Catch Up IV (Martinsburg, WV)

 

This blog will finish up the state of Maine. 

Roosevelt Campobello Island is not technically in the US. It is actually in Canada and you need your passport to get there,  It is considered an International Park.  It is the boyhood summer home of FDR.   While we visited Campobello we went to a talk about Eleanor Roosevelt's life.  It was an informal talk where they served tea.  It was called “Tea with Eleanor”.  Everyone sat around tables drinking tea with cookies during the discussion.  It was the kind of thing Eleanor did.  It was really interesting!

Acadia National Park, Maine

 Happy Birthday to Harvey (a special one) and Sarena.

Next, Massachusetts.  I hope this week.

Life is Great on the Roan Road.

 

Catch Up Part III (Martinsburg, WV)

 

We are now in West Virginia (Almost Heaven ?).   There is some beautiful farm country here.  It is very hilly.  Not big mountains,  Just very hilly.  We were taking some back roads on our way to Martinsburg,   just to get off the interstate.  It started to get very narrow and twisty. Combine that with the hills, we decided to head for the interstate.  We will be in Martinsburg until Sept. 5th when we will head for our nation’s most dysfunctional city, Washington, DC.

Now for the Catch Up.

After New Hampshire we headed for the coast of Maine.  Maine is a state we really enjoyed.   We drove up the coast and stayed in a campsite in Ellsworth, Forest Ridge Campground.   The owners are great people.  We used the campground as a place to explore the area. 

We visited the town of Castine.  Castine is a typical New England sailing town.   We toured the town and the lighthouse. The town is full of typical white clapboard houses.   While in Castine we decided to take a sailboat ride on the Guildive.

We boarded the Y-S Guildive.  The Guildive is a 56ft two mast sailing ship.  It is owned and operated by Kate and Zander Parker a husband an wife team who are both captains.  They personally, beautifully  restored the ship.  We had a great time.

 

We took several day trips along the Maine coast using Ellsworth as our starting point.  Unfortunately, I did not write down the location of some of the pictures.  Anyway here is a slide show of some of the pictures.

Not far from our campsite in Ellsworth is a newly constructed bridge that crosses the Penobscot River.  On top of one of the towers of the bridge is an observation deck with spectacular views.

Next post, finish Maine. 

Life is Easy on the Roan Road…

Catch Up Part II (Elkhart, IN)

 

In my last post, I had a video of Ann on a carousel from Syracuse.  I miss spoke.  The carousel is actually at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT.  What a great museum.  You could easily spend two full days there and not see everything.   There are many buildings.  Each with a different theme. 

There goes Ann !!

Waiting !!!

Pure Pleasure.  Look at that face.

And Again.

This building houses a display of a circus parade.

An old time train station.

		Train Station VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

This Riverboat was brought overland in the winter when the ground was frozen and restored.

		Riverboat, Ticonderoga VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Our friends, Jerry and Maddie, came to stay at our campground. 

We took a drive together into the White Mountain National Forest.  One word, Beautiful.

More to come.

Life is Really Great on the Roan Road.

 

 

A Lot to Cover (Elkhart, IN)

 

We are now in Elkhart, IN having some repairs taken care of.  One of our BigFoot levelers was bent at a 10 degree angle.  Most likely happened when we were at one of the campgrounds with uneven sites.  Plus one of the slides makes an unusual sound when closing.  So, Sunday morning,  after leaving Wadding River we got on I-495, across the Throgs Neck bridge, across the Cross Bronx, and over the GW Bridge.  Got in I-80 and straight to Elkhart, the RV capital of the world. 

Monday night we dry camped at Big Foot so we could be first in line.  We were up around 5:30 AM and were in the repair bay at 6:30 AM.  They did a great job.  Between pulling it straight with a fork lift and shimming the jack it is as close to straight as it is going to be.  They also made a cross member between the two rear jack to give them more strength.

Now we are waiting for our appointment on Monday at Indiana Interstate to look at the slide.  We will camp on their property Sunday night to be ready for our 7 AM appointment.

 

Wadding River, NY

We made a stop in Long Island, NY so we could go to the wedding ofour long time friends (Phyllis and Arnie) son’s wedding, Eric and Katie.  We really had a great time.  It was good seeing lots of old friends.

 

 

In our travels, so far, we covered all of the New England states.  So  we have a great many pictures to show.  I will show them in a number of post so as not get you too bored.

We are are leaving here on Sunday, heading back to Elkhart, IN to have one of the hydraulic jacks fixed.  It seem the mount is bent and it is now at a 10 degree angle. 

Now for our travels.

New York State:

In the last post we were in Corning, NY.  From there we went to see several Locks on the Erie Canal.  We visited the Eire Canal Museum in Syracuse.  Along the Eire Canal were Weigh-locks where the barges were weighed and paid a toll according to their weight.  The Erie Canal Museum is an old Weigh lock.

While staying in the Syracuse area Ann found another…

Shelborn Carousel from Roy Brody on Vimeo.

We took a boat ride down the canal and through Lock 17.

While in the Syracuse area we visited the Ft. Stanwicx National Monument in Rome, NY.

We went to the fort in the morning during the week.  It was a slow rainy morning except for 3 bus loads of  children from nearby schools.  Actually, they were well behaved.  The ranger at the fort gave us a private tour because there were no other adults around.  As usual for the National Park Service, she was very knowledgeable and very personable,   We have found that everything the Park Service does is well done within the limits of their budget.

New Hampshire:

We drove into the White Mountains.

		White Mountains VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

No, we did not go swimming.

New Hampshire and all of New England is such beautiful country.

Next post,  Vermont and Maine.

Until then Life is Great on the Roan Road.

Old and New (Campbell, NY)

 

We are staying at a beautiful campground right near Corning, NY, Camp Bell Campground, in Campbell, NY.  We spent the past 3 days going to the Corning Glass Museum and the Rockwell Museum of Western Art (not Norman Rockwell).

First for the old.  These are some videos I took on our visit to Dubai. 

Well, Ann found a Carousel and took Evelyn for a ride.

Ann on Carousel from Roy Brody on Vimeo.

Next is a video of Caroline singing to Evelyn.  Sorry, the sound quality is not the best.

Say Hello from Roy Brody on Vimeo.

When we made our way from Indiana to the Corning, NY area we made a stop in a small town on the Ohio – Pennsylvania boarder by the name of Ashtabula, OH.  It is a small town on Lake Erie.  The town is a major coal port.  

Freighters unload the coal in huge piles.  Water cannons mounted on towers spray water into the air to keep the coal dust down.

A conveyor arch brings the coal over the river to be loaded onto waiting coal trains.

We then continued on to Corning, NY.  It seems strange to see all of the cars with NY State license plates again. 

We spent the next two days touring the Corning Glass Museum.  A must see if you are in the area.

There is a gallery that just opened in March of modern glass art, 2000 to present, all light with natural light.

There are galleries dedicated to ancient glass.

There are demos of hot glass blowing and flameworking.  Please click on the previous links .

The Rockwell Museum was named for a local merchant who lived in Corning and donated his collection of American Western Art.  We were not allowed to take pictures. 

Next, onward and upward to Up Up state NY.  to visit some of the Locks of the Erie Canal system.

Life is Good on the Roan Road…

Our Next Adventure (Elkhart, IN)

Back when we were in Dubai we visited the world’s tallest building.  We were at the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa.  You can get a 360 degree view of the entire city.



There is a lot to tell everyone since our last posting.  To sum up.  After a 15 hour flight we landed in Atlanta.  We then took a connection flight to South Bend, IN. where our home is being painted.  The owners of Mike’s Custom Painting picked us up at the airport and brought us back to the shop so we could get our truck.  The coach was not finished.  We spent the next two days getting over jet lag at a local B&B, The Scottish B&B.


Since our home was not going to be finished for another week, we had to figure out what to do next.  We could stay in the Elkhart area for the week.  That did not seem very appealing.  Heidi and Jay were going to Chicago for Jay’s Cousin’s Bar Mitzvah.  Also, we could visit with our cousins, Karen, Glen, Elise and Nicole.  The best part of this plan was that it was Mother’s Day weekend and Ann and Heidi got to spend it together.

So we had a plan. Or at least part of a plan.  We made reservations in the same hotel that Heidi and Jay were staying at so we could spend some time with them.

Then would then drive to Detroit to see our cousin Bob and and our friend Naomi. We would then go back to the DIA (Detroit Institute of Art) to see the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Exhibition.  Ann has been wanting to see the exhibition ever since we were at the DIA last year. 

OK, now what to do?  I tell you, we have such problems.  Naomi suggested going to Cleveland and visit the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.  What a great idea! (We loved it!  Ann especially liked the exhibition on American Bandstand, as she was a devoted follower during her teenage years).  So we headed to Ohio and Cleveland.

At the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame we saw a new Rock Group featured on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine.

 Also when in Cleveland we took a scenic ride along the  Cuyahoga Valley and visited the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.




When we retuned to the Elkhart area, our home was finished.  It looks great.  I call it New Horizons Summit 2.0.  It looks brand new.



After picking up the Coach. We spent the last two weeks in Elkhart, restocking the refrigerator because it had to be turned off during the painting.  Fixing things and getting ready for our spring, summer, fall trip.  

On Tuesday June, 2nd we leave Indiana and start heading to Upstate NY and the finger lakes area.  From there, up to Maine and down through New England.  So keep posted.

Happy Belated May Birthdays to Evelyn, Emma, Francie, Mike, Irwin and Marilyn J.

Happy 49th Anniversary to us!

June Birthdays:  Andrew (A BIG ONE), Lucy and Beverly 


Life is great on the Roan Road…

Back by Popular Demand (Dubai, UAE)

 

You asked for it, so here it is.  It’s all Evelyn!

So, here is Evelyn (the star of the show), I also included Caroline, Andrew, Ann and Me. 

Slide Show short from Roy Brody on Vimeo

 

Daddy's home from Roy Brody on Vimeo.

 

.Evelyn Eating from Roy Brody on Vimeo.

Evelyn Going to Bed from Roy Brody on Vimeo.

Life is Good on the Roan Road….