of the best preserved relics of the Cold War in Florida. A historic Nike Hercules Missile Base, dubbed HM-69 remains virtually the same as it was when official use of the site was terminated in 1979."<br />
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Here's a quote from John F. Kennedy which was printed on the brochure we received:<br />
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<i>"It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization" (10/27/1962)</i><br />
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From the missile site we drove all the way to the bottom of Mainland Florida to the Flamingo Visitor Center. They sustained quite a bit of damage during Hurricane Irma and haven't fully recovered but we did get to walk along the waters of Florida Bay (we even saw a manatee!). We checked out the campground which at this time of year was pretty empty. Some sites had electric so who knows, maybe someday we'll be back.<br />
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That's it for our month in Miami. We are now heading north to Maine for the summer with a stop in Mobile, Alabama for a family wedding. <br />
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While we were still in Brunswick, Georgia we took a ninety minute drive south to visit St. Augustine, Florida. St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States, it was founded in 1565 by the Spanish. Our first stop was at the Visitors Center for information and then it was a short walk over to the <br />
Castillo de San Marcos - a
17th-century Spanish stone fortress with views of the St. Augustine
Inlet. The Fort is a National Park and someone forgot her NPS passport so we had to walk back to the truck to get it. That's ok, it just added to our step total for the day.<br />
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After picking up my passport we decided to walk through the tourist areas (lots of restaurants and stores) and eat lunch. After lunch we continued our walk down the main drag with a stop at America's first Parish - Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine which was founded on September 8, 1565.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtyard of Flagler College</td></tr>
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Our next stop was Flagler College which at one time was the Ponce de Leon Hotel built in 1888. The college was founded in 1968. What a beautiful place to go to school - the architecture and courtyard were amazing.<br />
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Here's a link to some information on Henry Flagler, he was a pretty interesting guy and is a very important person in the history of Florida. <a href="http://biography.yourdictionary.com/henry-flagler">http://biography.yourdictionary.com/henry-flagler</a><br />
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After leaving the college, we finally made it to the fort. After getting my passport stamped (yay!) we walked around the "ground floor" and peeked into all the rooms and then climbed the stairs to the top and checked out the lookout areas. <b><i> </i></b></div>
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<b><i>The Castillo de San Marcos is unique in North American architecture.
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the oldest masonry fortress in the United States it is a prime example
of the "bastion system" of fortification, the culmination of hundreds of
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poor choice of building material for a fort. However the Spanish had
few other options; it was the only stone available on the northeast
coast of La Florida. However, coquina's porosity turned out to have an unexpected benefit. Because of its conglomerate mixture coquina contains millions of microscopic air pockets making it compressible.</i></b><br />
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walls of the Castillo burrowed their way into the rock and stuck there,
much like a bb would if fired into Styrofoam. So the thick coquina walls absorbed or deflected projectiles rather than yielding to them, providing a surprisingly long-lived fortress.</i></b><br />
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We were scheduled to stay in Brunswick, Georgia for a full month but decided to leave a few days early to visit the Okefenokee Swamp (that's so much fun to say). It was an easy 125 mile drive west and we were in the park by 2:00 on Sunday, February 25th. We stayed at Steven C. Foster State Park which is in the middle of nowhere with no cell phone service or internet! We did have limited cable television so we weren't totally cut off from civilization.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okefenokee means Trembling Earth</td></tr>
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Steven C. Foster State Park is located within a National Wildlife Refuge and it's a 17 mile drive in from GA Hwy 177. The campground is surrounded on three sides by the Okefenokee Swamp. We had a nice campsite in the woods with a fire ring so we finally got to have a campfire (and marshmallows!). There weren't a lot of hiking trails so we usually walked from our campsite to ranger station/store and back for steps. Anywhere there is water there are alligators so sticking to the road worked just fine for me.<br />
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On our first full day at the park (Monday) we took a ranger guided boat ride thru the swamp. It was great since we were the only ones on the boat and could ask all the questions we wanted and he even took us on a little detour when we asked "what's over there?". We saw so many Alligators!! It rained in the afternoon so it was good that we took the 10:00 a.m. tour.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hold your camera to the lens of the telescope and snap the picture - pretty cool</td></tr>
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The highlight of our day on Tuesday was driving the 17 miles into the town of Fargo, GA and using their wi-fi to check emails and download podcasts. We had forgotten to drop off something at our last campground and had to mail it back and the Post Office just happened to be next door to the gas station where there was wi-fi. And since the Post Office didn't open until 12:15 and it was only 11:30 we got to sit in our car and download to our heart's content. I noticed the guy in the car next to us was doing the same thing.<br />
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Wednesday was hot and muggy. We did our morning walk to the office and in the afternoon we rode our bikes to the Suwanee Sill - the headwaters of the Suwanee River (can't get that darn song out of my head). The ride was about 12 miles round trip on a nice flat road. As we were riding along the road we saw a couple with a red pick up truck stopped at the side. The man was trying to get the attention of a very large alligator on the other side of the sill (the sill was only about 20' wide). This man had been fishing on the river and was attaching one of the fish he caught to his line and then trying to cast it over by the alligator. Lucky for us his aim wasn't very good; the couple had a truck to get in if the gator started moving and all we had were our bicycles!<br />
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Steven C. Foster State Park was definitely one of the most interesting and beautiful parks we've stayed in; four nights was just right. We've stayed in three Georgia State Parks so far this year and we really enjoyed each of them. <br />
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We headed back into civilization on Thursday, March 1st. Our reservations were at Sumter Oaks RV Park in Bushnell, Florida until March 15th. We stayed here a couple of years ago and really liked it for it's location. It's an Escapee Park and since we're members it's very affordable.<br />
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Our two weeks in Bushnell were pretty relaxing. Marty noticed that my bike tire needed replacing and we remembered that there was a bike shop right off the bike trail in Floral City. We dropped it off on Friday and it was ready on Saturday. When we went to pick it up we started talking to the man in the shop about recumbent bikes and he let us try a couple out. He claimed that once you try one you'll never go back to a regular bike. They were fun to ride and super comfortable but for $4200.00 each, we'll have to wait till we win the lotto to get ours.<br />
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There is a flea market every Monday in Webster which is only one town over from ours. We walked up and down almost every aisle, got lots of steps and even bought a few things. This was a fun, old-fashioned kind of flea market - something for everyone and not a lot of video tapes and tube socks.<br />
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My sister Judy and her friend (and mine) Annie were sailing out of Port Canaveral on a short cruise Wednesday morning. Since they were flying into Orlando on Tuesday which was about 1 1/2 hours away from us we decided to meet them halfway in Clermont for dinner. We met them at Lilly's on the Lake, had a very nice dinner and visit and, much to our surprise, it was Karaoke night. All four of us all went up there throughout the evening (my first live performance in an english speaking country). It was so much fun, it was a good thing the restaurant closed at 9:00 otherwise the girls may have missed their ship the next morning.<br />
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We drove over to Clearwater on Wednesday for a quick visit with Aunt Arlene and Uncle Al; from there we stopped at the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa (no luck). Thursday, Friday and Saturday were spent relaxing and enjoying the beautiful Florida weather.<br />
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Tarpon Springs is the sponge capital of the world. It is a town on the Gulf of Mexico and someplace I've always wanted to see. We took a drive over on Sunday, parked our truck and while looking for a bathroom found Craig Park. Craig Park is a spring fed bayou and we saw lots of manatees and a few rays swimming around. From there we walked into town searching for the sponge docks. This is a very cool area with lots of shops and restaurants and places to sign up for boat tours. We didn't have a lot of time to spend here because we were heading over to visit my cousin Cindy so we decided that we would come back on Tuesday and make a whole day of it. We had a very nice visit with Cindy and her daughter, Alex. Aunt Arlene and Uncle Al even came over to see us one more time and they brought some really good Chicago style pizza - YUM!<br />
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On Tuesday (3/13) we drove back to Tarpon Springs and took a sponge dive boat ride. It was only about 40 minutes but very interesting watching the diver go down in the water wearing the 100 year old helmet and lead shoes. He brought up a sponge and passed it around so we could all touch it.<br />
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After the boat ride we walked around the shops and, of course, bought some sponges. Then it was on to Yianni's for a Greek lunch. It's fun to have a total tourist day.<br />
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We left Bushnell at 9:00 AM on Thursday, March 15th and arrived in Miami at 4:30 PM - what a long day of travel. Are you wondering why this girl who really doesn't like hot and humid weather would travel even further south into Florida? One reason - the Cubs! They are playing their first series of the year against the Marlins and we're going to be there. The last time we went to an opening game on the road was 2016 and we all know what happened that year!<br />
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That's it for this post - the next one will be about our month in Miami. So far we've really enjoyed being down here. <br />
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The only other time I've been to South Carolina was when Tom came home from the Middle East during Desert Storm back in the early 90's. There were seven of us in a mini-van (Mom, Sue, Eric, Donna, Judy, Amy and me). We drove straight through (16 hours) to be there when his plane landed. It was quite an emotional experience; we sat in bleachers and there was a welcome home ceremony. Then all the Marines were dismissed and the crowd was let onto the field to find their soldier. My favorite memory is of Amy yelling "Tom, Tom Merkes" and a marine tapping her on the shoulder asking if he could help her - it was Tom! She flew into his arms screaming. Great memories.<br />
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Ok, that's enough for the trip down memory lane. We arrived in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Wednesday, December 13th and stayed a month. We stayed at Briarcliff RV Park which backs up to the Intra-Coastal Waterway. It was also a very short walk out the back gate to "Barefoot Landing" a very touristy outdoor mall with a great Sweet Shoppe which we visited quite often (and not just for the free samples).<br />
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We've never been to this area before and weren't sure what to expect. December/January are not necessarily the best months to visit Myrtle
Beach. It's too cold for most snow birds (no sitting by the pool). There are many golf courses, t-shirt shops, miniature golf courses and water parks. The shops were open, everything else was pretty much shut down for the season. There were lots of restaurants and we were only a one mile easy walk to the ocean, that was nice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset at Myrtle Beach, this was on our first night.</td></tr>
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There are two state parks close to Myrtle Beach: Myrtle Beach State Park and Hunting Island State Park. We visited both and liked Myrtle Beach State Park best. They have a special during the winter and we could have stayed a month there for a reasonable price, maybe next time. Both parks were right on the ocean and the campgrounds were just a short walk away.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful day to be at the beach - those are horses behind me!</td></tr>
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All of the above pictures were taken in December when the weather was still decent. By the first week of January I was glad I had grabbed my winter coat from our storage locker - it was cold! Temperatures with the wind chill were in the teens and there was talk of snow. We did get a dusting of snow but the big deal was the ice. People were advised to stay off the streets because it was dangerous to drive. We even had frozen pipes one night but once the sun came out everything thawed. I miss Arizona! <br />
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There is a theater attached to the Barefoot Landing, the Alabama Theater and a Patsy Cline Show was on the schedule for January 12th and 13th. Since I love Patsy Cline we walked over to buy tickets for the Friday Night show. While I was buying tickets, Marty was talking to a "Time-Share" representative who offered him a $100.00 American Express Card, a $25.00 gift card to a local restaurant and a $20.00 gift card to the theater's gift shop; all this for only 2 hours of our time. Marty told her no and we left to walk back to the rig. When he told me about it I thought it would be worth it for all the goodies. We went back the next day and signed up and then went to the presentation and stayed strong and did not buy anything. Our sales associate was a young man (23) who was still in college and interning for this company, he was very nice and low pressure. His boss did come by a few times to talk to us too but we got out of there with just our freebies!<br />
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Before the show on Friday night we walked over to the Greg Norman Restaurant to use our $25.00 gift certificate. Dinner was delicious and pricey and we forgot to give them the certificate (we ended up giving it to the woman in our park's office and she was thrilled). After dinner we walked over to the theater for the performance - it was amazing! Gail Bliss was the singer and she puts on quite a show. It started out as a radio play and told Patsy's life story - very well done.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our last day in Myrtle Beach we saw this guy hanging out at the Mall</td></tr>
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We left North Myrtle Beach on Sunday, 1/14/18 and drove south to Hollywood, SC (right outside of Charleston. We arrived there around 2:00, set up and then drove around looking for someplace to eat. We found the "Kozy Korner" a hole-in-the-wall soul food restaurant with delicious food. They even had lemon cake!<br />
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After dinner we took a drive to the "Visitor Center" which turned out to be another promotional place for vacations. For just one hour of our time we could get free tickets to Fort Sumter, a carriage ride through Charleston and a Plantation Tour - a savings of at least $80.00. I think we've found a new career!<br />
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We drove into Charleston on Monday, sat through the presentation, grabbed our free tickets and headed over to Charleston's City Market to catch our carriage ride. The ride was a great way to acclimate ourselves to the city and to see what else we wanted to do.<br />
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The City Market was very much like the French Market in New Orleans only smaller (maybe because it was January?). After walking through, we strolled through Old Charleston to the waterfront and walked a bit more. Charleston is a beautiful city and very walkable although the sidewalks were often cobblestone and you did have to watch your step.<br />
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Tuesday was our day to visit Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter is where the Civil War started which I assumed everyone knew but after talking to a few of my family members discovered that there seems to be a lot of napping during American History classes. Fort Sumter is on an island and during the winter there are only two boat trips a day to take you there. Before you get on the boat you walk through a visitor center/museum which gives an overview of the history of the area, then it's on to the boat and a 1/2 hour narrated ride to the Fort. Here's a link to the Fort Sumter website: <a href="https://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm">https://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm</a><br />
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Note the date - exactly four years apart<br />
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When we arrived on the island we were met by Ranger Scott who gave a very informative talk about the history of the Fort. Fort Sumter was built because these was a gap between Fort Johnson and Fort Moultrie and enemy ships knew that cannons could only reach so far and if they went right in between those two forts they could reach Charleston Harbor unharmed. <br />
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My favorite fact learned was that Abner Doubleday was second in command there and we all know what he went on to do -right?? <br />
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When we got back on land we found a deli for dinner and used our free American Express card to pay for it so we had a great time in Charleston for free.<br />
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On Wednesday we visited Magnolia Plantation. Here is some information from their website:
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<i>Thomas Drayton and his wife Ann arrived
from Barbados to the new English colony of Charles Towne and established
Magnolia Plantation along the Ashley River in 1676. Thomas and Ann were
the first in a direct line of Magnolia family ownership <b>that has lasted
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We took a guided walking tour of a small portion of the former rice plantation (it's 500 acres total and was a lot larger pre-Civil War). After taking a guided walking tour, we hopped on the "nature train" (tram) for a more extensive, wilder tour - we even saw an alligator. Once our train tour was over it was time to take the house tour, we got to see every room. This is a beautiful plantation and all three of our tour guides were very knowledgeable.<br />
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The Plantation was the last of our three free tickets and it was well worth sitting through the one hour presentation to get them. We would have done Fort Sumter with or without free tickets but probably not the carriage ride or plantation tour.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our last touristy stop in South Carolina was a visit to the Angel Oak. The Angel Oak tree is believed to be between 300-400 years old and is 65 feet high with a circumference of 25.5. The largest limb has a circumference of 11.25 feet and is 89 feet long! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Georgia On My Mind </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">We left South Carolina on Thursday, January 18th and headed south to Skidaway State Park near Savannah. It was an easy short drive and we were there by 12:30. Check in wasn't until 1:00 so we walked around a bit and then registered. This is a very popular Georgia State Park and pretty pricey for a state park - $42.00 per night. We did have water and electric and, best of all, CABLE! <b> </b>The sites here are very nice - all pull throughs and very large. There were lots of hiking trails and just walking the campground was nice. After spending over a month in private parks it was nice to be in nature. Cable and nature - yes, life is good. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">We drove into Savannah on Friday. Our first stop was the Visitor's Center to pick up some maps and information. Savannah is also a very walkable city and that's what we did, walked all over. We stopped at the Colonial Cemetery which had headstones dating back to the 1700's. From there we walked over to the Birthplace of Juliet Low, unfortunately it was closed during January for maintenance. The riverfront was a short walk from there so we headed over to check out the shops and find a place for lunch. Then we walked over to Savannah's City Market where we picked up some sweet treats (lemon cookies - yum!) and headed back to the truck. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">We liked what we saw at Fort McAllister so on Monday morning we packed up and headed south. This campground has a wonderful winter special of only $16.00 per night - what a deal! We had water/electric but, sadly, no cable. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">This park was smaller than Skidaway but I liked it better. It's located on the Ogeechee river and they had canoe and kayak rentals. It was a little too chilly for us (maybe next time). We walked every day and discovered that if we walked the causeway to the office/museum and back it was almost 4 miles. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">There were two trails in the park but the longer, 3 mile, trail was closed (because of hurricane damage?). Since that trail was closed we asked a ranger for recommendations and she referred us to the nature trail in nearby Richmond Hills. What a wonderful trail, it was a three mile loop partially paved and very serene and scenic. It also was on the Ogeechee River. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">On Saturday we took a ranger-led hike to learn about local edible plants. Ranger Scott walked us around the fort and pointed out what would be edible if we were ever stranded in the wilds of Georgia. After the hike we strolled around the fort on our own and learned some of its history. </span></span><br />
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<b><i>Located south of Savannah on the banks of the Ogeechee River, this
scenic park showcases the best-preserved earthwork fortification of the
Confederacy. The earthworks were attacked seven times by Union ironclads
but did not fall until 1864—<span style="color: blue;">ending General William T. Sherman’s “March
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">We left Fort McAllister State Park on Monday, January 29th and headed south, 71 miles, to Brunswick, Georgia. We are staying at a private campground, Golden Isles RV Park, which has a great monthly rate and is close enough to the coast for some interesting sightseeing. We are staying here for all of February because we couldn't find a campground in Flordia until March 1st.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">When we got here they sent us to a site that was very tight. We would have been touching our neighbors awning and it would have been very difficult to get in (and out). So I went back to the office and asked for a different site - she gave me #143. I checked it out before getting Marty and it was underwater! Once again I went back to the office and this time the woman came with me to find a satisfactory site. We are all settled in at site #57 and we're at the end of the row so it's all good. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are no extra amenities in this park and quite a few of the campers have been here a while. There is a walking path behind us and it's a short walk to the Winn Dixie so we can get our five miles a day in (walking the path 2-3 times).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Southeast Georgia and northeast Florida have many islands off the coast. We've visited Jeykll and St. Simon in Georgia and Amelia Island in Florida. They're all beautiful, it's always nice to see the ocean and we've been really lucky with the weather. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking the beach at Jekyll Island in Georgia</td></tr>
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While on St. Simon Island we picked up a map at the Visitor's Center and went looking for "Tree Spirits".<br />
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<i><b>In the 1980's, artist Keith Jennings decided to make his mark on St.
Simons Island, carving about 20 faces from the island's famous oak
trees. Each unique face is hand-carved, taking the artist between two
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<i><b>Legend has it, the images immortalize the countless sailors who lost
their lives at sea aboard the mighty sailing ships that were once made
from St. Simons Island oak. Their sad, sorrowful expressions seem to
reflect the grieving appearance of the trees themselves with their
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<i><b>But if you look a little closer, you can see that there are more than
just sailors amongst these tree faces. Artist Keith Jennings attributes
the artwork to the spirit of the tree. He carefully carves the faces
from the wood, but his artwork simply reveals each tree's soul. The
trees really do all of the work.</b></i></div>
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Our current location of Brunswick, Georgia is only an hour away from Jacksonville, Florida so we've been there a few times for shopping (Costco) and an RV Show. We walked through lots of rv's; every kind from Motor Homes to Class B's. Our fifth wheel still fits our needs the best but who knows what the future holds. <br />
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When we leave here on March 1st we'll head further south into Florida ending up in Miami. The Cubs are opening against the Marlins and we're going to be there!! Go Cubs!!<br />
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m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-61374604337663906472017-12-28T12:32:00.000-06:002017-12-28T12:32:16.887-06:00October, November and December 2017<div style="text-align: center;">
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We left Forks, Washington on Monday, September 25th and after a long stop in the Midwest we made it to our current site in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Wednesday, December 13th. We traveled through Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin before finally reaching Illinois on Monday, October 9th. We left Illinois on Sunday, November 27th and made our way to South Carolina. It's been a very busy three months!<br />
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From Ellensburg we drove to Couer d'Alene, Idaho (9/26 & 9/27).
We've driven through this area the past two years but have never had a
chance to stop. The city is on Lake Couer d'Alene which is a 30 mile
long beautiful lake. We were there when the weather was sunny and in
the 70's, you can't beat that. Our campground, Tamarack RV Park, was in
the middle of a neighborhood and the sites were tight but the location
was very convenient. Once we were set up we drove downtown to the
Visitor's Center, picked up some information and then walked next door
to the Museum of North Idaho. It was a nice museum, with interesting
information on the history of the area and they had a very large gift
shop with some fun souvenirs.<br />
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From Idaho we continued traveling east and made it to Essex, Montana which is at the southern end of Glacier National Park. We arrived on Thursday (9/28) and could only stay 2 nights because they were closing for the season on Saturday. We knew taking the northern route back to the midwest was going to be iffy; the weather was fine (so far) but finding parks in October is proving to be a little challenging. We spent Friday exploring Glacier NP, mostly in the car but we did take a hike to a waterfall. The "Going to the Sun" road was only open to Logan's Pass so that's as far as we went.<br />
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In 1850 there were approximately 150 glaciers in the park. Scientists have predicted that by 2030 many(if not all) of the glaciers will be gone. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. Mary's Waterfall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As far as we could go, the road was closed past this point</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burnt trees in Glacier N.P.</td></tr>
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On Saturday morning we traveled Highway 2 east to the tiny town of Glasgow, Montana. We stayed one night at the Shady Rest Campground; the temperatures were dropping and snow was in the forecast so it was time to get out of Montana.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">NORTH DAKOTA </span></b></span></div>
We stayed at our first State Park in a long time on Sunday (10/1) - The Little Missouri State Park near Kildeer, Norh Dakota. Once we turned off the highway, it was quite a drive, the 3 mile road into the park was dirt and it was raining - not a good combination! Our rig was covered in mud - YUK. Once we were set-up, Marty hosed it off (in the cold rain). We were the only ones staying at the park and our big window looked out over the ND Badlands, pretty nice.<br />
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Roosevelt National Park. We visited TR National Park back in 2008 and really
liked it so we decided to spend a full day sightseeing here. On Monday
we visited both the North Unit and the South Unit - lots of driving but it
was a beautiful day and we saw lots of bison and prairie dogs and the
colors were pretty nice too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Theodore Roosevelt National Park Badlands Overlook</td></tr>
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We were back on the road Tuesday morning (10/3) and got on I-94 to make some time. We needed to be in Chicago by October 9th because I had tickets for the Cubs on October 10th. We drove about 325 miles and stayed at a Wal-Mart in Fargo, North Dakota on Tuesday night and then drove all the way across Minnesota and into Wisconsin on Wednesday (10/4) where we found a US Army of Corps of Engineers Park (Eau Galle Dam and Reservoir) in Spring Valley. We really like COE parks, they're always near water and usually very scenic and this was no exception. Next year, when we're 62, we'll even get to stay in them for 1/2 price!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kinsley with Great Aunt Mary</td></tr>
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Our next stop was only 200 miles away in LaCrosse, Wisconsin Our niece, Elizabeth, is a sophomore at University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and we like visiting her. We found a nice county park (Veterans Memorial) last year and decided to stay there again - four nights this time (10/5 - 10/8). We had a nice dinner with Liz on Friday and then went back to see her on Sunday where we got to meet her boyfriend, Alec, and also see our great-niece Kinsley.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"> ILLINOIS - YAY!!</span></span></div>
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We arrived in Illinois on Monday, October 9th. We pulled into General RV to have solar panels installed on our rig. We need them because we are going to spend the summer of 2018 in Maine volunteering at a Logging Museum and there is no electricity there. They do have generators available but we want to supplement with solar. We stayed in the rig the first night and then packed up our stuff and headed over to Judy and Don's for the week. We sure are lucky to have family that lets us stay at their home when we need. Best of all, there is now a queen size bed (rather than the double we used to sleep on). They sure make it nice for us!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holding my newest great-niece, Grace Catherine with her very proud big sister, Sarah, standing guard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving Palatine, IL on 11/10 and heading NORTH to Illinois Beach SP</td></tr>
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We stayed at three different campgrounds in Illinois. The first one,
Paul Woolf, closed on 10/31. The second one, Camp Reinberg in Palatine
only allows stays of 10 days. Our third one, Illinois Beach State Park
stays open until 12/31 and that's where we were until 11/27. If you are
wondering why we stayed in Illinois so long (and it did get pretty
cold), it was because I took a week-long side trip to Paris with my
sister Sue and niece Sarah! I got back on 11/25 and we were on the road
again on Sunday 11/27. I had a wonderful time in Paris and Marty got to spend Thanksgiving with his sister and some of her grandchildren so everyone was happy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving - Marty, Hope, Emily, Chris, and Amie</td></tr>
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Here are a few pictures of my European Vacation (if you want to see more they're on Facebook):<br />
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When we got back to Chicago I got to meet my newest great-nephew (not so new anymore, he's 9 months old in this picture)<br />
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We had a slight incident with our rig going into Illinois Beach SP. There are two units at this park, the south unit is where the campground is located. Unfortunately, the GPS had us go into the north unit and we hit some very low branches which destroyed the A/C cover on our roof. It's never a good feeling to see pieces from your rig on the road. Luckily there was no damage to our air conditioner and our brand new (and very expensive) solar panels. We found a RV dealer nearby, ordered a new cover and Marty installed it. <br />
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We left Zion (Illinois Beach SP) on Sunday, 11/26. It was the end of the Thanksgiving weekend so traffic was pretty heavy and we only made it as far as the north side of Indianapolis. We stayed overnight at Wal-Mart and got an early start on Monday. I was not feeling well and was very happy to arrive at our next destination of Heiskell, TN (near Knoxville). Marty ended up with the same bug that I had so we planned on a week here before continuing east to South Carolina. <br />
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On Saturday (12/3), we received the sad news that Marty's nephew had passed away. He was 44 years old so it was quite a shock to everyone. We made arrangements to leave our rig at the park we were in and headed back to Chicago. It was a nine hour drive and much easier without the rig. We stayed up there for a week (thanks again Judy and Don) before making our way back to Tennessee on Sunday, 12/10. <br />
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We have no definite plans (or reservations) but I just learned that the Cubs are opening their season in Miami this year so guess where we'll be on March 29th?<br />
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We had a very busy start to our summer at the Forks Timber Museum. We arrived on April 26th and had to park in the parking lot because the path to our usual spot was a muddy mess. A few days and lots of gravel later we were all set up behind the Museum. We started work on May 1st and immediately began helping with preparations for an open house on May 31st. A new exhibit (Tavern) was built by Joe and Tom. Marty and I helped with updating photos and adding descriptions to exhibits in other areas. Marty even made "fake" bacon for the the cookhouse, pioneer area and look-out tower. May was a drizzly month and we couldn't do much outside so working in the museum kept us busy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This tavern is a representation of Art's Place from back in the "hey-day" of Forks' logging industry</td></tr>
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Marty did an amazing job updating and restoring old photos to add to exhibits. The previous "wall-page" exhibit had photocopies of photos with very little description. We spent lots of time going through the museum photos along with a few trips to the Port Angeles Library photo archives.<br />
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The pages are now updated with photo prints and descriptions along with some pertinent, interesting artifacts.<br />
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While Marty spent most of his time working on photo restoration, I was busy entering more information into our database. All cards for all objects, photos, and documents are now entered - all 10,000+/- of them!! It was a very busy summer.<br />
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We used one of our days off to hike on the Elk Creek Trail in Forks. This is our third summer here and it's the first time we heard of this trail - thanks Merry Parker for the info. It's about two miles total, just right for a quick hike. <br />
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Linda and I spent a morning at her "happy place", Clallam Bay. She looked for agates and beach glass and I looked for a good place to relax and enjoy the sun. <br />
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Our work days were Saturday, Sunday, Monday and sometimes Tuesday. We took advantage of our days off to do some exploring. One day we took a drive out to the Hoh Rain Forest and hiked the Hoh River Trail. It's a 26 mile trail, we did part of it, a 6 mile round trip hike out to Mineral Creek Falls. <br />
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On our way back to Forks we stopped at Peak 6 which is a store owned by the Peterson family. Minnie Peterson was an early pioneer of the area, she had her own business guiding folks thru the wilds of the Olympic Rain Forest. She was a remarkable woman, we have a small exhibit on her in the museum. <br />
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Later during June we gave Linda a ride into Seattle so she could catch a plane. Her flight was early in the morning so we left the day before and and stayed overnight to do a little sightseeing. We had a confirmed reservation at Motel 6 but that didn't work out - no "clean" rooms?!? The very indifferent customer service clerk was unbelievable. We offered to clean a room but "that's not allowed". I asked to speak to her manager "they're not available". I asked what she would do if there was no manager available and she had an emergency "I'd call 911". Motel 6 is the only hotel in the area that accepts pets so things didn't look good. Luckily there was another Motel 6 close by and for "only $20.00 more" we had a room - phewww! I wrote a review on yelp and trip advisor and received a reply to call their customer service department to resolve this issue. I did that and they promised to get back to me - I'm still waiting. You can turn the lights off, we won't stay at Motel 6 again.<br />
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We spent the next day driving around Seattle (so much traffic!). We visited the Klondike Gold Rush Museum which is part of the NPS so I was able to get another passport stamp - YAY! The museum was very informative and had an awesome gift shop. I even bought my brother and niece a present for their July backpacking trip to Glacier N.P.<br />
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Traffic in Seattle was crazy so we headed back to Forks in the early afternoon. We're sticking to the Forks area for the rest of the summer, too much traffic in the "big city". <br />
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Back on the Olympic Peninsula we took another day trip, this time to Lake Quinault which is about 1 1/2 hours south of Forks. This is probably my favorite part of the Olympic National Park, it's just a little too far to go regularly. We drove the road around the lake, some of it paved and some not so paved. We did a little hiking out to a homestead on the north side and also saw a few waterfalls on the south side. We also took a short trail to see the world's oldest Sitka Spruce - a measly 1000 years old!<br />
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As we headed back north to Forks we made a quick stop at Kalaloch Beach. <br />
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We were in the Forks Fourth of July Parade! The Forks Visitor Center Director, Lissy, didn't want to drive their van in the parade so she asked Marty to do it. I asked if I could wave my 2016 Cubs World Series Flag out the window - she said sure! It was fun and I did get some cheers (and a lot of puzzled looks). The Forks Timber Museum was well represented in the parade; Linda and her "Red Hat" ladies rode in their very decorated truck, Joe and his son-in-law walked next to the "lumber carrier' which our board president, Tom, drove. The lumber carrier even won a first place ribbon!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go Cubs!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Hat Ladies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom and the award winning Lumber Carrier</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Craig and Joe walked behind the Lumber Carrier</td></tr>
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After the parade we had a picnic with Joe and Linda and their family back on the museum grounds. Fried chicken, potato salad, and lemon cake - yum! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not Portillo's but it will do until we get back to Chicago<br />
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Here are some sights from our day trip to the Elwha River on July 11th<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Madison Falls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elwha River</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Infrared Photo of Elwha River</td></tr>
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During July, we also visited LaPush (about 20 minutes west of Forks) for "Quilleute Days" celebrating the local Native American tribe.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canoe races</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Are you my llama?</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>August</b></u></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a mural painted on a building near the dock in Port Angeles - doesn't it look real?</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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We had many visitors in the museum this summer who told us they had seen whales at Kalaloch Beach or along Hwy. 101. It was driving me crazy because I've never seen one in our three summers here. Marty and I drove to Kalaloch to look (actually he just wanted to take a picture of the "Tree of Life"). No whales that night but after another visitor said they saw them we tried again and found them!! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whale watching along the coast</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard to get a good photo - but it's a whale!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Tree of Life", this tree is amazing, hanging on by its roots.</td></tr>
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We have a new trail up the hill behind the museum. It's about a 5 mile loop although we walked 2.6 miles without finding the "loop", we just ended up turning back. It starts in a clear-cut area and then climbs up to second growth and then into an old growth forest - very primordial. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marty made a pin-point hole in the roof of the log house</td></tr>
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We stayed busy in September finishing up projects, doing a little more sightseeing and getting ready to head back to the Midwest. We were originally only going to spend three months in Forks but the workcampers who were scheduled to relieve us had some health issues so we agreed to stay until 9/25. This is the latest we've stayed but the weather looks good going east and we're planning to take Highway 2 and stop in Glacier National Park on our way home. Our fingers are crossed that the forecast stays fair. <br />
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We left Forks on Monday, September 25th and expect to be back in the Chicago area for some October baseball on October 10th. It was especially hard to leave Forks this year because we're not coming back until spring of 2019! Next summer will be a new adventure for us - a logging museum in Maine. <br />
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On Tuesday we continued thru Nevada heading to Pahrump (I just love saying that name!). Pahrump is between Las Vegas to the east and Death Valley to the west. There is an Escapee park (Pair-A-Dice) in Pahrump which had a special for 1st time visitors of $50.00 for the week - can't beat that. I believe this is our 4th Escapee Park with that 1st time visitor rate, we still have a few more to check out. <br />
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We only drove into LasVegas once and skipped the "Strip". It's too crowded there and hard to find parking. Instead we visited the Pinball Hall of Fame and Fremont Street.<br />
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The Pinball Hall of Fame was a one (large) room of video games - old and new ones. After getting some quarters, we enjoyed trying a few. I'm not sure why they call it a "Hall of Fame" it really was just an arcade but it did have some cool old games.<br />
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Fremont Street is in the older section of LasVegas. It's calmer and the casinos are older. We had some good luck at Binyons - sat down at one machine with a $20.00 bill and came out with $100.00. Then sat down at another machine and put in my voucher thinking it was a quarter machine and played maximum (what I thought was $1.50). It was a dollar machine and very lucky for me, I hit and won $645.00! It truly is better to be lucky than good. I left that machine and Marty pretty much dragged me out of the casino before I could lose anything.<br />
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After our LasVegas adventure it was time to get back to nature. We spent one day driving through Death Valley and checking out the sights/sites. It's a beautiful park and I definitely would not go any later in the season than April. We had temps in the 80's and in the summer it can get up to 120+. The hottest temperature ever recorded in the world was 134 degrees in Death Valley in 1913! <br />
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Our first stop was at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center. We like to visit the Centers, they usually have a movie that tells about the history and geology of the Park. I also like getting my NP Passport stamped.<br />
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The next stop was at Harmony Borax Works. They really did use "20-mule teams" to haul the borax out of the mines.<br />
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Badwater Basin was next on our drive. This is the lowest (282 feet below sea level) and hottest (can reach 120+ in the summer) point in the United States, you can hike out pretty far and you're walking on a salt crystal crust. The visitor's guide says " Don't hike here in hot months".<br />
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Back in the car we drove the "Artist's Drive". Vehicles over 25' are not allowed on this road, it's a narrow drive (one-way loop) thru a canyon.<br />
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Our last stop for this day was a Zabriskie Point. It was an easy, paved trail to the top and the views were amazing. So amazing that we got up early the next day to come back for sunrise pictures.<br />
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Death Valley is well worth a visit. The best times to visit are November thru March/April. One thing that we didn't see but that looked very interesting was "Racetrack Playa". Here's a link: <a href="https://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/the-racetrack.htm">https://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/the-racetrack.htm</a><br />
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After six days in the Pahrump area it was time to continue north. We drove north on Highway 95 to the tiny town of Tonopah. We stayed in a "RV Park" that was a parking lot behind a casino. The best thing about the casino was the TV in the bar where I got to watch the World Series flag raising ceremony at Wrigley Field (you didn't think I could actually write a post without mentioning the World Series and Cubs - did you?)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go Cubs!</td></tr>
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Tonopah was small but they did have two museums, an interesting cemetery and a "Clown Motel". We visited everything plus drove south about 30 miles and visited Goldfield - "A living ghost town".<br />
In 1907 Goldfield was the largest city in Nevada with a population of over 20,000. Today the population is less than 300. When we were there not much was open but we did visit an antique store and talked to the proprieter who was selling out and hitting the road in his RV. We exchanged cards, maybe we'll run into him again some day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You have to really like clowns to stay here - it's a little freaky!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From tombstone in Tonopah Cemetery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out of Business Goldfield Storefront</td></tr>
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We spent a day visiting Reno and Virginia City; just wandering around (need to get those steps in for the Fitbit). It was very windy and blustery in Reno so we didn't last long outside. Virginia City is a tourist town and it was fun visiting all the shops. When we left Virginia City to drive back to Fernley we ran into snow flurries - Yikes!<br />
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After leaveing the lake we drove up Mt. Shasta as far as we could (lots of snow up there, so the road isn't open all the way to the top). We climbed a little bit up the snowy road and had fun watching all the people playing (tubing, skiing, snowmobiling and just hanging out). It was a beautiful sunny day, perfect for seeing the mountain.<br />
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We got back in the car and checked out the water falls at McCloud River. There are three falls, Lower, Middle and Upper and we visited all three. We drove to the Lower Falls and then to the Middle Falls. From the Middle Falls we hiked up to the Upper Falls.<br />
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We finished the day at the Hi-Lo Cafe back in Weed. Nice place but strange waitress - she was very scripted. Very unusual way of speaking and when we came back the next day she used the exact same script. Odd.<br />
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We left Weed on Monday (4/17) and headed to another Escapees Park, this one is in Sutherlin, Oregon right off of I-5. We thought we'd be able to visit Crater Lake from there but the weather and the distance didn't work out. <br />
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There were some interesting creatures at this park - the biggest rabbits I've ever seen (thought one was a small deer). There were also lots of turkeys wandering around along with some deer. This is the most wildlife we've seen on this trip. We stayed in Sutherlin for four nights, checking out the area (and one casino - our last one for this trip). <br />
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Once back on the road we headed to Cape Disappointment State Park in Washington. This was our favorite park of this trip. Even though it rained a lot we still had a good time. This park is right on the ocean and we had a short walk from our site to the beach. This is also the point where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean and where Lewis and Clark finished their historic journey.<br />
They have a wonderful museum detailing their trip and we spent at least an hour visiting it. We also drove over to Long Beach and found Scoopers Ice Cream Shop - an amazing selection and huge scoops - YUM!<br />
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From this point it was only about 150 miles to Forks but we weren't scheduled to arrive until the end of the month. There were winter work campers at the museum and they weren't leaving until Tuesday or Wednesday (4/25 or 4/26). Since we had a few days left we decided to visit Hoquiam, WA which has a museum we've driven by (with the rig) many times but had never stopped at. There is an Elks Lodge in Hoquiam with hook-ups so we parked there. The parking was a grass field and since we've had lots of rain it was pretty muddy but we parked and settled in for a few days.<br />
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On Monday, 4/23 we drove about 60 miles to Olympia, Washington to Best Buy which we needed to visit since, once again, the cord on our GPS broke and needed to be replaced. Cannot travel without our GPS! <br />
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The Polson Museum was not open on Mondays or Tuesdays so we finally got to see it on Wednesday morning. It was worth the wait, it's an old mansion and has many interesting exhibits plus its fun to wander around all the rooms and imagine what it was like to live in it.<br />
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After leaving the museum it was finally time to finish our travels and drive the 85 miles north along Highway 101 to our summer home of Forks! It's so nice to be back. We weren't able to park behind the museum right away because it's been raining (pretty much non-stop for months) and the gravel was a muddy mess. We parked at the end of the parking lot for 4 nights and then were able to back into our regular spot - YAY.! We are now all settled in and back to work (and play) at the Forks Timber Museum - Double YAY!! <br />
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<br />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-58805539224186532832017-04-08T13:37:00.000-05:002017-04-08T18:21:59.556-05:004 Months in Mesa - December, 2016 thru March, 2017<br />
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We arrived in Mesa on Tuesday, November 29th and started working on Thursday, December 1st. This is our 2nd year working at Good Life RV Resort and once again we are working "Tables and Chairs". We set up for all activities on the three days we work (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) and also are required to work the larger parties (New Year's Eve and monthly Manager Happy Hour Parties). We work a <u>total </u>of 40 hours a month and our rv site is free! We can also participate in any activities and use all the park amenities, it's a pretty good deal. <br />
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Some of the activities we've taken advantage of are the Monday morning bike rides (both of us), Wednesday afternoon Country Jam (Marty), Friday morning card making class (Mary) and Friday morning bluegrass jam (Marty).<br />
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Our days off have been lazy this year, Marty hasn't gotten many outside jobs so we've spent more time in the resort than usual. We did drive down to Tucson twice; once to visit the Pima Air Museum and once to go to the Escapee's Escapade.<br />
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We went to the Air Museum on February 8th. It had about 5 or 6 hangars filled with airplanes and some (not much) information on them. There were also lots of airplanes outside, including a retired Air Force One. We also took a tour of the "Airplane BoneYard" where decommissioned planes go to die (and picked over for parts).<br />
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Our visit to the Escapade was on March 23rd. There were lots of vendors and we picked up some good information on solar panels. We also got to meet Kay Peterson who along with her late husband Joe founded the Escapees. She's member #1 and we're member #111673 - they've really grown. Being an Escapee has worked well for us, in fact we're currently staying in Pahrump, Nevada at their Pair-A-Dice Park for only $50.00 for the week; you can't beat that!<br />
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The highlight of our time here was leaving Mesa on December 23rd and flying home to Chicago to surprise my family for Christmas. We bought our tickets back in July and told Judy (since we needed somewhere to stay). About two weeks before we left I also told Sue (I have a hard time keeping secrets).<br />
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We arrived in Chicago late on 12/23 and hung out at Judy's until mid-afternoon on Christmas Eve. Our family Christmas Eve was being celebrated at Judy's that night and Tom was coming in mid-afternoon from Wisconsin so Marty and I left to do some shopping; we didn't want Tom and the girls to see us until the party. One of our stops was at Costco where I discovered they had tons of Cubs World Series items. I looked thru them, didn't pick up anything, walked away and then decided I did want another World Series t-shirt and book (you can never have too many CUBS WORLD SERIES T-SHIRTS!). When we got back to the Cubs display, there were Matthew and Sue! Poor Sue, she tried to act as surprised as Matt which was pretty funny. It was actually a good thing that we did see Matt because he was playing Santa that night and we wanted to tell him that we'd be on the front porch and when he was done passing out presents he should say that he forgot something outside.<br />
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After Costco, we headed over to Sue's to hang out until it was time to go to Judy's. We sychronized our watches and waited for the text from Judy to head over. She sent the text and then another saying "hurry, he's almost done!". We got there just in time, they opened the door and it was awesome - we totally surprised the family (well, most of them). It was so nice to be home for Christmas and to see everyone! We spent four full days in Chicago and got to see Marty's sister, Amie and also caught up with my Aunt Mary and Uncle Bob. The time went quickly but it was so worth it. We even brought good weather - it rained while we were there and washed away all the snow and it didn't snow again for two months - You're Welcome!<br />
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Back in Mesa, it was back to work. We helped set up for New Year's Eve; that was a long day, we set up and then had to tear it down after the party.<br />
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It wasn't all work, the World Series trophy came to Mesa and we were up early and at Sloan Park by 8:00 AM on Friday, February 24th to see it. The first 1000 people were given wristbands which allowed them to get their picture taken with the trophy. We were within the first 500 so we got our green wristbands and then waited until about 2:00 for the photo op. While waiting, a man walked thru the park flashing $60.00 and asking if anyone would sell their wristband. Marty wanted to do it but I didn't want him to. Marty then asked for $100.00, the guy only had $86.00 and Marty sold his wristband. I hung on to mine and was thrilled to get my picture taken with the trophy. <br />
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We did have visitors in March - Sue and Earl, Jeanne and Jim, and Joe and Roseanne. Sue and Earl stayed in our park and the other four stayed in their new (to them) trailer in a park about 6 miles east of us. We had a good time visiting and teaching them a new game - Mexican Train (a dominos game); they were hooked on it pretty quickly. We also went to a spring training game against the Giants (we lost). Sue, Earl, Marty and I also visited the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix - what an awesome museum. It was divided by continents and by the time we got to North America we were all exhausted. This is a museum that you should join so that you can spend an hour or two going thru each continent.<br />
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The Sibs left on Saturday, April 1st and Marty and I left Mesa on Monday, April 3rd. We will spend the rest of April traveling and exploring and will be back in Forks by May 1st. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a long bike ride there's nothing better than a soak in the hot tub</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found this drumset at the MIM which is identical to one that Marty's dad played in the 1930's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hope we get to do this next year too - then Marty can be in the picture.</td></tr>
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<br />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-65408567413309742902017-01-21T15:59:00.001-06:002017-01-23T15:33:16.895-06:00November Travels and Back to Mesa<br />
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November was a travel/tourist month for us. We drove 4,377 miles and spent $922.15 for fuel - yikes! We drove thru 10 states, stopped in 4 of those and I had my National Park Passport stamped 6 times. We left the Chicago area on Sunday, 11/6 and arrived in Mesa, Arizona on Monday 11/28. This is definitely the most miles we've traveled in one month. It sounds hectic but it was actually fun - not rushed - we spent at least 2-4 nights in places we stopped to visit. <br />
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Our last nights in Chicago were spent at a Cook County Forest Preserve Campground, Camp Reinberg, in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. It worked for us mainly because it was the closest one to Chicago that was open in November. That was important because <span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Cubs Won the World Series</b></span> and we couldn't leave Chicago until all the celebrations were over.<br />
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The campground was a little tight for a rig as big as ours and the back swing from our trailer hit a sign as we were leaving and we were stuck. The rangers came and helped us and asked if we wanted them to fill out a report that we could turn in to our insurance company. That sounded like a good idea so we said yes. Their boss heard them talking and said they'd have to give us a ticket for the damage that we caused?? If we had known that we would have just taken care of it ourselves. Oh well, just another lesson learned - one 75.00 ticket later we were on our way. The rangers were very nice and let us know that if we showed up in court on 12/13 they were sure it would be dismissed but we have better places to be than in Illinois in December!<br />
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Our goal for this trip was to be in Mesa, AZ by December 1st. That's when we are scheduled to start work at Good Life Resort for the winter season. We had a little over three weeks to get there and a lot of sights that we wanted to see. We spent the first night in a Walmart parking lot in Salem, IL and then it was on to Tennessee for a few days. We spent a few days in Montgomery Bell State Park which was about 45 minutes west of Nashville. It's a beautiful park and our site backed up to a creek. We weren't there often enough to do much (any) hiking but I can see us going back some day. They have great rates for Seniors but you have to be over 62 so we have a few years to go. <br />
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While traveling down to Tennessee our rig's rear tire was losing air
so we took it to a nearby Goodyear Tire store. It had a leak caused by a
"road hazard" and couldn't be fixed. Luckily, when we bought the rig
we also bought tire insurance and this was covered. We've never had to
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Our first day trip in Tennessee was driving part of the Natchez Trace down to Muscle Shoals, Alabama.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>"The <b>Natchez Trace</b>, also known as the "Old Natchez Trace", is a historic forest trail within the <span style="color: black;">United
States which extends roughly 440 miles (710 km) from Natchez,
Mississippi, to Nashville, Tennessee, linking the Cumberland, Tennessee,
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The trail was created and used for centuries by <span style="color: black;">Native
Americans,
and was later used by early European and American explorers, traders,
and emigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Today, the path
is commemorated by the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway and Bridge,
which follow the approximate path of the Trace, as well as the related
Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible
and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic
Places."</span></i></span></span><br />
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It took about 2-3 hours to get there. Why Muscle
Shoals? Because it's the Motown of the South! Many musicians recorded
there including Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Etta, James, The Staple
Singers, Willie Nelson and the Allman Brothers. When we got there we had
missed the morning tour at Fame Studio so we came back for the 4:00
one. It was interesting but they didn't let us touch any of the
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Since we
had a little time to kill before the FAME tour we drove over to the
neighboring town of Tuscumbia, Alabama to visit Ivy Green, home of Helen
Keller. The museum volunteer showed us
the first floor and then let us go up the bedrooms on the 2nd floor by
ourselves. We also saw the cottage where Helen and Annie lived and the
famous water pump. It was fascinating walking around the property, I
read the book a long time ago and had forgotten much of what I read. I
thought she was born blind and deaf but she actually became sick at 19
months and lost her hearing and eyesight - how tragic! What an amazing
woman Helen Keller was, it's time to read her biography again.<br />
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Miracle Worker", the play about Helen and Annie Sullivan (her teacher)
is produced each summer on the ground of Ivy Green and there is a Helen
Keller Festival the last weekend of June. Sadly, we will probably never
be in Alabama in June or at any time in the summer. <br />
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The main reason to visit this area was to finally see Marty's cousin, Mary Jo. We tried to catch up with her back in 2013 when we first started out on our journey but my map reading skills weren't as finely tuned as they are now and we missed her. This time we met her and her daughter, Tammy, for lunch in Franklin, TN which is a very cute old town. We had a great time visiting, catching up and learning some more Konopacki family history.<br />
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The next day we visited Nashville and took a tour of Ryman Auditorium home of the original Grand Ole Opry. It's an amazing old building with so much history. I'm not a huge fan of country music but I am "Crazy" about Patsy Cline and a few others.<br />
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From Nashville it was a short trip to our next stop, West Memphis, Arkansas. I've read many reviews of the "Tom Sawyer RV Park" right on the banks of the Mississippi River and wanted to check it out. Our site wasn't right on the river, we were in the 2nd row but for most of our time there no one was in front of us so we still had a nice view of the barges going down the river. It was a very relaxing park and I think we'd stay there again. They do flood quite often in the spring and are usually closed for a month or so - what a pain that must be.<br />
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West Memphis is in Arkansas separated from Memphis, Tennessee by the Missisissippi. We drove over the bridge into Memphis and visited the National Civil Rights Musuem at the Lorraine Motel. The Lorraine Motel is where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and the room he stayed in is part of the museum tour. We spent 2-3 hours here, it was emotionally exhausting. Every American should visit here, maybe it would help many to understand the frustration of African-Americans. It was quite a musuem and we highly recommend it. <br />
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We drove around Memphis for a while and stopped at Sun Records. The play "The Million Dollar Quartet" is based on the day that Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins played here. The tour was all booked up and it was crazy crowded so we left to find some Memphis barb-b-que. I checked out Yelp reviews and we found Pollard's which was on the same street as Graceland. After a delicious lunch we drove past Graceland, waved, and drove back to the rig.<br />
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From West Memphis we continued west on I-40 to the tiny town of Ozark, Arkansas. We stayed at a lovely COE park (Corps of Engineers) right on the banks of the Arkansas River. This was another beautiful park, very peaceful and uncrowded. The town of Ozark was tiny but we did visit their museum which was in the old train depot and checked out two antique stores.<br />
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After leaving the brothel, oops - I mean the Visitor Center - we headed over to the Fort Smith National Historic Site to learn a little history. The most fascinating thing we learned is Fort Smith was the home of the "hanging" judge, Isaac C. Parker who actually didn't believe in capital punishment but did believe in the law and sentenced accordingly. We did get to see the courtroom where he worked and also the area where prisoners were kept.<br />
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By this time we still had two weeks before we needed to be in Mesa and needed another place to visit. Big Bend National Park is waaaaay southwest in Texas pretty far from everything and we wanted to go there last time we were in Texas but didn't have time. This trip we did have enough time so we drove across most of Oklahoma and then southwest into Texas. We found a very reasonably priced rv park (12.50 per night) in Seymour, Texas so we spent one night there. The next night found us in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Midland, Texas. Our third night in Texas finally brought us to Lajitas where we stayed at the Maverick RV Park for three nights. We might have stayed longer but it was the weekend before Thanksgiving and they were already fully booked. This was a nice park to stay at, it's part of a Resort and campers can use all the Resort facilities. This was the priciest place we stayed, one night was 1/2 off and then full price for two nights but that's why we also stay at WalMarts - it all evens out. <br />
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Lajitas is a tiny Texas town right between Big Bend National Park and Big Bend State Park. Maverick RV Park is a "dark sky" park, all outside lights must be turned off by 9:30 so that you can see the stars better. It was REALLY dark!<br />
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We spent most of one whole day in the National Park, we even crossed the Rio Grande River and visited Mexico. That was an adventure - to cross the border you go thru the U.S. border building, down a shaded path which takes you to the river. There is a row boat and a Mexican oarsman to paddle you across. Once across, you pay your $5.00 each for the ride and hang on to your ticket for your return trip. It's about 3/4 of a mile to the town of Boquillas, Mexico and there are three choices to get there - burro, car, or walk - we walked. The town was a sleepy little border town with two restaurants owned by the same family. We went there just to say we ate lunch in Mexico. The food was disappointing - blander than I expected, I like Mexican food in Chicago much better.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to Mexico!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back at Big Bend National Park</td></tr>
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We spent our last day driving thru the State Park and doing a little hiking. This area is beautiful but so far from everything. It's definitely a destination not just a stop along the way. November was a beautiful time to be here, temps were mostly in the 60's and 70's and the skies were not cloudy all day. <br />
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Holidays on the road for us have usually been spent traveling. Since we still had some time before we needed to be in Mesa we decided to take advantage of our "Escapees" membership and visit their park, "The Ranch" in Lakewood, New Mexico for Thanksgiving. Escapees are very friendly people and this park was the friendliest of the ones we've been in. When you arrive they ring their outside bell (like a dinner bell) to announce that they have new visitors. Anyone nearby came to welcome us with hugs, they're a very "huggy" group!<br />
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We stayed at the Ranch for 6 days taking advantage of their $50.00 per week for newbies. We did have to pay 19.40 for electricity but 69.40 for 6 nights is still a pretty good deal. <br />
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Since Thanksgiving Dinner at the Ranch didn't start until 5:30 we decided to take a
quick trip over to Living Desert State Park. This is more of a
zoo/museum/visitor center but it was nice for a quick afternoon trip.
We talked to the rangers about volunteering in New Mexico State Parks;
there are excellent opportunities in New Mexico - cool weather in the mountains of northern New Mexico in the summer and warmer weather in southern New Mexico in the winter.<br />
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Thanksgiving Dinner was a potluck - turkey and potatoes were supplied by the park and everything else was supplied by the campers. They had three kinds of turkey; deep-fried, smoked and roasted - YUM! I tried the deep fried for the first time, it was delicious. If there had been a "kids" table, Marty and I might have been put at it - we were definitely among the youngest ones there. We sat with Lawrence (86) and his wife, Lanie, a youthful 71. They've been full-time rving for 21 years!<br />
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There were two places nearby that we wanted to check out - Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands National Monument. Roswell was also close by but once you've seen one alien you've seen them all.<br />
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White Sands was 2 1/2 - 3 hours away so we got up early on Friday and headed north and then west. This was a good test for us because when we leave New Mexico we're heading west to Mesa and the GPS seemed to be taking us way out of our way. The road to White Sands looked like it would work with the rig and we wanted to verify that. It was a four lane highway all the way so this is the way we are taking when we leave The Ranch. The GPS sometimes just doesn't make any sense. I'm glad I can still read a map. Rather than the 2-3 hours it was supposed to take it ended up taking closer to 4 because of a quick fast food stop and then, at the gas station, a casino (no luck there). <br />
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Whites Sands National Monument is a "gigantic sea of sparkling white gypsum, the glistening white sand covers nearly 300 square miles". At the gift shop you can purchase a disc to slide down the dunes and many people do. We hiked up to the top and then walked along the ridge - very "Lawrence of Arabia". Marty was very happy taking photos of this "other-worldly" landscape.<br />
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We visited Carlsbad Caverns on Sunday, our last day at the Ranch. Carlsbad Caverns was amazing. They have ranger guided tours which were all booked (that's ok, when I read that you need knee pads and gloves and lights I'm not interested anymore). There are two self-guided tours: the Big Room Route and the Natural Entrance Route.<br />
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The Natural Entrance Route is more strenuous, it descends over 750 feet following steep and narrow trail called the Main Corridor. This route takes you to the Big Room so if you're energetic you can do both. We only did the Big Room Route (I didn't think my knees would make it down the steep trail - sorry Marty).<br />
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Caves are always cool (literally) to walk around. It took us a little over an hour to walk the perimeter and then it was back on the elevator to check out the gift shop. It would be neat to come back when the bats are back - there are thousands of them. From early spring through October a ranger gives a "bat-talk" at the amphitheater at the Cave's natural entrance and then the bats fly off into the night. They migrate south during the winter so we didn't see any.<br />
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There was a Kmart going out of business next door so we went shopping. Everything was 50-75% off, we bought a few shirts and I bought a pair of black jeans for $3.00! They were also selling all their fixtures so we picked up a few display signs to take to our favorite museum. <br />
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That's it for our big month of travel, we are back in Mesa until the end of March. December was an excellent month but you'll have to wait a week or so for that post. <br />
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<br />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-71374487812991121602016-11-26T21:55:00.001-06:002016-11-26T21:55:55.186-06:009/23 thru 11/3/2016 - THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!<br />
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You won't enjoy reading this post unless you are as happy as I am that the CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES! It's almost a month later and I'm still a little numb from the whole month of October and, oh yeah, those couple of games we played in November.<br />
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This post is a little disjointed (and very long) because so much happened last month
and into November. I did my best to remember and tried to get it all in
order but the most important thing is that THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES!! (I'll never get tired of saying that)<br />
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We were in the Chicago area from Thursday, 9/22 until Sunday, November 6th. We had to change campgrounds a few times since there is a 14 day limit in the two Kane County Forest Preserve Campgrounds and they closed on 10/31. We discovered that Cook County Forest Preserve has a few campgrounds and we made reservations for the Camp Reinberg Campground in Palatine to cover the first week of November if we needed to stay - AND WE DID BECAUSE THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES!! (yes, I'm still pretty excited).<br />
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Before we checked into our first campground we stopped at General RV in Huntley and had them look at our slide-out. Our slide-out wouldn't slide in all the way and needed to be fixed. General RV looked at it, called our insurance company to make sure they would cover it and then ordered the parts. We'll go back there when the parts come in.<br />
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While in Elgin, we took a drive downtown to visit with Marty's sister, Amie, our niece Emily, her fiancee Chris, and our nephew Andrew. As you can see in the background all of Chicago is going crazy for the Cubs this year.<br />
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We were in the Paul Woolf Campground in Elgin from 9/22 thru 10/4. This is our favorite Chicago area campground because it's very convenient to family and it's not to hard to get into Chicago from there. It's also close to the Metra so I was able to take the train in and visit my friends at St. William - the students that were in 3rd grade when I left are now in 7th grade. Pretty soon I won't know any of the kids there - that will be a sad day for me. <br />
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Sarah and Sue came to visit us at Paul Woolf and we hiked the trail and Sarah climbed the rock wall. It's not a real rock wall, it's made out of fiberglass but she still had fun. It's so much fun hanging out with Sarah, she is really into baseball. She reminds me so much of me and my sisters at that age - good memories! Her favorite player is Anthony Rizzo, I think every Cubs shirt she wears has his number on it. <br />
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I went to the last two regular season Cubs Games against the St. Louis Cardinals; one with Sue and one with Jeanne. They lost the Saturday game but won the Sunday game. The best part of the Sunday game were the SEVEN standing ovations David Ross received. Every game from this point forward could be his last game in Wrigley Field and he is very much a fan favorite (and the players all love him too).<br />
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Our first post-season series was against the San Francisco
Giants and we won that in four games. We sold our tickets for that
series to help defray some of the costs for next years tickets. It's
hard not to go but we've been lucky enough to go to other National
League Division Series and we really were holding out for the World
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We left Paul Woolf Campground on Tuesday, 10/4 and drove about an hour south to the other Kane County Forest Preserve Campground in Big Rock. We stayed there until Tuesday, 10/18. Rick, Donna and Mark decided to take advantage of the Columbus Day weekend and come camp by us in their pop-up. It was fun having neighbors we know and Sue and Sarah (actually both Sarahs) stopped by. Aunt Donna was nice enough to volunteer to drive Sarah back home so she even got to spend the night with us and work on a very special craft project<br />
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Camping is fun but it's nice living in a 5th Wheel so that you can watch the baseball games. Unfortunately, we don't have "premier" channels and had to watch it on the computer via my brother-in-laws slingbox (thanks Don!). The first night we listened to it on the radio around the campfire (Cubs won) but the second night we used the computer and that was the 13 inning game that started late. Rick and Donna left our rig with the Cubs down 3-5 going into the 9th and then Donna came back when she heard me yell when Kris Bryant tied it with a home-run. Sadly, they lost that game against the Giants in the 13th. It's all ok though because THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES!<br />
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Marty had his annual "Beatles Camp" the weekend of the 14th - 16th so on Friday he dropped me off at Judy's and went up near Lake Geneva to catch up with his friends from the Old Town School of Folk Music. I stayed at Judy's so that I could be there for Saturday's 1st birthday party for her granddaughter, Annaliese. The party was "Halloween" themed with costumes optional so quite a few of us came as Cubs fans. The first game of our next series against the Los Angeles Dodgers also happened to be that night so Judy was never going to get rid of us.<br />
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After Annaliese's party ended (around 3:00), Sarah Beth asked me to take her to Goodwill to help her find a Halloween costume. We asked Sarah Marie to drive and off we went. Little did I know this was a ploy to get me out of the house - when we came back the party decorations for the one year old were gone and decorations for an old person (that would be me) were up. They used the signs from Don's 50th party and just added "+10" - very funny! It was a lot of fun and Joe even made me an icebox cake! I loved watching the Cubs game with my family (even the Sox fans) and the best part of the evening was they won! <br />
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For the NLCS we also planned to sell our tickets but just couldn't do it. Sue and I really wanted to go to Game 6, it could be the game that would put us into the World Series!! The 6th game was on Saturday, October 22nd and Sue and I drove down with her grandson Matt and his girlfriend, Emily. Matt and Emily wanted to be in Wrigleyville for all the fun.<br />
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We left the suburbs around 1:00 (for a 7:00 game) and made incredible time getting to the city. Our first stop after parking in the remote parking was visiting Graceland Cemetery so we could pay our respects to Mr. Cub - Ernie Banks. He was one of my favorite players growing up and he was always so upbeat about the Cubs. He died in January of 2015 still waiting to see them play in the World Series - so sad for him and all the others (especially Mom and Amy) who didn't make it.<br />
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After leaving Graceland we walked down Clark Street to find somewhere to eat. It was around 4:00 and Wrigleyville was jumping. Most places we stopped in had lines to get it but an Oyster bar had lots of room. After checking that they also had regular food (like hamburgers) we went in and ate dinner and killed a little time before the ballpark opened.<br />
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We left Matt and Emily outside Wrigley and told them to text us after the game so we could all meet up. Then it was in to Wrigley Field for Game Six of the National League Conference Series. This was a 7 game series and we were up 3 games to 2 so ALL we needed to do was beat their BEST pitcher and we'd be in the WORLD SERIES!!<br />
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Before the game started I texted my friend, Colleen, to see if she could come over to the grandstands and say hi. She's part of a group that has season tickets and they always sit in centerfield under the scoreboard. Bleacher fans can come over to the grandstands but we can't go over to the bleachers. It was so nice to see her and share the excitement of this special night.<br />
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Kyle Hendricks was our pitcher and he is phenomenal when he pitches at Wrigley. We also had Wrigley Field as loud as it could be - Adrian Gonzalez of the Dodgers said on TV that he wasn't worried about the noise at Wrigley because we had already been as loud as we could get, it couldn't get any louder. WRONG! That was a big mistake on his part because we really rocked Wrigley that night. Every time their pitcher threw a pitch all you could hear was "KERSHAW, KERSHAW" (or as I was saying, CURSE OFF!).<br />
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This game was almost anticlimatic. We were never behind and the Dodgers didn't play their best. Sue and I (and our seat neighbors, Rachel and Jeremy) kept looking at each other and saying it's happening, it's really happening! <br />
WE WON THE GAME AND WERE IN THE WORLD SERIES!!<br />
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After lots of hugs and screams and a rousing rendition of "Go Cubs Go", we just stayed in the park and soaked it all in. Our seats are three rows from the top so we climbed up to the top row to look at the scene outside of the ballpark which was wall to wall people celebrating. It was the best experience I've ever had at Wrigley and I can't imagine anything to top it - Oh, wait, WE ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!<br />
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We stayed in the ballpark for about 1 1/2 hours, made our way down as close as we could get to the field and then left to find Matt and Emily. We finally made it back to Sue's house around 2:00 in the morning - exhausted but what a great experience.<br />
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We had tickets to three world series games. Sue, Jeanne and I could each go to one game with the person of our choice. Jeanne chose her husband, Jim (what a good wife). Sue and I chose each other so that we could each go to two games (sorry Marty and Earl). Jeanne wanted game 2 and my dream has always been to go to the first World Series game at Wrigley Field in my lifetime so that was easy. Sue and I would also go to Game 5. Then we decided to offer Jeanne Game 5 in case that was the clinching game (that's just how nice we are). We also decided to sell Game 4 since that would cover the cost of our whole season ticket package for next year. Game 4 was the worst game of the series so it was the right decision.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before the game we walked down towards the field and were this close to Javy Baez!</td></tr>
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Being at the first World Series Game was surreal! From Wayne Messmer singing the National Anthem to Billy Williams throwing out the first pitch to Bill Murray leading us during the 7th inning stretch - it was all incredible! Too bad they lost, but I truly never stop believing that they would come back.<br />
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The day of game 7 was grueling because, after 22 years, we're back in court for Amy's murder. It's a long story but the punks that killed her think they have cause to re-open the case and her friend, Jackie, who now lives in Washington was flown in by the State to corroborate her original testimony. The court time was supposed to be at 10:00 but it didn't start until 3:00 and her testimony lasted an hour. Poor Jackie! Luckily her husband flew in with her for support. As hard as it was for her, they are Cubs fans and got to stop by Wrigley Field on their way to court. <br />
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A few siblings got back together at Judy's
house to watch the 7th game. Sarah Beth even got to stay up late and
come over and watch it with us (she would never have been able to sleep
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I had read a post on a Cubs fan page on FB not to
give up, that we had
already beaten Cleveland's Game 5 starter and that in game 6 we had
Jake Arrietta going and he had already beaten them in our only win. If it
went to a game 7 all the momentum would be ours. That post helped me
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Marty and I were still in the car when Dexter Fowler started the game with a home run. We finally got to Judy's in the bottom of the first. Everyone stayed at Judy's until the rain delay and then we all decided to leave and watch the end at home. It was getting late and my sisters had to work the next day and rain delays can last a long time. Crazily, this rain delay was very short (just long enough for Jason Heyward to give his little pep talk) and we were in the car when the game re-started and we were still in the car when they pulled ahead by two. Oh, no - this can't be happening, I want to see it when they win! OMG, we pull into the campground and the gate is locked and it's the bottom of the 10th! A locked gate is not stopping me, I climbed over it and ran (yes, ran) to the rig as fast as possible (not very). The campground guard came out and unlocked the gate so Marty and I both were in the rig when THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES!!! Tears flowed, it was very emotional but I've waited my whole life for this moment and I think the tears were more for all those who didn't live to see this day.<br />
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We are very glad we stayed in Illinois because once the World Series ended it was time for the celebration to begin. The parade was on Friday, 11/4 and we had reservations at the campground until Sunday, 11/6 - excellent scheduling! Of course if the parade had been on Monday we would have left on Tuesday - the joy of being a full-time rv'er. <br />
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We ended up with quite a large group for the parade. It was Marty and I, Sue and her grandchildren-Matthew, Sarah and Derek, our niece Jenni and her two kids- Abby and Danny, Donna, and Judy and Don. We all met in a Target parking lot in the NW suburbs at 5:30 A.M. and left two cars and took the two that would hold us all. We were downtown by 7:00 and found a parking lot for only $11.00 very close to the parade route - YAY! We then walked over to Michigan Avenue and scored the best possible location, between the barricades put up by the city and the fenced in flower beds. It was about 36 inches deep so there wasn't room for people to get in and crowd us (although they did try). We did let Marty's sister, Amie, and Don's friend Dave into our excellent viewing area.<br />
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The parade was amazing, I think I screamed and cheered more there than at some of the games. We ran over to Walgreens and bought the kids posterboard so that they could make a sign. The highlight of the whole day was when Anthony Rizzo's bus passed us and he saw the sign, pointed to it, and touched his heart - Sarah was in tears and for the rest of the day we couldn't talk about it or she'd start crying again. (I hope she's not reading this). <br />
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After the parade we drove over to Wrigley Field to take some pictures and write our names in chalk on the brick wall. Unfortunately about an hour earlier they had fenced it all off so all we could do was take pictures of the marquee that said "WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS".<br />
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It was quite a long day and getting late so we drove back to the NW suburbs, found a pizza place and had a relaxing dinner with some very tired adults (the kids all took naps in the car).<br />
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Today is 11/23 and we've spent the whole month of November traveling to some pretty nice areas but y'all (that's a hint) are going to have to wait a week or so before I do my next post. We will be in Mesa, Arizona starting on December 1st and will be there until the end of March so that we can take in some WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS baseball. (it's so much fun saying that)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Bones didn't make it but WE DID!</td></tr>
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<u><b>Monday and Tuesday (9/12 and 9/13) </b></u><br />
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We left Forks, Washington on a beautiful sunny day and started our trip back to the Midwest. Our plan was to be back by 9/23 so that I could watch the Cubs play the Cardinals in their last home game of the regular season. Our first night on the road was spent in Ellensburg, WA, we had only planned to spend one night but there was an interesting wind farm tour so we ended up staying two. We also wanted to check out the town of Roslyn (site of the old TV show "Northern Exposure", one of my favorites).<br />
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We were up bright and early to drive over to the Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility for a 10:00 tour. Ellensburg is one of the windiest spots in Washington and the tour was pretty interesting, we even got to go inside a turbine. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a beautiful day for our tour</td></tr>
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After leaving the wind farm we took a drive over to Roslyn to see the sights and to check out the local museum. We got there around noon but the museum wasn't scheduled to open until 1:00 so we grabbed a bite to eat. When we went back the museum still wasn't open due to "volunteers schedule". I think they need better volunteers. Oh well, it gives us something to look forward to the next time we find ourselves in that area.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the TV show "Northern Exposure" - one of my favorites</td></tr>
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We drove back to the rig to hang out for a few hours before making our way back to the wind farm for some sunset pictures. If the skies are clear you can see three mountains to the west.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's Mt. Ranier in the background</td></tr>
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<b><u>Wednesday, 9/14</u></b><br />
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Our next stop after leaving Ellensburg was Palouse, Washington. It was an easy drive which was good because our GPS cord broke and the app on my IPad wouldn't work so we had to go "Old-School" and use our atlas.<br />
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We were settled in to our next campground by 1:00 and took a quick drive thru main street to the post office (when we left Forks we took our keys with us - OOPS!). This is a very small town and, unfortunately for us, nothing was open except for the post office. The museum is only open Thursday-Sunday and the antique store was also closed.<br />
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Since we couldn't shop or visit the museum we took a drive to Kamiak Butte. Here's the information I copied from the internet: <br />
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<b><i>Kamiak Butte rises 3,641 feet and offers 298 acres for hiking,
picnicking, camping, and sightseeing. The area boasts over 130 species
of birds, 170 species of plants, and nearly 30 species of mammals for
wildlife viewing. A favorite spot for photography, a hike to the crest
offers spectacular panoramic views of the rolling hills of the Palouse
with the patchwork of fields and farmlands changing with the seasons.</i></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Palouse Reqion from Kamiak Butte</td></tr>
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<b><u>Thursday, 9/15</u></b><br />
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Our plan for this night was to drive as far as Butte, Montana and spend the night at Walmart. This was a very good day because we stopped for gas and lunch at a station with a casino attached and I put 10.00 in and won 67.00! Free camping, lunch and some gas - Cha-Ching!!<br />
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<u><b>Friday, 9/16 and Saturday, 9/17</b></u><br />
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We continued our drive back to the Midwest on 90 and stopped in the very tiny town of Ranchester, Wyoming. This is a town that is on Highway 14 (the same 14 that runs into Chicago). We were about three hours east of Yellowstone. <br />
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On Saturday morning we walked over to the Visitor Center to pick up some information and then walked across the street to the Farmers Market to pick up a few goodies. <br />
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The visitors center had recommended a drive to Medicine Wheel so off we went. The drive was beautiful and we even found an antique shop to visit. Our drive to Medicine Wheel took about 2-3 hours (we possibly went the wrong way at one point).<br />
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Marty and I visiting this spot may, possibly, be the reason the Cubs would go on to win the World Series. This is a sacred Native American site and if you leave something there that is precious to you and say a prayer your prayer will come true. It also helps if there is another tourist there who explains this to you and happens to have a baggie with tobacco in it to sprinkle on to your item which will make your prayers even more powerful. <br />
My precious item? My "Believe" bracelet which I hadn't planned to take off until they won the World Series. I was very sad to leave it but at that point I was willing to do anything to get the Cubs into the World Series - You're Welcome!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I should have had my Cubs shirt on but look at my matching socks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My "Believe" bracelet - didn't have a string to tie it with so we left it under a rock</td></tr>
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Here's some information from the internet about Medicine Wheel:<br />
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<i><b>On top of the Bighorn Range in Wyoming, a desolate 9,642 feet high and only
reachable during the warm summer months, lies an ancient Native American
construction -- an 80' diameter wheel-like pattern
made of stones. At the center
of the circle is a doughnut-shaped pile of stones, a cairn,
connected to the rim by 28 spoke-like lines of stones.
Six more stone cairns are arranged around the circle, most large enough
to hold a sitting human.
The central cairn is about 12 feet in diameter and 2' high. </b></i><br />
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<i><b>The wheel was constructed by Plains Indians between 300-800 years ago,
and has been used and maintained by various groups since then.
The central cairn is the oldest part,
with excavations showing it extends below the wheel and has been buried
by wind-blown dust.
It may have supported a central pole.
The star alignments are most accurate for around 1200 AD, since slight
changes in the Earth's orbit have caused perturbations since.
The solstice alignments remain accurate today. </b></i><br />
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<b><i>The Bighorn wheel is part of a much larger complex of interrelated
archeological sites that represent 7000 years of Native American adaptation
to and use of the alpine landscape that surrounds Medicine Mountain.
Numerous contemporary American Indian traditional use
ceremonial staging areas, medicinal and ceremonial plant gathering areas, sweat
lodge sites, altars offering locales and fasting (vision quest) enclosures, can
be found nearby. Ethnohistoric, ethnographic, and archeological evidence
demonstrates that the Medicine Wheel and the surrounding landscape constitute one
of the most important and well preserved ancient Native American sacred site
complexes in North America.
Between 70 and 150 wheels have been
identified in South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. </i></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As warm as it was we still found snow on the side of the trail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a break after all the emotions of leaving my bracelet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A stop along the road, looking out over the Bighorn Basinn</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<b><u><i> </i>Sunday 9/18 and Monday 9/19</u></b><br />
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Sunday morning we got back on I-90 and headed to Rapid City, South Dakota. We stayed at a RV Park that was right off the highway and very convenient to Custer State Park and Crazy Horse. Crazy Horse is an amazing sculpture - it's been a work in progress for 50 years and it won't be finished in my lifetime. It's very near Mount Rushmore which we didn't stop at because we visited there a few years ago (before RVing).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Bison</td></tr>
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Custer State Park was a fun park to drive in. We drove the wildlife loop and were not disappointed - we saw all kinds of animals. This is a park that we'd like to come back to and stay at. It would be fun to wake up and see a bison outside our rig.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prairie Dogs are very friendly!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The burro's were looking for handouts</td></tr>
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<u><b>Tuesday, 9/20</b></u><br />
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Tuesday was spent driving the width of South Dakota until we got to Sioux Falls where we spent another night in a Walmart parking lot. The weather wasn't very conducive to sleeping- a parking lot without electricity, it was hot and humid and very uncomfortable (but free!).<br />
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<u><b>Wednesday, 9/21</b></u><br />
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<b><u>Thursday, 9/22</u></b><br />
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Back in Illinois!! We are very happy to be back in the midwest and have lots of catching up to do with friends and family. We also have some issues with the rig that need to be addressed.<br />
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That's it for this post, there's a lot more coming in the next one for October!<br />
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m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-9906050994659828572016-09-11T20:45:00.004-05:002016-09-11T20:50:25.835-05:00Stick a Fork in it - we're done (for this year) - August, 2016<br />
Today is September 11th and our time in Forks has come to an end for this year. We've had a great summer here but there is October baseball in this girl's future so it's time to head back to Chicago. <br />
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Even though we are here to volunteer at the Forks Timber Museum, Marty has found a few ways to make a little money. The Visitor's Center next door to us has asked him if he'd be willing to shuttle hikers from their cars to whichever trail they want to hike. He contacts the hikers and tells them how much it will cost and they make their arrangements. One of the hikers was hiking the Shi-Shi Trail back to Rialto Beach (all along the coast), a distance of about 50 miles. He anticipated taking 6-7 days doing it. We picked him up at Rialto (1/2 hour from where we are) and drove him to the trailhead at Shi-Shi which took about an hour. The shuttle service is a win-win, we make a little money and the hikers get to hike some amazing country.<br />
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We tried to hike Shi-Shi earlier in the summer but when we got there we couldn't find parking so we just explored a different area that day. We did hike some of the trail when we dropped off our hiker, but at the end of the trail it's a very steep hike down to the beach so guess who decided to stay on top? <br />
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We spent another day hiking out to Cape Alava which is the westernmost point of the United States. It's a 3.4 mile hike one way so we got a lot of steps in that day! As we got closer to the beach we heard quite a few seals barking, they sounded like they must be right on the beach but when we got there we discovered they were way out in the ocean on a little island. They were quite noisy!<br />
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We were lucky enough to see the Perseid Meteor Shower on August 12th. We woke up at 2:30 A.M. and drove the 1/2 hour to Rialto Beach. I just sat on my lawn chair looking up at the Milky Way and watching meteors shoot across the sky - it was so worth getting up early for; the skies were clear and it was truly amazing!! <br />
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One Sunday evening we decided to take a drive on forest service road 29 ("A" Road) thru the Sitkum Solduc Forest. We had no idea where we were going, just decided to do a little exploring. We drove about 18 miles with the road narrowing (and climbing) and the pavement turning to gravel before deciding to turn around. We weren't sure where we were going to come out and weren't brave enough to continue (it was getting dark out). We did stop a few times for photo ops. The below photos were shot in infrared. We found out later that the road did get worse but eventually would have taken us back out to 101. <br />
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On Monday, August 22nd we had an adventure of another sort. We were lucky enough to join the Forks Chamber of Commerce on a tour of the Olympic Correctional Center, a Level 2 Facility. It was very interesting. Level 2 is basically minimum security and all of the inmates have jobs either inside the prison or on the outside doing community service work. The grounds at the Museum and Visitor's Center are taken care of by one of the crews. There are 374 prisoners currently housed there with a capacity of 400.<br />
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Our first stop was checking in and turning in cell phones, wallets, keys (nothing was allowed in). We also had to sign in and be signed out when we left. That was the only time we felt like we were in "prison". Our next stop was to a meeting room where we met Superindent Aldana (the big boss). He presented a video, answered questions and then introduced one of the prisoners, Benjamin. Benjamin is on one of the work crews that works outside the prison, he was very well spoken and seemed grateful to have the opportunity to be working outside the prison and learning skills that will, hopefully, be useful on the outside. The motto of the prison is have a "Full Productive Day"<br />
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Our next step was getting split into groups of about 10 people and touring the facilities. Some of the areas we visited were the maintenance shop, the sew shop, the greenhouse, the dog house (where inmates work with rescue dogs), and the wood shop. I thought the most interesting was the wood shop - they make beautiful items which are then donated to non-profit organizations to be raffled or auctioned off. One inmate was working on a dollhouse which was absolutely beautiful. He did it without plans and was planning to add a spiral staircase. All that work and he just finishes it and then starts another project.<br />
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The greenhouse was pretty cool too. We were encouraged to ask questions and they were very happy to share their knowledge of gardening with us. We later had lunch inside and all the ingredients from the salad came from the gardens. We had birthday cake for dessert but no files were hidden in the cake.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luckily, we had our "Get Out of Jail" Card</td></tr>
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The Roosevelt Elk herd finally came back to visit us. Aren't they amazing? The herd this year seems larger than last year, there are probably 40-50 elk out there. They hang out in the grassy area on the west side of the airport.<br />
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The second weekend in September is a big deal in Forks - it's Bella's birthday! Who is Bella? Obviously you haven't read the Twilight series of books written by Stephenie Meyers. People come from all over the country (and world) for this celebration. There are activities planned from Thursday through Sunday all over town and there is not a hotel room to be had. Marty was asked to play at one of the events and he even revised the lyrics to "Werewolves of London" to "Werewolves of Twilight". Pretty clever and very popular with "Twilighters". <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with the Olympic Coven and the Volterra Coven</td></tr>
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We were very happy to have Joe and Linda back after their month-long
adventure in Alaska. They had an awesome trip and we loved seeing their adventures on Facebook.<br />
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Here are some of the projects that Marty worked on this summer<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little insulating foam, a little stain and voila - pancakes!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He painted the 2nd of Bella's trucks and the railings of the fire lookout tower and replaced the door</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He sawed some rounds and made our trail a little less muddy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut a stump on an angle, draw out a design and rout it out - simple, right?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Visitor's Center even had Marty driving their tour bus for the logging tours, he took pictures of a logging site and put them on display in the Museum, that's multi-tasking!</td></tr>
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We had a final get together with our fellow
workcampers (Jerry and Lynne) and Joe and Linda on Saturday, September 3rd. It was the last chance for all three couples to be together. This summer went by so quickly! We will be back working at the museum next summer for three months, May, June and July. After that who knows where we'll be - any suggestions?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marty found this "fungi" on our trail today</td></tr>
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We head out of Forks on Monday, 9/12 with an anticipated arrival in Chicago of 9/22 (just in time for the Cardinals-Cubs Series at Wrigley). We're looking forward to the trip back and have a few stops planned along the way - stay tuned!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="background-color: blue;">GO CUBS</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="background-color: blue;"> WORLD SERIES OR BUST!! </span></b></span></span></div>
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<br />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-40729563172101491932016-07-29T20:21:00.000-05:002016-07-29T20:21:32.516-05:00June and July in Forks, WashingtonSo far, our summer in Forks has been busy with lots of visitors in June and lots of projects in July. It's hard to believe that in just six weeks we'll be leaving here and heading back to Chicago (GO CUBS!!). I can't wait to see some OCTOBER baseball!!<br />
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Our first set of visitors were the Freeman Family - my sister Donna, her husband Rick and two of their four children, Sarah and Mark. They are a very active group so we were kept busy showing them our favorite local sites. We hiked in the Hoh Rain Forest, hiked along Rialto Beach to "Hole-in-the-Wall" and drove to Cape Flattery, the Northwest point of the United States.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hiking on the Spruce Trail in the Hoh Rain Forest</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark has no fear of heights</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary, Donna, and Sarah at the "Hoh"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hmmmm, a new home?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donna scrambling over rocks to get to Hole-in-the Wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rialto Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary, Donna, and Sarah at Cape Flattery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marty at Cape Flattery</td></tr>
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If you'd like to see more of the Freeman's on the Olympic Peninsula, here's a link to a YouTube video that Marty made:<br />
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They left on Wednesday morning, June 8th and a few hours later we were in on our truck headed south to Olympia (about 3 hours away) to pick up Marty's sister, Jan. She took the train up along the Pacific Coast from Oceanside, CA to Olympia, WA - what an adventure that was! 36 hours on a train with crying babies and partying passengers and even a 6 foot tall male passenger wearing heels!<br />
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The weather for Jan wasn't quite as nice as it had been for the Freeman's but we still got in a lot of sight-seeing. We drove up to Hurricane Ridge to see mountains (and even snow), drove to Rialto Beach to see the ocean and, of course, drove thru some of the rain forest. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out at the Big Red Cedar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marty and Jan at Rialto Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jan and Mary on "our" rain forest trail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were lucky enough to see this eagle at LaPush</td></tr>
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I'm pretty sure that Jan's very favorite day was when we took her to
meet Mick Dodge (from the National Geographic reality show, "The Legend
of Mick Dodge"). He lives in a yurt about 1 1/2 miles north of us and
he was happy to meet one of his biggest fans. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mick and Jan</td></tr>
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Our last June visitors were our friends Mary and Leo from the Chicago area. Mary was the principal (and my boss) at St. William School and we've been friends for almost 20 years. They only stayed two nights so we crammed in as much as we could. By chance, they stayed at Huckleberry Lodge which is where Mick Dodge lives in his yurt. They stayed in a cabin (not a yurt or tent) and enjoyed their daily breakfast of pancakes and eggs cooked outside (along with cowboy coffee?). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marty, Mary, Leo and Mary at Rialto Beach</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">High up in the Big Red Cedar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hi Marty!!</td></tr>
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We loved having so many visitors! It's pretty amazing how far people travel to visit us and we are very grateful to them for including us in their travel plans. We LOVE showing off this beautiful part of the country! By the way, we are coming back next summer (only for three months) so if you plan to travel to the Pacific Northwest let us know and we'll be happy to play tour guide.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Museum had a booth at "Moonlight Madness" on July 2nd</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe and Linda showed us a different (easier) way to hike the "big" trail </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loggers Memorial is finished!</td></tr>
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We've spent most of July working at the museum and on various projects. Marty worked very hard stripping, sanding and staining the 12' Logger Memorial. This statue was carved out of a single log about 20 years ago.<br />
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We've also kept busy in the museum; Marty has added a few photos to the walls and we've also done some research and added a few descriptions for various items. I'm still working on entering items in the database, we are up to about 2300 objects! I've just started entering information from the 6300 +/- photo cards (only 6000 more until I'm finished). My favorite job is interacting with our visitors; we had a visitor from Myanmar (formerly Burma) who explained that her country was about 90% forest (Teak) and she recognized many of our older tools because they still use them in her country. We've also had people from almost every state in the union; I think we're up to about 35 states since May. We've also met quite a few full time rv'r's, it's always fun to compare notes with them. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Logging Truck on HWY 101 after a rainstorm</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road Trip: Forks to Umatilla to Walla Walla to Pateros - to Forks</td></tr>
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We have one week off every month so we recently decided to take a road trip - yes, I know, our life is a road trip but this one was without our rig. We left Forks on Monday (7/25) and took a drive southeast and headed to Walla Walla, Washington. I grew up hearing this song before every Cubs game and have become a little (ok, a lot) obsessed about going there.<br />
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"It's a beautiful day for a ball game, a ball game today</div>
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The fans are out to get a ticket or two</div>
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from <b>Walla Walla, Washington</b> to <b>Kalamazoo</b>"</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Multnomah Falls - 620' (in Oregon)</td></tr>
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We drove south along 101 and then headed east along the Columbia River (a beautiful drive). We stopped at Multnomah Falls and took a short hike along a narrow cliff to get to the falls and visitor center. This place was crowded! We don't usually travel during July and coming here just confirmed our reasons why.<br />
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After leaving the falls, we continued our drive along I-84 along the river and ended up in the town of Umatilla, OR for the night. In the morning we continued east about an hour until we made it to our destination.<br />
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On Wednesday morning we grabbed a quick coffee and bakery treat and headed thru the mountains back to Forks. It was a beautiful drive along Hwy 20 which we took to Coupeville, WA where we ended up on the ferry to Port Townsend. Port Townsend is only about two hours from Forks so after a couple of quick stops in Sequim and Port Angeles we were home by 9:00. <br />
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It was nice to go away for a few days but it's even nicer to be back in Forks where the temperatures are in the 60's and 70's and the skies are sunny! <br />
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We won't be doing too much traveling in August because Joe and Linda are going to Alaska for the whole month and leaving us in charge!! We promised we wouldn't make too many changes although I do think the office would look nice painted purple.<br />
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We drove highway 101 north through Oregon and Washington to get back to our Summer destination of Forks. Ten days were spent touring the Oregon Coast which wasn't nearly enough - it is an amazingly beautiful area.<br />
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<b><u>4/20 - 4/23, Brookings Elk Lodge</u></b><br />
Our first stop, just north of the California border was Brookings, Oregon. We stayed at an Elks Lodge, it was a spot in a parking lot but for $20.00 a night you just can't beat the price. It rained a lot while we were there but we did get some nice weather and had time for some exploring. One of the RV blogs I follow had talked a lot about Cape Blanco State Park and the lighthouse there. This couple had worked as lighthouse hosts there for a month and we wanted to check it out. We got there too late to get into the lighthouse but we did meet one of the current lighthouse hosts and talked to her about the job. We also took a drive around the campground and have decided to stop here for a few nights on our way north.<br />
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On our way back to Brooking we stopped at the Crazy Norwegian in Gold Coast for dinner. The food was good and the desserts were awesome! We both ate too much, really need to stop doing that.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lemon Cream for Marty and Carrot Cake for me - Yum!</td></tr>
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We also drove back south into California thru Crescent City to see their lighthouse and more redwood forests. The drive on 101 in Northern California and Southern Oregon is one of the prettiest drives we've been on.<br />
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<b><u>4/24 - 4/25, Cape Blanco State Park</u></b><br />
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We usually drive at least 200 miles between stops but Cape Blanco was so beautiful that we only drove 60 miles and camped there for two nights. Our site overlooked the ocean (through some Sitka Spruce trees) and there was a trail right behind our rig that went up to the lighthouse. If you walked in the other direction it took you to an ocean overlook with a bench and picnic table to relax at. We hadn't camped in "nature" for a while and this was the perfect spot to get back into it.<br />
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The lighthouse is up a hill, you can drive there until 3:00 when they lock the gate at the bottom of the hill. With the gate closed you have to walk up the hill, Marty wanted sunset lighthouse photos so up we walked. This lighthouse is on a point, you are surrounded by water on three sides. Beautiful! We even saw some deer while we were up there.<br />
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We got to tour the inside of the lighthouse the next morning. We drove up the hill and stopped in the visitor center and found out we didn't have to pay because they take the Federal Park Pass - YAY! That pass sure is nice to have. We walked over the lighthouse and met the downstairs volunteer who told us some of the history of the lighthouse. Then he sent us up the spiral staircase to the top where we met the second lighthouse volunteer, Bob. Bob was wearing a replication of what the original lighthouse keepers wore back in the early days. We were the only visitors to the lighthouse so we had a "personal" tour.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doesn't it look like a dollhouse?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is about 10x the size of ours</td></tr>
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After leaving the lighthouse we drove down the hill and visited the Hughes House (still in the state park). Patrick and Jane Hughes were pioneer dairy farmers with seven children. They built an eleven room, 3,000 square foot Victorian home which has been restored and is open to the public. The house was built in 1898 and is on the National Register of Historic Place. Being a good Irish Catholic family one of their 5 sons became a priest and they even had a chapel upstairs. There were six bedrooms, a huge kitchen and pantry but only one bathroom (what were they thinking - one bathroom for 8 people - who does that? - Oh yeah, my family - never mind). One of their other sons was a lighthouse keeper up the hill at Cape Blanco. We were able to wander through every room, a volunteer walked with us through the first floor telling us the history of the house and the family. They sent us upstairs on our own to see most of the bedrooms and the chapel.<br />
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As beautiful as Cape Blanco was and as much as we would have liked to
stay a few more days it was time to continue north. We may be back at
Cape Blanco to volunteer in the lighthouse for a month (or two). <br />
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<u><b>4/26 - 4/29, Tillamook Elks Lodge</b></u><br />
The drive along the coast to Tillamook was only 225 miles. We stayed at another Elks Lodge but this was not their usual parking lot. It was right off 101 in a grassy field with well laid out gravel RV spots. They even had an enclosed gazebo with a wood burning stove and a small kitchen for group gatherings.<br />
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There was quite a bit to do in this area. We stopped in town to pick up some tourist information and set out to do some exploring. Across the street from the tourist information was the Tillamook Pioneer History Museum. This museum is housed in an old courthouse and they had so much stuff! We talked to the registrar and told her how we volunteer at the Forks Museum. She seemed interested in the idea of RV volunteers; maybe some day we'll see a listing for work there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Octopus" Tree</td></tr>
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We also drove part of a scenic loop along the ocean to visit Meares Lighthouse. It was closed but the drive was pretty and we got to see the "octopus" tree. We stopped at a beach with houses overlooking it - I can't imagine living in one, I'd be afraid it would slip off the hill. They sure were pretty though. I saw a lady walking the beach with a bag picking up stuff and asked her what she was looking for. She collects agates and gave me a couple to start me off on my own collection.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Agate Hunters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even the viewing telescopes are happy in Oregon!</td></tr>
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After our drive we went into Tillamook to visit the Tillamook Cheese Factory and take a self-guided tour. The tour was interesting and the free samples of cheese and fudge were awesome. They also had a store and gift shop. EVERY flavor of Tillamook ice cream is sold there including my new favorite - Malted Moo Shake. Fudge and ice cream -what's not to like? <br />
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One more place we visited was the Tillamook Air Museum which is housed in a former blimp hangar, called "Hangar B". This is the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world. It was a very interesting museum with lots of information about the use of blimps during the war. Sometimes when we visit museums it makes me realize how much we don't know about American history.<br />
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After leaving the Tillamook Air Museum we headed back to the Cheese Factory for a few more items, you can never have enough fudge or ice cream.<br />
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While in Oregon we had a light come on in the truck, looked it up in our manual and
discovered that it was some kind of problem with the Def Fluid tank.
(In case you don't know what Def fluid is, it's used with diesel
engines). The closest Chevy dealer we could find was 60 miles away in
Hillsboro, Oregon (right outside of Portland). We drove over and they
gave us good news and bad news. The good news was it was an easy fix
and would be covered under our warranty. The bad news was there is a
national back order on the item they needed and they couldn't get it for
3 weeks! We needed to be in Forks in a few days so we decided to take
our chances and take it to a dealer in Washington. The Oregon dealer
thought we should be able to make it to Forks. We did find out that
we'd be able to drive for a while with no restrictions and then we'd be
able to drive 99 miles at mph, then 99 miles at 55 mph and then it would
drop down to<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b> 4 </b></u> <span style="font-size: small;">mph. YIKES! </span></span><br />
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<u><b>4/30 through ........., Forks, Washington</b></u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're Back!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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We made it back to Forks on Saturday, 4/30 - YAY! Joe and Linda were there to greet us and we all went out to dinner at Forks newest restaurant - Puffin on 101. Once again we ate too much, it's the desserts that hurt - maybe skip dinner and go right to the dessert? It's so nice to be back for the summer, there is so much to do here and we are going to have three sets of visitors (2 sets from Chicago and 1 from California).<br />
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Once we were settled Marty called a dealer in Port Angeles to make an appointment for the truck. We took it in on Wednesday and while driving the 60 miles there the light came on telling us we were 99 miles from our first restriction down to 65 mph. When we got to the dealer they were able to order the part but it would take a few days to come in so we drove the 60 miles back to Forks. Our first 10 days in Forks were spent close by, no sightseeing for us - had to conserve those miles! The part came in and Marty successfully made it back to Port Angeles where the truck was fixed and life is good.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Logger Memorial Project</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Armed and Dangerous</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Our days at the Museum this year are Wednesday thru Saturday and one week off every month. We have another work camper couple this year - Lynne and Jerry; they work Saturday thru Tuesday. Saturday is usually the busiest day so it's good to have more than one person in the Museum. I work in the museum and Marty works on projects and boy are there a lot of projects! Last year he refinished the axe that the logger is holding at the Logger Memorial. He did such a good job that he was asked to do the large logger statue (stripping, sanding and staining). He will also be painting the other "Twilight" truck. Those aren't even museum projects - there are plenty of those too. It will be a busy summer. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Museum got a new (old) tractor - built from a kit in the 1920's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Updated farm area</td></tr>
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Since our truck is fixed we did get in a little bit of exploring on our days of. We took a drive to Salt Creek Recreation Area which is a beautiful park on the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Some of the campsites there look right out on the water. We did a little bit of hiking and I even found some pretty seashells to add to my collection. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Rocky Raccoon</td></tr>
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On another day we drove with Linda (our boss) up to Clallam Bay to look for sea glass and agates. I was very happy to find some small pieces of sea glass - they're hard to spot and Linda has way more patience than I do for looking for them. <br />
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Another excursion was yesterday (5/23) when we took a ride on a Forest Service Road that is not recommended unless you have 4-wheel drive. It was 8 miles on a very bumpy one lane road along a steep drop-off. It ended at what used to be the Kloshe Nanitch fire lookout tower but is now a platform looking out over Lake Crescent to the west, the Olympic mountains to the east and, if you're really lucky and it's a clear day, you can see the Pacific Ocean to the south. We didn't see the ocean (too hazy) but we did see an eagle soaring overhead which was pretty awesome! <br />
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That's it for this post - all our visitors are coming in June so it should be a busy month with lots of sightseeing and photos. <br />
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<br />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-84119616638752525692016-04-23T21:25:00.000-05:002016-04-24T11:15:30.410-05:004/1 through 4/22 - April in California<br />
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Every spring the fourth graders at St. William School ask us to share our adventures with their friend, Flat Stanley. This year Flat Stanley traveled with us to California and asked if he could write the blog post; so here it is-------<br />
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Mr. and Mrs. Konopacki invited me along on their adventures through California. California is on Pacific Time which means that when it’s 8:00 A.M. in
Chicago and St. William School is starting class it’s 6:00 A.M. in
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We left Arizona on April 1st and headed west towards the largest city in California, Los Angeles. It was so big and busy! The expressways all had 5 or 6 lanes on each side! Mrs. Konopacki didn’t like it but she was happy to be there because her favorite baseball team was opening their season in the nearby city of Anaheim - Go Cubs!! We had lots of fun at the baseball game and the Cubs Won- YAY! Mrs. Konopacki says it is going to be a very exciting year in Chicago for baseball fans. We were sitting by a little boy who was picked for a base-running game they play - he had to go out on the field and run from 2nd to 3rd base, pick up the base at third and run back in 25 seconds - He Did It!! It was so much fun because we could see him on the big screen and everyone was cheering for him. Boy, I wish they had picked me - I bet I could run that fast.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Run Ryder Run!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made lots of new friends!</td></tr>
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Anaheim, California is also the home of a very famous mouse - can you guess who? Disneyland opened in Anaheim back in 1955 and is one of the most popular places to visit in California. We didn’t get to go but Mrs. Konopacki said “maybe next time”.<br />
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The Santa Monica Pier isn't as exciting as Disneyland but it is the end of Route 66 which is pretty cool since Route 66 starts in Chicago. The Konopacki's have now been to both ends and have also driven many of the miles in between. <br />
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We continued our trip through California by heading east to visit Yosemite National Park. This is the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service and there sure are a lot of them to visit. California has 27!! Yosemite was pretty amazing - the highest waterfall in North America—Yosemite Falls, 2,425 feet is there. We took a short hike and saw Bridal Veil Falls - boy did we get wet! The next day we came back and hiked to the lower Yosemite Falls which was pretty cool too. There has been a lot of rain and snow this winter so the water has really been flowing, we were pretty lucky to see it like that. When we were there it was a little drizzly but we still did some hiking, Mr. Konopacki said who knows when we’ll be back so lets see as much as we can. I also worked very hard at Yosemite and got my Junior Ranger Badge.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ranger was as excited as me - she even took pictures for herself!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yosemite Wildlife, good thing he's a herbivore!</td></tr>
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Our next stop was Salinas which is north of Los Angeles and close to the Pacific Ocean. The Salinas area is known as the “Salad Bowl” of the country because they grow lots of the produce that you find in salads (lettuce, tomatoes and garlic - lots of garlic!)<br />
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While in Salinas we also visited The John Steinbeck Museum; he is one
of Mrs. Konopacki’s favorite authors. She said that his book “Travels
with Charley” started her on wanting to travel around the country. He
wrote many books about different events in California history including the
dust bowl, and migrant workers. Many of his books were made into movies so now the Konopacki's have a new goal - watch all the movies based on John Steinbeck books. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So true!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the actual trailer that John Steinbeck and Charley traveled in. Charley was a Standard Poodle.</td></tr>
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Salinas is close to Monterey which is on the ocean. We took a drive over there and walked around a bit. We also took a drive on Highway 1 from Monterey to Big Sur - YIKES! It was a beautiful drive but when you drive south you are right on the edge of a cliff. The ride back was much more relaxing. We also took a drive around Pebble Beach, it's a 17 mile drive and it costs $10.00 but it was worth it. There were beautiful views of the ocean and of the golf courses and of some very fancy homes. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maddie gave me a ride when I got tired</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sign in Monterey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I make friends everywhere I go, this is at Monterey Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ocean at Pebble Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pebble Beach Photography</td></tr>
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After Salinas we continued north to Napa. We were going to go to a different town, Lodi, but there was no room at their RV Park. They suggested Napa and boy were we glad they did. It was such a pretty park and there was a walking trail right outside the back gate. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed our three days there. The Napa area is the grape growing region of California. They grow the grapes and then they make wine from them. There were so many wineries but we only visited one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grapes, lots and lots of grapes</td></tr>
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On our last day in the Napa area we took a drive along the coast to Point Reyes National Seashore where I got another Junior Ranger Patch! That wasn’t even my favorite part - my favorite part was when we looked out at the Pacific Ocean and saw two whales!! How cool is that? Mrs. Konopacki was very excited to see them and very happy that I got to see them too. The whales spend the winter in Mexico and then migrate north up towards Alaska. We were very lucky to see them.<br />
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We continued our tour of California by driving north on Highway 101 which runs along the Pacific Ocean. Our next stop was Ferndale which also had some “Painted Ladies”. It’s also the hometown of Guy Fieri - have you seen his TV Show, “Diners, Drive-In's, and Dives”? The drugstore in Ferndale is the oldest drugstore in California! There have also been many movies filmed in town. For such a small town (population is only about 1400) they sure have a lot of history. The reason we decided to stay in this very small town is because it is close to the Redwood Forest. We drove along the “Avenue of Giants” which is what they call the Redwood Trees. They are pretty amazing! <br />
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Well, that's it for this post and my adventures in California with the Konopacki's. It was fun, we sure did a lot in the three weeks I was with them. They will be mailing me back to St. William from Oregon where it's been rainy and in the 50's and 60's. I think I'll be glad to be back in Chicago! <br />
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<br />m&mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670855484615979126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713522154744550815.post-71605383493956249302016-04-04T00:21:00.001-05:002016-04-04T11:09:48.849-05:003/1 thru 4/2 - March in Mesa (again)<br />
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This was our third March spent in Mesa and we still haven't gotten tired of temperatures in the 80's and sunshine every day. We stayed at the same park as last year, Good Life RV Resort but this year we didn't work camp so we paid for our site. It all worked out since Marty had some photo work in the area and that covered a nice portion of our fees.<br />
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It was nice to be back at Good Life, we've made some friends there and it was fun to see them and catch up. <br />
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Since we weren't working we had lots of time for playing. We joined the bike club on their Monday morning bike rides, Marty played at the Open Mike on Tuesdays and I took card-making classes on Friday mornings. We also walked the 1.3 mile perimeter of the park at least once a day (when it wasn't too hot). Marty often used the music room in the evenings to practice his guitar.<br />
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We also got in some visiting with family and friends. We surprised our niece Sarah (back in Chicago) with a picture of us having dinner with her boyfriend, Milad (he's in dental school here in Mesa). In the middle of the month we had a visit from friends we met at our first Habitat for Humanity build back when we started this journey. We had a great time catching up with them! At the end of the month we had lots of visitors from Chicago. Sue, Jeanne and Jim, and Joe and Roseanne all came down for spring training. My cousin Dave and his wife Beth were also here checking out the area since Dave has accepted a job move to Phoenix. They've already bought a house here and once they sell their house up north they'll even have furniture in it.<br />
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Of course March in Mesa means spring training and this year we went to two games and they won both! It's going to be an exciting year on the North Side this year and I can't wait to be back in Chicago for some October baseball.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What are you doing to me? Where's my prize?? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can't beat fun at the ballpark (especially when they win)!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt Szczur connecting for one of the Cubs many homeruns - Cubs Win!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cubs Game Day 2 - Cubs won 10-0 over the Rockies - Go Cubs!!</td></tr>
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The Mesa area has a lot of opportunities to explore nature and on our very last day there we decided to take a hike at the Usery Mountain Regional Park. Not just any hike but the most difficult one there! We hiked the Wind Cave Trail which was only 1 1/2 miles (one way) with an 800' elevation climb and boulders and rocks to climb over. How bad could it be when there is a 92 year old man at the beginning of the trail telling us he's done it many times (just not recently). It was beautiful at the top and I hit 16,000 steps on my fit bit and 75 flights of stair so I guess it was worth it. <br />
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We left Mesa on Friday, April 1st with our friend, Flat Stanley. We made one last stop in Arizona to visit London Bridge in Lake Havasu. This is the actual London Bridge from England which was bought by a very wealthy American and it is quite the tourist attraction and has really put this town on the map<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_%28Lake_Havasu_City%29">. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_%28Lake_Havasu_City%29</a><br />
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park is about 20 miles south of Amarillo, Texas and was our next stop after leaving Lubbock. We paid for two nights and then decided that we needed two more nights - it was an amazing park. Palo Duron Canyon is the second largest canyon in the United States and while it's not as "Grand" as the other one it's still a beautiful place to camp and definitely not as crowded. Driving down into the canyon with the rig was a little nerve-wracking but once we got down there it was well worth it. We pretty much had the campground to ourselves which is always nice. We had perfect weather for all four days and hiked on three of those days. Our longest hike was 3.2 miles to Lighthouse Point which would have been fine but once you get to the 3.2 mile point you have to climb to the Point. Marty did the climb and I waited at the picnic table and met lots of nice people.<br />
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We took a ride into Amarillo and discovered the Jack Sisemore Traveland RV Musuem. It's close to I-40 and worth a stop if you're in the area. It's in a RV center, you just tell them you want to visit the museum and they walk you back there. It's free and you get to go inside lots of very cool vintage RV's - what could be more fun?<br />
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<i>Welcome to the Jack Sisemore Traveland RV Museum. The Sisemore’s
began restoring and collecting unusual vintage RV’s over 25 years ago.
They have built a museum that houses many of the RV’s in their
collection. These include the Flxible Bus from the Movie RV, the 1st
Itasca motor home ever built. The oldest Fleetwood in existence and
many other RV’s from the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. The museum is
free to the public and is open Monday – Saturday 9-5. Step back in
time, reminisce and enjoy the progression of the RV industry from its
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<a href="http://rvmuseum.net/1962-airstream.htm">1962 Airstream</a> <a href="http://rvmuseum.net/1962-bethany.htm">1962 Bethany</a> <a href="http://rvmuseum.net/1966-kenskill.htm">1966 Kenskill</a> <a href="http://rvmuseum.net/1970-avion.htm">1970 Avion</a> <a href="http://rvmuseum.net/1972-winnebago.htm">1972 Winnebago</a> </div>
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We left Palo Duro Canyon State Park and Texas on Monday, 2/21. Next stop was Albuquerque, New Mexico where we spent four nights at another Elks Lodge (our third). It was just your basic parking lot with an electric hook-up and water just a hose length away. </div>
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Marty was happy to be in Albuqurque because we were only a two-hour ride from the "Very Large Array". Our drive took us about 50 miles west of Soccoro, NM to the middle of nowhere. You are probably wondering what is the "Very Large Array" and since I really don't quite understand it, here's the link to their web site. The one thing I did understand is that this was the location from the movie "Contact" with Jodie Foster and it was the spot where she first observed intelligence from far away galaxies. </div>
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On our last full day in New Mexico we took a drive up I-25 to Santa Fe. What a neat city! This may be my favorite city that we've visited so far and we definitely need to spend more time here. Lots of history and lots of shops. Our first stop was the Loretto Chapel, home of the Miracle Staircase. The Chapel no longer holds services (it's been decommisioned or whatever they do to make it into a tourist attraction). </div>
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We said goodbye to Albuqurque on Friday, 2/26 and continued our westward trek. Holbrook, Arizona was our next stop and again we spent four nights. We have a space in Mesa for the month of March so it's been nice to taking our time getting there. </div>
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Holbrook, Arizona is right on Route 66 (or what's left of it) and is also an easy drive to the Petrified Forest National Park and Painted Desert National Park. We visited both parks and have the photos to prove it.<span id="goog_1520131114"></span><span id="goog_1520131115"></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;">Petroglyph in the Petrified Forest<u><br /></u></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a break on the trail at the Petrified Forest</td></tr>
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We had one last spot to visit, Winslow Arizona which is on Route 66. It's amazing how many people stop at the corner to take their picture (including us). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the "flat bed Ford" in the background. The flowers are a memorial for Glenn Frey</td></tr>
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Route 66 is probably the most well known highway in the United States.
This highway, which became one of the most famous roads in America,
originally ran from Chicago, Illiois through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending in Santa Monica
California, covering a total of 2,448 mile. US 66 underwent many
improvements and realignments over its lifetime, and it was officially
removed from the United States Highway System on June 27, 1985,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66#cite_note-6"></a></sup> after it had been replaced in its entirety by segments of the
Interstate Highway System (thanks Wikipedia). We love to travel on Route 66 and are hoping to drive to Santa Monica this April.<br />
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Even though we've already spent two weeks in Mesa I'm ending this post here. Mesa in March deserves it's own post - one whole month of sunshine and warm temperatures before heading back to Washington for the summer. See you later!</div>
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