Jul 29, 2020 - North country of Upper Delaware

Paddy & Brett put out just south of the confluence of the east and west branches of the Delaware river, in Hancock, NY. After dropping them off, I discovered places in Hancock I had not seen before and then went to northern accesses to clean them and check brochures.

Jul 13, 2020 - picnic in Hunter

On this warm Monday, I suggested that we pack a picnic lunch and go up into the mountains to find a cool place. Bring a book and chair in case we want to stay awhile. Mom asked that we go by Lookout Point and after contemplating a bit, I remembered that was where Dolores painted jungle animals for a bar that was in that spot. Now it is a restaurant and Inn. It used to be owned by a lesbian couple but I don’t know if that’s still true. We did stop just before there but couldn’t see very much – cloudy at that time. We couldn’t stop at Lookout...

Jul 10, 2020 - Glenville NY, Arrowhead Marina & RV Campground

We left the Casino parking lot at 730 a.m. heading north to Arrowhead Marina & RV campground just outside Schenectady NY. It was very cloudy and a few rain drops did fall as we headed out. The first 30 miles Of our route, were smaller state roads, some a bit hilly, windy and twisty. After that it was I-84 and I87, with a bit of I90 to get over to the campground. As we travelled north, the clouds lifted a bit. We easily made it to by 1 pm. With the forecast showing heavy rain overnight and also for Saturday, we asked, and were able to extend...

Jul 10, 2020 - a stop at Long Eddy

Paddy always likes to go North on his roves. Today he had me take him to Long Eddy that used to be a bustling place (think 1800s). The road to the river abruptly ends with no place to turn around! I saw a couple of signs – one that pointed “Down the Lane” which literally was a country lane! The other one informed us that this used to be the road to a ferry to PA. It explained how they directed the ferry depending on whether the load was going north or south on the river – the current was a factor.

Jun 23, 2020 - Final destination is at Kittatinny

I drove to my temporary spot (2 weeks) in the Kittatinny campground in Barryville and had to have someone help me get into the only spot they would let me have until July 7. They rented out my normal spot because they wouldn’t hold it for me. They wanted payment up front but the Federal Government pays upon completion of service. I have been there for 6 other years, but the manager didn’t budge. I am not her favorite person and she doesn’t talk directly to me. The owner allowed me in the campground sites (including the Milford site – a...

Feb 2, 2020 - Heading home

The airport in Aruba was a maze of lines with TWO security checks. Granted that the idea was to allow us to skip Custom and Immigration in New York, the over 1.5 hour standing in line was brutal. Lunch was at best filling, and lacked the finesse of the ship! We are spoiled! Jet Blue’s ‘Mint Class’ proved to be just that - Mint, a wonderful experience and extended our cruise ship feeling. Ready to travel with us again? How about next year?

Jan 29, 2020 - How I Made my Trip to NYC Stress Free

New York is the center of so many things. For me, it was the perfect place to complete a master's degree in public health. I'd always wanted to help the world. My education in the heart of it all would give me the tools I needed to do just that. When I made my move from North Carolina, I was a bit scared. After all, New York City is America's largest city. The prospect of moving here on my own felt quite daunting. I'd only been there before for a week. Now, it was going to be my permanent home. I was looking forward to it, but it was a big...

Jan 24, 2020 - Honoring "Uncle Jack"

Who would think that right after we arrived in Tucson with the warm weather I would be making a trip to NY where it was 0-17 degrees, except it made it to 33 one day. The day it reached 33 was the only time I left the house willingly and that was to go snowmobiling with my brother-in-law Matt. That was a glorious day. My brother-in-law Jack died after a long, painful struggle with lung disease. My sister’s world became increasingly smaller during the last five years as she made his final years as comfortable as she could. Our nephew, who...

Jan 15, 2020 - Getting there

Three-fifteen in the morning is awfully early! Our Jet Blue flight is the first in the day from the Rochester Airport and we opened it. There were only a handful of passengers and with TSA pre-chek on our tickets, we breezed through security and into our gate with lots of time to take a nap before boarding for the hour flight to New York’s JFK terminal.

Nov 16, 2019 - fly to Tel Aviv

When we first started planning this trip, we were shocked at how pricey it is to fly to Israel. We had enough frequent flyer miles to fly to Israel on United in Premium Economy. This price category is relatively new. Often Business and First Class are totally out of our price range, but anything we can do to make a long flight a little more comfortable is worth a few extra dollars. Last year we took Premium Economy on Delta when we went to Antartica. We couldn't see what we were getting for the extra $$$. The flight we took today was on a...

Nov 15, 2019 - timing is everything

Timing is everything. The night we got here we ran into a vendor on the street who wanted to sell us $50 tickets to Hadestown, the latest Tony winner. It's never a good idea to buy tickets from a guy on the street for cash, but he offered to walk us to the theater a block away to make sure we got in. It was tempting, but we didn't have $100 in cash and and had not had anything to eat. Regretfully, we said no. The next day we were in Rockefeller Center and ran into a girl with a clip board that wanted to take us to a Late Night was Seth...

Nov 13, 2019 - surviving Siberia

If we were at home wearing our normal winter clothes, today's temperatures around freezing would have been no big deal . So we layered our clothing suitable for temperate climes and headed out into mid-town Manhattan and made the best of it. We went to two cathedrals: first the Apple pavilion where even Ken learned a few new things about his Apple watch and I learned a lot. The pavilion is an architectural marvel: all the reflective surfaces inside the pavilion made it challenging to know when we were looking at the outside and when we...