Leaving Hershey PA

Well, we spent time resting in the Hershey area and we are ready to move on. We are heading home to Florida now. Our next stop will be Gasburg, VA at Lake Gaston.

While we were here in PA, my son stayed for a weekend with his friend, Daria. We had a nice visit. A little to many white russians though. We roasted some marshmallows & sat by the campfire, typical camping weekend.

If you visit the Hershey area, you must go to Shady Maple.
It is the largest smorgasboard I have ever seen. The food is endless. Too much to chose from. The gift store in the basement is like shopping at a mall. http://www.shady-maple.com/ Check it out.

So we are moving on. See you in VA.

Visiting With Good Friends In NY

Woodstock NY

We took a trip back in time to the 60's. Remember the Woodstock concert. Three days of music. August 15, 16 & 17, 1969. 500,000 people gathered on the lawn of Max Yasgur's farm with traffic jams of up to 20 miles long. Just imagine that. There was lots of rain, not enough food, plenty of drugs and lack of bathroom facilities. The music of the decades. Man I wish I was there then. John and his friends were planning on going when he heard Arlo Guthrie on the radio say "the NY thruway is closed man". We spoke to a man from Texas that was at Woodstock & he told us the thruway was never shut down. This man came to Woodstock & never left. He was sitting there with pictures of the historic concert & the new museum. Now they do have outdoor concerts there every year. Behind this monument was the Woodstock concert. The bowl was where the bands played & the hill was filled with the fans. We went to a Harvest fest on the Woodstock grounds. The band reminded me of the Janis Joplin or Gracie Slick times in the 60's. It was a beautiful day, a little crisp in the shade.
Hanging with friends

We had a wonderful weekend with our friends Chuckie & Barb and our RV buddies, Ruth & Bucky. Again it is all about the food.















Chuckie the chef!

Lazagna by Ruth!

Lake George, NY

Well we spent some time in Lake George, NY. We had some really bad weather before the girls came up we were lucky the rain stopped the night before they arrived. It rained for 3 straight days.

We took a walk down by the Schroon River

The girls sat around a bonfire & enjoyed roasting marshmallows.

We had a nice visit with the girls. We went for a bike ride around the lake .

The lake was beautiful.

Lake George Antique Car Show

Antique car show at Lake George, NY. Wow!!! Busy town today. At night the road the main road through town was blocked off for a of parade of cars. I have never seen Lake George so busy. So many beautiful antique cars. The streets were lined with antique cars. Parked on the roads, in the parking lots, at the hotels, everywhere a car could park there was one.

On the Move

John & I will be on the move again on Monday September 3, 2007. We will be heading up to NY again to Lake George. We will spend 2 weeks there and then head towards home, ...FL.

The trip to NJ & NY has been great. We managed to see many friends & family members. Two family reunions for John. Marge got to meet some new family members. An interesting family member from Garnerville is an astrologer. She speaks on radio shows, local http://www.rocklandworldradio.com/ & sirius radio. She also has written a few books and articles for magazines. A very interesting woman. Her name is Judi Thomases. And if any one is interested in astrology her web page is: http://www.wisdompath.com/ Judi wrote an interesting article in her monthly news letter about RV'ers. So as we are in that elite group I am going to share it with my friends & family and here it is:

RV'ing As a Sagittarius Expression

The U.S. has a Sag rising (Sibley Chart), and in keeping with that, is going mobile, taking to its wheels as a call to freedom and independence. 80-year -old single women are tooling around in motor homes, seeing the U.S. of A while hooking up with "boyfriends"here and there! (What could be more self-governing?!!) Friendships are forming and spreading, as are cultural influences. But best of all, besides the "call of the wild", RV'ers have satellite TV and Internet, wireless Internet and cell phone Internet and cell phones. Talk about "not leaving home without it" here we're taking the whole home and all its gizmo's with us! In fact, there's something called Geeks on Tour, a roving band of techies who service the RV community. Americans will always keep their identity and freedom so long as they can hit the open road, now with all their ingenious toys and luxury on board.

While visiting with Judi, I got my own star reading. My happy dates are Nov. 11 to Nov. 26. I will soon find out. So if you would like to listen to some archives of shows the web page would be: www.rocklandworldradio.com/program/new_perspectives. You can also do a call in live: 845-290-9493 on Thursday 6-7 pm est.

I got to do my favorite thing which is line dancing. I met some very nice people. I will definitely dance with them again when I am in the area. When we get into a new area or just before we get there, I check online with my world line dance news letter to see where & when I can dance:

http://www.worldlinedancenewsletter.com/WTD.html

This year I danced in Point Pleasant, New Jersey with a group called happy dancing feet. In NY I danced at the Latin Vibe dance studio with Renatte and her girls. Renatte joined the Point Pleasant group last week and taught Show me wot u got. A very fast dance. In PA I went to the Winners Circle near Hershey PA and Low Places in Lancaster. I met up with some friends from Fl & we went dancing together in PA. I am hoping that I run into some of my new dancing buddies along the road.

John & I have gone to so many BBQ's, I thought I was going to bust. We enjoyed them all. The food was great. Great company too.

Every thing revolves around food......

It really meant alot to both of us to see so many friends & family on this trip. Well hope to see them all soon and in good health.

Vanderbilt Mansion

While visiting with friends & family in NY, we did manage to do some sight seeing. We went to the Vanderbilt Mansion and I couldn't take any pictures inside due to flash. I tried taking some pictures without the flash but it was way to dark inside. They keep it dark to preserve the furnishing. This is a National Historic Site. Roosevelt bought it for $1.00 for the National Park System. It is the only private residence in the park system.

We also toured West Point. It has a great deal of security now, since 9/11.

West Point NY

Roosevelts home

This is Roosevelts car. The car has special equipment so he was able to drive without the use of his legs. He once took the Queen mom for a ride & she was quoted as saying the scariest thing she ever did was take a ride with Roosevelt. At the age of 39, he contracted polio. From then on he was never able to walk alone unaided. He got the virus from a boyscout outing in Bear Mt. At the time no one really knew about polio. Roosevelt led a sheltered life & wasn't exposed to the elements of Bear Mt.

Roosevelt started the National Park System. He was the only president elected to the presidency 4 times. He died in the beginning of his fourth term.

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith."