We have a lot to see today including a tour at the Greenbank Observstory. We pretty much packed up last night so we could make a quick getaway. We planned to do breakfast at Seneca Rocks rather than sitting our campsite. We were away by 7:45 and viewed the Blackwater Falls on our way outContinue reading “Day 8 – Blackwater Falls to Greenbriar State Forest”
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Day 7 ‐ Falling Water, PA to Blackwater Falls State Forest, WV
Today was a busy day and I have a lot of photos and a much information to write up. We had a 10:30 a.m. reservation for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water situated about half an hour from our campground at Ohiopyle. We got up and out early hoping to get an earlier tour (success) asContinue reading “Day 7 ‐ Falling Water, PA to Blackwater Falls State Forest, WV”
Day 6 – Ohiopyle State Park
We took today off from driving and spent the day in the campgrounds. We slept in late, had blueberry pancakes for breakfast then spent the rest of the morning cleaning the van and going for a long walk. We still had housework to do in the form of hand laundry and making egg bites (crustlessContinue reading “Day 6 – Ohiopyle State Park”
Day 5 – Kentuck Knob, Frank Lloyd Wright
Lovely cool evening last night with a campfire while we watched a movie on my laptop, Radioactive, about Madame Curie. Excellent movie Kentuck Knob A national landmark. According to the Kentuck Knob website: In 1953, Bernardine and I.N. Hagan purchased eighty acres in the mountains above Uniontown in Western Pennsylvania where their families had livedContinue reading “Day 5 – Kentuck Knob, Frank Lloyd Wright”
Day 4 – Berkeley Springs to Ohiopyle
The heat has broken and we woke to this gorgeous morning. Coffee and REAL Montreal bagels ( we bring them back when we visit our Montreal family). Mr and Mrs Mallard are out and about. The trees here are very old and gnarly maples. Mrs mallard did something I have never seen before. She flewContinue reading “Day 4 – Berkeley Springs to Ohiopyle”
Day 3 – Antietam Civil War Battlefield
We had a different start to the day. Both of us had zoom meetings. My husband’s was at 8 am and mine at 11 am. Once Brian’s meeting was finished we packed up and drove to today’s sightseeing location before my meeting at 11 am. I managed to participate in a 2 1/2 board meetingContinue reading “Day 3 – Antietam Civil War Battlefield”
Day 2 – FO 76 – First Location – Harper’s Ferry
We had a somewhat leisurely start this morning. The first morning after a first night of camping requires some re-assessment of process and organization We did want to get to Harper’s Ferry before the heat of the day set in for real.. another day in the 90s. Harper’s Ferry requires walking… outside. The drive wasContinue reading “Day 2 – FO 76 – First Location – Harper’s Ferry”
FO 76 – Day 1 – Gifford Pinchot State Park
We are still working on ways to improve storage and functionality in our Road Trek Zion. This is our 4th long trip other than family / weekend trips since we purchased it exactly a year ago. LNeither one of us like clutter and the living space is small. We still had not used the tableContinue reading “FO 76 – Day 1 – Gifford Pinchot State Park”
Fallout 76 through WV and Falling Waters in western PA
Today we started a new adventure which will take us not too far from home but will last 2 weeks. The planning started with the desire to finally, after 25 years living in Pennsylvania, to visit Frank Lloyd Wrights Falling Waters in the western part of the state. The rest of the trip planning startedContinue reading “Fallout 76 through WV and Falling Waters in western PA”
Day 18, 19 to home
Today and tomorrow are travel days. We are avoiding Washington. DC by taking Hwy 58 East through Norfolk, VA across the Chesapeake Bay – Tunnel and up the DelMarVa peninsula. This funky sandpit is traversed by 3 states, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Gas prices continue to rise today. I don’t know if it’s state specific,Continue reading “Day 18, 19 to home”
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