Troll Hunting!!

 I have finally completed a task that took me twelve years to accomplish and I must admit I am rather proud of myself for completing it. 

On The Way Home!

 

It is time to start heading home. Checking my maps, I will be traveling along the southern edge of the Great Lakes. But look!! Just a few miles north of the freeway, is the hamlet of Detroit! I've only been to a few concerts in Detroit (Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin), back in the day, perhaps it is time to actually visit the area.

Another Day, Another Museum

All of a sudden it dawned on me that it was going to be Memorial Day weekend. In the camping world, weekends and holidays , especially during the summer is when it becomes very hard to find a camping spot.

Weird, Spooky and Oh-So-Interesting Glover

 

Don't know what is going on in the Northeast Kingdom, but Glover marches to it's own drummer.

Gorge Love

 

After all the excitement of the Cousin Reunion, it was time for us all to go our separate ways. I found that for remedial purposes, a little medicinal gorge hiking might be the ticket. 

Family Is The Best!

 I have relatives in New Hampshire, some of my most favorite people ever. When I mentioned that I was going to be in the neighborhood, a grand plan was put in play. We are going to have a Cousin Reunion!!

Three States, One Post

It used to be that my blog would be very waterfall centric. I have not lost my love of waterfalls but glass, glass, glass! The eastern United States is a hotbed of studio glass and I'm loving it.

Childhood Love

 The sun did not shine.

It was too wet to play.

So we sat in the house

All that cold, cold, wet day.

I Do Love Glass!!

 Back in 2016, I made a trip out east to the Finger Lake district of New York. I saw amazing sights – Watkins Glen, Lake Erie, the Birthplace of the American Suffrage Movement, all of which made my heart sing. Right up there, among all of these treasures, ranks the Corning Museum of Glass. This is one of my most favorite American museums. It is the end-all and be-all for glass lovers.

Western New York

 Mad Magazine used to do parodies of TV shows and movies. Everything I knew about birds came from their take on the Alfred Hitchcock movie “The Birds”. It scared me beyond belief. Anytime I see a large flock of birds, I must admit I start to worry. Lately, though, that seems to have changed a bit. I'm finding them to be rather interesting and eye-catching. Is this a sign that I am now an old person? 

Off I Go!

 

Akron is known as Rubber City. Back in the late 1800's, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich (also known as B.F. Goodrich) moved his rubber company here. Firestone, Goodyear and others soon followed and Rubber City was born. But, that is not why I'm here.