Another catch up time, sorry, just have not been getting on here as Frank posts his daily blog and just got comfortable in my world of Facebook, of course haven't posted any trip pictures there yet, but I will one of these days when the spirit moves me...lol.
After Hershey, Pa we went to Vermont for two weeks and most of the time we had rain and/or cloudy days. We tried to pick some indoor places we could visit out of the rain and made it to a few cheese shops, a candy factory, apple cider store, and maple syrup shop, etc. Of course, there are lots of covered bridges and we drove a couple of routes mentioned on one of our tourist info sheets we had. We made a repeat visit to the Von Trapp Hotel and Restaurant to give Glenna a chance to see this place and had lunch. We also drove by the capitol building in Montpelier and took some pictures, very pretty. Vermont is so beautiful and there are mountains (they were already getting snow) in most of the state, but not where we stayed. Next time we will return to the Stowe area as it is a prettier area, higher elevation and the trees are amazing in colors!
When we left Vermont we 'flew low' through the New England states making only one tourist stop in New Hampshire to visit the Peterboro Basket factory. More and more hand making skills are quickly disappearing in America and I wanted to make sure to go there once before this place vanishes and the Chinese take over their craft. Their baskets are offered on QVC and this is where I first got interested in collecting some of them. I did find it difficult trying to make up my mind what I wanted as there were thousands to select from all they had displayed in their store. Too much fun!
Traveling back to Indiana through New York and Pennsylvania gave us some beautiful scenic areas of fall foliage, but once again we had rain and lots of fog, but wait, there was one window of opportunity to take a couple of pictures through the front window of our motor home when the sun poked through and surprise, no clouds, but only for a few minutes. There was absolutely no place to pull over in the m/h, so hope you like what you see here. I have the visions in my mind! lol The most beautiful area was the highest point on I-80 in Pennsylvania east of the Mississippi....we had the valleys to look down on and the beautiful red, orange and purple trees all around us.
Crossing back over the Mississippi River we had the sun to our east and I got a great shot of the arch in St. Louis. I think we take pictures every time we cross that river and we never get tired of seeing this fantastic structure.
Oklahoma City we spent several days visiting with cousins, my nephew and friends. We caught up with my cousin Tammy and her husband Brian and their son Nicholas and had dinner at their house plus another night we went out for Mexican food where another cousin joined us, Joshua King. Nice seeing them as we don't get together too often. Josh graduated from Pepperdine a few years ago, moved back to Dallas and then to OKC where he received a fantastic job.
Found my nephew Brian (Tyne's 2nd son) and his girlfriend Miranda at his grandma's house, Helene Anderson and with Brian's dad, Fred who was also there. Had a great time playing Chicago where Helene kept the coffee coming and then we had dinner down in Bricktown along the riverwalk at an Italian restaurant. OKC is really developing the old downtown area and is competing with San Antonio with their own 'riverwalk'. Really nice area to visit now.
I'm going to stop here, post some pictures and my next writing will be our visit to Texas where we are now in Lake Conroe after spending almost a week in Garrison, TX.
Cousins Josh, Nick & Tammy
Front row: Helene Anderson and Miranda Camp Back row: Fred and Brian Anderson (Nephew)
Brian and Miranda
Bricktown, OKC
Bricktown River
Old area of OKC now known as Bricktown
Bricktown Ballpark - Mickey Mantle Plaza
Nicholas McDaniel
McDaniel Family. Brian, Tammy and Nick
