Cooperstown, Corning, and Bath, NY

This is Ted Williams bat at the Hall of Fame.

There is a hall of pictures of ball players getting there plaques.  The is Tony Gwenn's

The Plaque.

Ozzie Smith

A view from our campsite in Cooperstown.

The other direction.

The next day we drove to Corning, NY.  We all parked our rigs in the parking lot.  And went inside.

Here is a Dale Chahuli from Wash.

David and Susan,  our newest friends.  They are from Austin, Texas.  He's a lawyer.

Closest to the camera is Kathy, she is from Ont. Canada.  The other two are Terry and Bob Hayes, from Walnut Creek. They even know JoAnn and Matt.

Bev and Ira friends from Alaska and the Misssissippi in front and Marie and Fred, our tail gunners with Ernie and Sheila.

Behind your dad is Cyndy and John from Onterio, Canada.  Beside your dad is Carl and Sandy Wenger from Maryland.  They were on the trip with us last year as well. 

This is the gaffer, the glass blower, and his assistant.  We watched a demo.

This is a 100 lb. paper weight.  It completes a 1000 collection of normal sized paperweights.

The view from our windscreen in the campground in Bath.

While in Bath we visited the Curtis Museum.  He is said to be the father of the Naval airforce.  This is a camper he also designed in the 1910's.  Look it has a toilet.

One of his aircrafts.

This is a plane from Curtis that had  been in a swamp in Florida for decades.  The volunteers are going to restore it.  Good luck guys.

Your dad says he wants a car like this one for his 70th.  Yeah right...

We went on a lunch cruise on one of the Finger Lakes.  This lake is about 25 miles long.

Guess who?

And her?  I didn't get ready and smile.

We were packed in there like sardines.

But look what we could see.

The colors were at their peak up there.

This is topside.

It reminded me of a patchwork quilt.

People have summer homes all along the lake.

Dad and Joe another new friend.

From up top.  That's Mary and Fred and our wagonmaster, Ken.

We are on our way back to port.

We had a really good time in New York state.  People were friendly and made us feel welcome.  I've got pictures from Niagra Falls, but I'll send them another time.  We have to get ready to get back on the road in the morning.  Tomorrow is Canton, Ohio and the next day is near Huntington, WV.  See you all soon.

Mt. Washington and beyond

The views are breath taking.

This is from the gondola taking us up Cannon Mt. in New Hampshire.

From the other side of the gondola.

This is what we rode to the top.

The next day we rode a cog railroad up to the top of Mt. Washington also in New Hampshire.

We didn't get to go with this steam engine, but you can see it pushes the train car up the mountain.

At the top you can see what we saw.  A sign said that they have fog 60% of the time.

The waether station up top.

I guess it's true because the wind was once measured at 231 mph.

The inside of the car we rode  downthe mountain.  The engine slowly backs down the mountain and the car just leans up against the engine.  The two are not really conected. 

This is above the tree line.

See the other train behind our car.  That day they ran several trains up and down.

The fog was wild.

This is a close up of the cogs that the trains run on.

On a third day we got on a train and rode up the valley for two and a half hours.  We had a boxed lunch then rode back to the campground.

A view from the train.

The trees at their peak of color.

again

We stopped at Crawford Notch for a while.

We got to ride the in the dome car back.  Of course it was raining again.

Our engine going around to the front of the train to pull us back.

I said it was raining.

But when we got back it was clear. That's the dome car we rode in.  We were VIP passengers. 

I've got more pictures but they are for another day.  And I keep forgetting to answer Mark about Kathy and John.  Yes they still have the dairy farm.  They have 89 cows of which only about 50 are milking at the moment.  The rest are heffers or are pregnant.  Not for me thank you.  But I'm glad someone does it or I wouldn't have cheese or yogurt. 

Gotta go.  It's time to do the laundry.