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Monday morning, we woke at the KOA and a prepared for our final leg home – south towards Pittsburgh and then hooking up with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and heading east. We’d go as far as the Downington exit, then get…
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Saturday, we got up, Kammy palled around with her new friend from Kansas, and I checked out the rental car and fireworks situation. We had a big brochure that gushed over how spectacular the light show and fireworks were over…
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Friday would be our day at the falls. Even though I’d spent most of my life here on the east coast, somehow we’d never seen Niagara. There were two ways to see the place – drive in and around the…
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Thursday, Melissa had just a morning session, so when she got back we took the car back to Enterprise and headed for the Thruway. We’d have about a 90 mile run today, across the state to Buffalo and our…
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Tuesday, Melissa left to head to her conference, at a fancy hotel about 10 miles away. Kamryn and I stayed behind to relocate the RV to our new, permanent spot, meet the neighbors, and do a bit of fishing. The…
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Sunday was the big Apple Fest, heralded as the biggest festival to hit Strafford since, well, the last Apple Fest. We hoped to see lots of vendors and pocket some swag, cider, cheese and other stuff to take home. We…
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Saturday’s weather looked promising, for once. The sky was blue, and mostly cloudy but that’s better than solid overcast and drizzle any day. We fortified ourselves, and headed for the Festival. Tunbridge is about 10 miles or so south of…
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On Friday morning, I looked at a map and saw that there was a road running north and south right along the Connecticut River a few miles east. The Connecticut River, of course, is the border between Vermont and New…
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Today, we’d visit Randolph, a few dozen miles away, where nephew Jeremy had recently purchased an historic old home in town. He was quite pumped about the needed renovations and the unique architectural qualities of the place. Originally put up…
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When we got up, it was cloudy and cool but at least it had stopped raining. I took a look outside to get a feel for the foliage colors. It looked like Ireland. After some consultation, we decided to tour…
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