We arrived here on Friday after traveling a grueling 57 miles from St. Johnsbury, VT. I know, I know, we are turning into ODF's but the states are so small that if we travel too far we miss a state or two. We found a nice little park to stay and then went back into town to check things out. We found the Walmart and stocked up on groceries, ate some dinner and called it a day. On Saturday we took the advice of the camp owner and did a scenic loop which turned out to be really nice. The leaves are starting to turn but beyond that the scenery here is beautiful. We are in the Whiteface Mountains and we ran into some people while we were in Michigan who told us to make sure ... read more

Sorry that I haven't blogged in a while but I haven't been feeling that great. I guess with the change in the weather my arthritis flared up in my shoulder and I was miserable there for a few days. I have rebounded though and am back to my old self. We hit some rainy weather (what's new) in Lake Placid which was really a shame because I think there would have been some neat stuff to see there. We were also there during the middle of the week and since it is after Labor Day things are only open on the weekends which meant we couldn't tour anything anyway but we did drive by the Olympic arena where the men's hockey team won the Gold Medal in 1980. Too bad we weren't able to go inside ... read more

Today was a big day. Our son-in-law Chris turned 40, Jim Nussbaum turned 60 and my nephew Landon and Kim got married. So Don and I decided that we would celebrate by going to Niagara Falls! This was one of the things on our list when we started out that we were both really looking forward to because neither one of us had been here before. Therefore we were going to get to experience it for the first time together. It is nice visiting the area after Labor Day because the crowds have all gone home. It is like someone flipped a switch and suddenly all the places are empty. We pulled into the parking lot and we were literally one of about 20 cars in a parking lot that holds about 250. It was great! ... read more

Happy Labor Day everybody! We are still here in Pennsylvania but will be leaving tomorrow and heading to Cooperstown, NY. But before we do we had to go to Philly to check out the sites there. We started out the day eating at our 16th DDD's, Honey's Sit & Eat. It was good but not great. Guess we just have to resign ourselves to the fact that our standards must be higher than Guy's. After our meal we made our way over to the Independence Visitors Center where we picked up all the information for the historical sites in the area. We saw the Liberty Bell and where Betsy Ross lived as well as where Benjamin Franklin lived and died. We toured Independence Hall and the first Supreme Court building. It is just amazing that the ... read more

We didn't have daycare for Karlie yesterday which meant we couldn't go into D.C. so we decided to go to a DDD's (15th) in Baltimore. I plugged it into the GPS and away we went. We drove past Camden Yards and there was an Orioles game being played. The area is very neat. They have all kinds of restaurants and shops in this area and they were all hopping because of the game. Suprisingly the traffic wasn't bad at all. Right next to Camden Yards is where the Ravens play so we got to see both stadiums. Pretty neat. We drove right through downtown Baltimore and thankfully it was Sunday so there wasn't any traffic at all. Then we had to drive right through the "Projects". Boy was that an eye opener. I have never seen ... read more