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Category Archives: April
Walkway Over the Hudson
Saturday, April 30, 2015: Our daughter from Connecticut was going to be rock climbing with her friends in the Schawangunk Mountains about a hundred miles south of where we were in Saratoga so we moved down that way to see … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, May, New York
Tagged Bridges, KOA, State Parks, Walkway Over the Hudson
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Saratoga
After driving three days and 780 miles, staying nights in two Walmart parking lots and one Cabela’s parking lot we have arrived last night at Saratoga Casino and Racetrack where we can park for the night in their back parking … Continue reading
Kentucky Horse Park
The Kentucky Horse Park is one of the world’s best equine competition facilities and one of the leading “horse” tourist attractions. It is about 1,200 beautifully groomed acres and includes the world-renowned International Museum of the Horse. The museum is … Continue reading
Kentucky Friends
Making a little side trip south to visit friends in Cynthiana, Kentucky, we check in for two nights at Whispering Hills RV Park in Georgetown KY. This is a lovely RV park and we have a nice view from our … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Kentucky
Tagged Bourbon, Burgoo, Campsite, Horses, Kentucky Derby, RV Parks
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Horse Racing
Onward Eastwardish (I just made that word up) making a slight detour to Cynthiana, Kentucky, to visit friends before we get back on track for New Hampshire. The day started out bright and the purple trees decorated the Interstate as … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Indiana
Tagged Casino RV Parking, Horse Racing, Indiana Grand Racing & Casino, rainbow
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Rain to Peoria
Leaving Waterloo, Iowa, and going east on I-80 we stopped at the World’s Largest Truck Stop. We have been here before and it’s a neat stop. This time we went to see the Trucking Museum that is there. Lots of … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Illinois, Iowa
Tagged Casino RV Parking, Par-A-Dice Casino, The World's Largest Truckstop
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Here We Go Again
Family matters in Minnesota are taken care of for now so off we go to continue our journey to New England to see the kids. Reservations are made for a campground in New Hampshire for May 1 so that gives … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Iowa, Minnesota
Tagged Casino RV Parking, Isle of Capri Casino
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Minnesota!
Plans change. When we left Alabama we planned to mosey on up the east coast to get to Connecticut and New Hampshire by May 1 to visit our kids who are up there. But a family matter has brought us … Continue reading
Milford Monuments and an Aqueduct
Our plans are to visit our daughter in New Haven, Connecticut, but she has obligations and won’t be available until Monday. There are very few RV parks or campgrounds around New Haven and the ones that are there won’t open … Continue reading
Grey Towers
Plan ahead? Us? Nope. Spontaneity is how we roll. Usually we just drive until we feel like stopping and then look for a place to park for the night: an RV Park; a city, county, state, or national park; public … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Pennsylvania
Tagged Gifford Pinchot, Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford PA, River Beach Campsites, RV Parks
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Peep Peep
I like Peeps. They’re so cute and colorful. The factory is here in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It’s too bad they do not do factory tours, I’d love to see the little peeps popping out onto the conveyor belts. We drove by … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Pennsylvania
Tagged Casino RV Parking, Factory, Passport America, Peeps, RV Parks, Sands Casino, Silver Valley Campsites
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Bethlehem Steel Stacks
We went back in to Cabela’s to find the aquarium that we totally missed the day before. As we were looking around we also spotted this target shooting setup. That looks like fun. The aquarium was tucked away behind the … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Pennsylvania
Tagged Aquarium, Bethlehem PA, Cabela's, Casino, Casino RV Parking, Sands Casino
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Hamburg and Cabela’s
It’s always fun to eat the local cuisine during our travels. Neither of us were quite sure just what Pennsylvania Dutch food is but this region is the place to find out. After reading some reviews on the internet we … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Pennsylvania
Tagged Cabela's, Food, Hamburg PA, Pennsylvania Dutch, Taxidermy
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Amish Country
Several people have said that we should go see Lancaster, so that was our plan for today. We don’t know much about it but we usually head for the visitor center first wherever we go. But when we got there … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Pennsylvania
Tagged Amish, Bird in Hand, Carriage Ride, farmers market, Lancaster
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Hershey & Amish
It rained all night last night and was still gloomy this morning, but we didn’t let that stop us from going out. Hershey is only about 10 miles from us so even though we have been there twice before we … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Pennsylvania
Tagged Amish, Hershey, Hershey's Chocolate World
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The PA Capitol
Hmm..what to do on a Sunday? Harrisburg is Pennsylvania’s state capital and it’s only about 15 miles from here so we went to have a look at it. This is the best time to drive downtown in any city because … Continue reading
Moving On
In the last few days we did the Gettysburg Battlefield Museum, the Guided Bus Tour, drove part of the self-guided auto tour, saw the cyclorama and a diorama of the battle, that’s about enough. We’ll save the ghost tours, the … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Pennsylvania
Tagged Amish, Casino, Casino RV Parking, Gettysburg, Hollywood Casino, Utz Factory Outlet Store
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Gettysburg, Day 2
Since the sun was out this morning we went out early for some picture-taking before the clouds returned. We returned to the Gettysburg Battlefield to get a shot of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial. It is built of Alabama limestone … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Pennsylvania
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Cemeteries, Civil War, Covered Bridges, Diorama, Food, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Lincoln, Minnesota, Monuments, Presidents
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Gettysburg, PA
It rained all day yesterday so we just stayed in. But today was better so north we go! We have crossed the Mason-Dixon line into Pennsylvania and are no longer in the south. Gettysburg and it’s famous Civil War Battlefield … Continue reading
Posted in April, Daily Post, Pennsylvania
Tagged Battlefields, Campgrounds, Civil War, Gettysburg, Passport America
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Great Falls Park
Great Falls, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park on the Potomac River is about 20 minutes west of where we are camped at Greenbelt Park, MD. Maryland is on the eastern side of the river and … Continue reading