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This particular one was called the Balcony Room.Quote:
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It has running water fed from two springs, orig foot and hand holds ya have to climb too, pretty hairy, but as good as it gets.
Our first trip, so not sure of the dateline.
It was two rooms, housed about 40 family members.
I'll get some some pix moving when we get some 115v power restored.
Now in Missouri, ya see the Walt Disney and Mark Twain character of the streets and homes.
Steams and rivers seem to be meandering everyplace.
Neat little homes on tree lined streets.
Beautiful.
Regular gas is 2.89, Premium about 30 cents more.
Missouri doesn't put the money in their roads like the super nice stops in Kansas.
A roadside rest is an offramp & an on ramp. Park at your own peril. Pit toilets, occasional out houses.
Firetrucks pass down narrow streets at full throttle stopping for no-one or anything.
Huge battering-ram bumpers on the front for obvious reasons.
I remember reading a piece in USA Today, and another in the Las Vegas Review of the worst drivers in America.
A vote in polls:
They said hands down,, Colorado Springs.
We agree.
Everyone drives like a swarm of starving kids in daycare fighting for the last cookie.
OK,, on to the St Louis Arch.
We've been warned by passing travelers it's a long wait, and perhaps skip the elevated tour,, but we'll see.
We've also been tipped off the roads in Oklahoma don't favor thoe towing.
Pretty rough condition we hear.
We're in Bowling Green Kentucky.
Home of the Chevy Corvette Factory and National Corvette Museum.
Alice gave me a Z06 for a fathers day present. We'll order it when we return home
So, she surprise detoured the trip to visit the National Corvette Museum here in Bowling Green.
We'll decide if we want to take factory delivery, or ship it.
The Kentucky Roads are horrible, we'll have the car shipped.
In route, Illinois roads are excellent, Indiana and Kentucky Roads pretty bad.
Missouri and Illinois are beautiful from the highway.
We tried to see the St. Louis Arch, but the town is tourist un-approachable.
Parking is $25 U.S. because of close by Busch stadium.
A sad, sorry looking town from the streets and highway.
Soon as we crossed the Mississippi Eastbound, the whole scene changed for the better.
We toured 'Vette City as the locals call it this evening.
Met locals and learned about the '08 Vette.
Chevy brought back Honolulu Blue, but with a different name, and they added an additional red, and more leather interior options.
Factory 427 emblems will appear on the hood of the z06 for those who want them.
Yea,, the Z06 'Vette is a 427.
Most businesses are open late the whole weekend, then kinda roll up the sidewalks as the factory swings back into production.
The 'Vette museum opens 8am Sunday, and everyday.
The Corvette factory is HUGE to the economy of the region. If it folded, sad times for sure my pea brain figures.
Gasoline is $2.77 U.S. a gallon.
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Alice tried out the Bose' headphones in the truck.
She put them on me and they are something else. So quiet & clear + they cancil out your voice as you wear them and talk. I can blast my music on the trucks sound system, and she can only hear her Bose'/iPod tunes.
A steamy 80 degrees, a few awesome storms passed us by.
That's it for now until we get some time to upload pix with the cranky Verizon and Mac system.
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Wife and son at the Cliff Dwellings tour.
Tight streets, limited parking.
We parked in front of the Evergreen Cemetery (next to, and seperate from, the Battlefield Cemetery and we fed three parking meters.
Worked fine.
Parked about 50 yards from the spot Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.
We took the dbbl decker bus tour, and it was mostly recorded info, and not too good.
I suggest a live narrating tourguide.
We had one guide that occasionally cut into the pre-recorded tour, and he was great.
He teaches history when school is in session, and works the tours holidays and vacations. A total Civil War buff and loved dispensing info, and was fun to listen to.
Make sure your tour stops at the significant spots like Lees HQ's, Pickets charge, Little Round top/Devils den ect.
Half the tours do not.
Was surprised to see the Cemetery in not so good condition, but perhaps with Winter just ending and all.
Some of the walking tours we eves-dropped on.
Some givin by people on the ball, with a good delivery, enthusiasm, savvy ect,, some givin by dopes.
Research before you book that's for sure.
Seem'd like anyone giving a walking tour dressed in period garb was a nut case. Guides in embroidered LaCost shirts were seemingly on the level.
I finally got to see all the stuff and places I read about as a kid.
The National park service is restoring significant structures, and that's a good sign.
Walk over to the Jenny Wade (sisters) home on Baltimore st.
She was the only civilian killed in the battle. Interesting story, and the area is still rittl'd with the gunfire damage of the skirmish that tragically killed her.
Later this day:
We just pulled into a campsite in Northern Virginia.
It's Govt run, so checking in was like a visit to the DMV, or a bad day at the IRS.
Beautiful spot, fully forested, but brother,, checking in was a @&*@!!!
Tomorrow to my wifes childhood home in Vermont.
Should be super good.
I hope the memories are just like she imagined.
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Durango and Silverton RR
Has to be one the Crown Jewels in American beautiful spots to visit.
Incredible, just stunningly awesome.
The C&O canal is going through some renovation, but plenty to see.
Take the hike to the waterfall along the Potomac.
We got plenty of pix, and will post them soon.
It is something else.
We then went to the Walter Reed Army Hospital Museum.
Another place of Historical interest.
Civil War General Sickels lost his leg at Gettysburg, and it was on display at Walter Reed (and Lincolns fatal bullet).
We visited both spots, where he lost it, and where it is today. Something I've wanted to do since I was 12.
He used to bring visitors by to visit his leg too.
The museum features the history of American Military Medical tech.
From the Smithsonian Castle to Reed is $16 cab fare each way for 3.
Very good.
Now we start our decent down the East Coast to Dizzyworld.
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Our 7 year old lifts a z06 chassis at the Corvette museum in Bowling Green, Klantucky.
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The C & O canal, Maryland.
Fantastic place, hiking, bike riding ect.
She's a girl with lots of grace and kindness and it really came out when we re-visited.Quote:
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The families former 40 acre Horse Rnch gone as a sub-division, but the homes of her parents and good friends remain.
The drive into "DC" she mentioned the renovations are really improving the area.
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At Walter Reed Army Hospital, we stumbled across Civil War General Sickels Leg, lost to a cannon ball at Gettysburg:
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