3 june 2013...PHILADELPHIA...DOWNTOWN....CITY TOUR 86 MINUTES WONDERFULLY HISTORIC...GREAT GUIDE HELL OF A HISTORY HERE....DID PHILADELPHIA MINT.....INDEPENDENCE HALL....WITH GUIDE...LIBERTY BELL....SHOULD HAVE TOOK REPLAY ON CITY TOUR...RAINING AT 730 RAIN QUIT FOR THE TOUR AMAZING....EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA PRISION TOUR 1830....HISTORIC...IN RUINS EXCEPT FOR TOUR SITES....AUDIO TOUR GREAT ...CAPONE GOT 8 MONTHS FOR CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON IN 1928...SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIS CELL....OFF TO HARRAHS CASION...JANET HAD A FREE BUFFET...I GOT ONE TOO FOR SIGNING UP....AMAZING...THIS WAS THE DAY THE BUFFET WAS CLOSED...(only me)....THEY SUBSTITUED ANOTHER RESTAURANT...JANET ON MACHINES...ME A $28 POKER VICTIM....ROOM RUN WORSE THAN THE ORLEANS....DEALING BETTER THO...JANET PACKING FOR PHILLY TO ATLANTA TO LAS VEGAS....SEE YA AT THE AIRPORT FRANK.
2 JUNE 2013 ....ANOTHER GREAT DAY ....ALTHO WAKING UP TO JANET EACH MORNING IS GREAT IN ITSELF FOR 40 YEARS NOW....LEAVE NEWARK FOR DOVER....BREAKFAST WITH THE BEATTLES ON THE RADIO TO THE SPEEDWAY....TRAFFIC PERFECT....40 MILES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR ....PARK IN MEDIA CREDENTIALS OFFICE....ACROSS THE STREET TO THE CASINO WHERE JANET ENJOYS A GAME OF CHANCE NEXT TO DOVER SPEEDWAY....I READ TWO PAPERS....WALK LESS THAN A MILE TO SPEEDWAY FOR NICE SPEEDWAY...FREE LUNCH.....DRIVER PRE RACE AT 1230...FLYOVER TWO HELICPOTERS....65,000ISH CROWD FOR 110,000 SEAT SPEEDWAY....THEY MUST HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN THE CROWD...I WAS FOR THEIR SAKE....HOT AS HELL....AC IN MEDIA ROOM....PERFECT...SOME PIX....THE START 36 LAPS AND ON THE ROAD TO PHILLY...GOT THEIR AT 3 FOR FINAL 101 LAPS ON TV....MOTEL NEAR AIPORT FOR TUESDAY DEPARTURE...SUPER AT POPEYES...EXCELLENT....MONDAY VISIT BEN FRANKLIN.
1 JUNE 2013.....75 MINUTES TO TRENTON FOR THE STATE CAPITOL TOUR NICE...ELEGANT...PERFECT..
GOT THERE EARLY DID TWO HOURS IN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM....BIG EXHIBIT ON 9-11...TOUCHING.....GREAT OLD PAINTINGS UPSTAIRS....LOT OF OLD HISTORY....GOT A SANDWICH IN THE HOOD AND A GREAT 45 MINUTE PLANETARIUM SHOW ON EARTH MOON AND SUN...CLEVER SMART ASS COYOTE IN IT.....75 MINUTES BACK TO NEWARK ...TOOK LONGER A TAD OF TRAFFIC AND FAILURE TO GET OUT OF THE LEFT LANE.....DOWNTON NEWARK....NEWARK DAYS....MILE ON THE STRIP WITH BOOTHS ....FOOD....GAMES....BANDS....NICE WALK...IT WAS CLEAN AND ORGANIZED...JANET MADE THE WHOLE TRIP....A NAP....TROUT DINNER....CALL EM ON PHONE...GPS EM...AMAZING HOW IT WORKS....SUNDAY MONSTER MILE AND ON TO THE LIBERTY BELL
31 MAY 2013.....MORE OF THE SAME....DRIVE FROM NEWARK TO DOVER AND NASCAR CREDENTIAL PROCESS JUST AS SMOOTH AS LAS VEGAS....LEAVE FOR STATE CAPITOL...SEEM TO HAVE A KNACK OF JOINING 20 FOURTH GRADERS ON EVERY TOUR....DID IT AGAIN...GREAT GUIDE AND WONDERFUL HISTORY HERE FOR THE FIRST STATE....ACROSS FOYER....ORIGINAL STATE HOUSE AND TWO MORE GREAT HISTORIANS....VICTROLA MUSEUM.....WHAT A TOUR....OLD MUSIC BOXES AND THEIR HISTORY.....ELDRIGE JOHNSON COMBINED WITH EDISTON TO DEVELOP SOUND RECORDINGS ...THESE OLD WOOD BOXES AND 78 RPM'S EXCELLENT....RICH EVEN PLAYED SOME AND WE HAD OUR PICTURE TAKEN WITH NIPPER...OH BOY...WENT TO DOVER DOWNS FOR TRUCK RACE...IT WA HOT...DID 45 LAPS IN SOMEBODYS AIR CONDITIONED BOX AND RETURNED TO NEWARK TO DO TRENTION IN THE MORNING....
30 may 2013.......AND NOW I HAVE BEEN IN ALL 50 STATES...JANET STILL 4 SHORT HAWAII...OK..WIS..ARK....STARTED IN HANOVER AT UTZ POTATO CHIP FACTORY...HOUR TOUR..GIFT SHOP...JUST AMAZING WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WORLD...WE BOUGHT SOME...ON TO STRASBERT RAILROAD VIST 45 MINUTES ROUND TRIP THRU AMISH FARMS...PERFECT DAY WITH AN OPEN CAR AND BREEZE....THEY HANG THEIR LAUNDRY TO THE TOP OF THEIR BARNS...DID NOT HIT ANY CARRIAGES....RAILROAD MUSEUM AMONG THE BEST IN THE WORLD....INDOORS AND OUT DOZENS OF ENGINES AND CARS...PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD...WHAT A 200 YEAR HISTORY....PLAYED TWO GAMES OF MINATURE GOLF...GOT TWO HOLES IN ONE...JANET AND I BOTH HIT A COUPLE OFF THE COURSE...NICE COURSE WE PLAYED 36 ANDDDDDDDD ON TO DELAWARE....JAKES HAMBURGERS AND TO THE ROOM FOR OUR SUPPER WITH THE UTZ POTATO CHIPS....PLANNING 3 DOVER CAR RACES AND TWO STATE CAPITOLS....TRENTON AND DOVER.
29 MAY 2013....WEDNESDAY....HOW DO WE FILL THESE DAYS UP...AMAZING....THE MASTALIRS HAVE LEFT GETTYSBURG.....4 HOURS THIS MORNING PERSONAL GUIDE TRIP OF THE BATTLEFIELD IN OUR CAR TOM STENHOUSE....TOM WAS WONDERFUL....BRIEF PICNIC.....MUSEUM...WITH CIVIL WAR HISTORY MUSEUM...LIGHTS WENT OFF AS LINCOLN STARTED GETTYSBURG ADDRESS....ALL POWER ON THE BLOCK....NICE SHOW...IT WAS AT THE END....PRESIDENTS WAX MUSUEM....NICE ALL THERE AND ALL SPOKE MOST RECENT ONES IN THEIR OWN VOICE...ALSO INAUGRAL GOWNS AT THE BALL FOR ALL FIRST LADIES....LIKED THE CURRENT ONE AND 16TH ONES BEST......MUSUEM LAYOUT OF BATTLEFIELD AND VIDEO...MAP AND VIDEO....MUSUEM OF GHOST CHILDREN AND THEIR TREATMENT....INTEREST.....OVERCAST AT 630AM...SUN AT 730...MARVOLOUS DAY TO GO OVER THE BATTLE FROM OUR CAR WITH OUR GUIDE....NOW AT HANOVER FOR POTATO CHIP TOUR IN THE MORNING...DINNER AT ROADHOUSE NOW
28 may 2013....HATE TO DIE AND MISS ALL THIS....3 TOURS...HARRISBURG STATE CAPITOL...ONE HOUR GOT THERE 2 MINUTES LATE 50 KID TOUR HAD JUST STARTED BUT IT WAS GOOD AND THE KIDS ASKED SOME GOOD QUESTIONS...I WAS THE OLDEST KID...ON TO HERSHEY AND CHOCOLATE FACTORY TOUR...SUPER FIRST CLASS TOUR...GOT ON CARTS ON A CHAIN AND TOURED TO TALKING COWS AND THE PROCESS...GREAT....BOUGHT SOME CHOCOLATE AND OTHER STUFF...ON TO SUSAN WRIGHT HOUSE IN COLUMBIA...WHAT A TREAT RESTORED HOUSE TO 1730'S....GREAT GUIDE AND HISTORY...SO MUCH TO LEARN ....BACK TO LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE FOR SUPER AND NOW MOVIE GREAT GATSBY...AMAZING HOW GPS TAKES YOU ANYWHERE EVERYWHERE AND ACCURATELY...LOTS OF DEAD DEER AND POSSUMS ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE..
27 MAY 2013....WHATS BETTER THAN A PARADE ON MEMORIAL DAY....OBVIOUSLY TWO.....HANOVER PA...31 MINUTES NICE...KIDS BANDS SCOUTS 5 BAGPIPERS....GETTYSBURG..146 CONSECUTIVE PARADE...1869 TIL TODAY....NICE ....LATE 11 MINUTES...BANDS...KIDS ...TOO MANY MASONS..BAGPIPES....86 YEAR OLD MAYOR...GOVERNOR OF PA...AMERICAN LEGION POST FROM ONTARIO CANADA PLAYED YANKEE DOODLE AND AMERICAN ON 11 BAGPIPES...PARADE DOWN A HILL AND THEN UP A HILL...WE IN THE MIDDLE...GREAT 65ISH OVERCAST DAY...ON TO NATIONAL CEMETERY 3 P M MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE...GREAT AN HOUR PROGRAM...SONGS...CONGRESSMAN ...THE GOVERNOR SPOKE...LINCOLN DID THE ADDRESS IN ONE MINUTE AND 51 SECONDS...WREATHS TAPS SPEECHS..NICE AND SHORT AND 300 YARDS FROM WHERE LINCOLN DID THE SPEECH....WOW...WHAT A PLACE TO BE ON THIS DAY...BIG 150 TH ANNIVERSARY IN NOVEMBER AND JULY 4 CELEBRATION WE WILL BE HAPPY TO MISS...NARROW STREETS...BEFORE THE PARADE WE WENT TO NATIONAL PARK MUSEUM FOR VIDEO..30 MINUTES NARRATED BY MORGAN FREEMAN AND THEN 10 MINUTE PROGRAM ON A PLATFORM IN THE MIDDLE OF LITTLE ROUND TOP SURRONDED BY AND 40 FOOT BY 100 YARD CIRCULAR PAINTING OF THE BATTLE...NARRATED...LIGHTED AND HISTORIC FROM A FRENCH ARTIST...THIS PAINTING IN BOSTON RETIRED 100 YEARS AGO AND RESTORED HERE...AMAZING....AFTER PARADE RETURNED HERE TO SEE MUSEUM BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME....IN BETWEEN...CHARLY WEAVER HISTORIC MUSEUM ACROSS FROM TOUR GUIDE HOUSE...SOLDIERS NATIONAL MUSEUM...ANOTHER 45 MINUTES WE READ IT ALL...WELL WRITTEN AND THEN NICE DINNER....OF COURSE THEY RAN OUT OF THE SPECIAL THAT JANET I BOTH SELECTED...WHY ME....NOT PLANNING TUESDAY...BACK TO USA TODAY
26 MAY 2013...GETTYSBURG.....2000KIDS IN BREAKFAST ROOM AT DAWN RIGHT NEXT TO MY ROOM...THEY WERE IN A SOCCER TOURNAMENT AND NOT TOO BAD AND NOW GONE...TOUR OF BATTLEFIELD....ENORMOUS ...GUIDE....CHARLIES...FABULOUS NEVER STOPPED FOR 2 HOURS...DID WILLIS HOUSE TOUR WHERE LINCOLN WROTE THE ADDRESS...DID LAST 10 LAPS OF INDY 500...JANET 5 DAYS WITHOUT WASHING BUT COULD NOT HOLD OUT ANY LONGER....I TOURED ROBERT E LEE BATTLEFIELD HDQRTS HOUSE....BUFFET...NICE....TOUR LINCOLN TRAIN MUSEUM....VERY NICE...ON TO THE CHARLOTTE 500 TV
25 MAY 2013...LEAVING BUFFALO 287 MILES TO FALLING WATER...MORE WRIGHT....4 HALF HOURS THEN ON TO GETTYSBURG..220ISH MILES. NOW ITS OVER HOW ABOUT THIS DAY...DRIVE THE 287 TO FALLING WATER ARRIVE EARLY AND UP 330 TO 248 TOUR...PERFECT...MELISSA..GUIDE EXCELLENT HOW ABOUT THIS AND FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT....DRIVE 187 THREE HOURS TO GETTYSBURG THRU MARYLAND....NO WONDER I WAS LOST ARRIVE AT 7...GPS TO LINCOLN SPEEDWAY FOR CAR RACES...WINGED SPRINTERS MISS TIME TRIALS...6 HEAT RACES...3QUALIFIERS...HALF MILE DIRT TRACK...5000 THERE....BEAUTIFUL NIGHT...FAST CARS...DIRT IN THE AIR SLIDING THUR THE CORNERS...JANET ACTED LIKE SHE ENJOYED IT...BACK TO DAYS INN FOR NIGHT.
24 MAY 2013....WHAT A DAY IN BUFFALO...STARTED LATE FINISHED FAST 1030 MILLARD FILLMORE HOUSE 13 TH AND WORST U S PRESIDENT OTHER THAN W....HOUSE MOVED OPEN ONLY FOR TOURS BY CALL....CLOSED TODAY...NOT MUCH WE WERE THERE...1100 TO FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTS MASTERPIECE UNDER BIG RENOVATION....MICHAEL BEEBE YOU ARE WORLDS GREATEST DOCENT TOUR GUIDE...YOU KNOW EVERYWTHING ....TELL IS WITH A PASSION AND DO BEST 2 HOUR TOUR ON EARTH....YOU KNOW LOTS OF WORDS I DONT....1330 TEDDY ROOSEVELT SWEARING IN HOUSE...GREAT INTERACTIVE TOUR GREA STAFF AN HOUR WELL SPENT....230 PIERCE ARROW AUTO MUSEUM GREAT LOTS OF STUFF....OFF TO HAMBURG FOR CASINO AND CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT...WENT TO CASINO SIGNED UP....HAD GREAT BUFFET...I WENT TO ORGAN SYMPHONY JANET PLAYED PENNIE...WONDERFUL ORGAN MUSIC RACED HOME TO SUPER 8 FOR TWILIGHT ZONE.
21 MAY 2013 FLY 4 HOURS LAS VEGAS TO BUFALLO SOUTH WEST AIRLINES....20 MINUTES EARLY...WAIT 58 MINUTES ON THE RUNWAY FOR OUR GATE TO CLEAR...ALWAYS ME
NICE FRIENDLYS MEAL...SUPER 8 WITH JACUZZI....REFRIGERATOR DOES NOT WORK..WHY ME
22 MAY 2013 ONE OF THE DAYS OF A LIFETIME...NIAGARA FALLS...CANADA...USA....MORE USA FALLS 5 HOUR GUIDED TOUR...GREAT GUIDE IVAN...OVER UNDER AROUND...HISTORY POWER PLANTS GREAT...BORDER CROSSING WITH PASSPORTS GOOD...AQUARIUM IN NIAGARA 1230...WE WALKED IN ON TIME TO SEAL SHOW...GREAT...ALSO ALL AROUND GREAT VISIT...WALKED GOAT ISLAND IN THE MORNING ON USA SIDE...JANET TOO....DINNER AT INDIAN BUFFET ON THE RIVER...NICE..DIFFERENT STRANGE LIGHT SHOW ON FALLS AT NIGHT...TV...ODD COUPLE DICK VAN DYKE AND TWILIGHT ZONE AT 10 PM....4 NIGHTS IN BUFFALO SUPER 8
23 MAY 2013 ONE OF THE DAYS OF A LIFETIME....WENT TO FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT CENTER...TOURS SOLD OUT...GOING FRIDAY 2 HRS AT 11....BOTANICAL SOCIETY PLANTS...GREAT...EXTENSIVE...TO LOCKPORT FOR 2 HR ERIE CANAL BOAT TRIP...SUPER SUPER DAY.....PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LOCKPORT FOR TOUR OF TIFFANY WINDOWS AND CHURCH....INSURED FOR 5 MILLION...AUDIO TOUR AND A PIP OF HOSTESS....TOURED ERIE CANAL MUSEUM SMALL NICE...WITH BAND SONG OF ERIE CANIEL FROM SPRINGSTEEN...SUPER...BACK TO BUFFALO FOR TEDDY ROOSEVELT HOUSE TOUR...TOO LATE ....DO IT FRIDAY....PLANITARIUM TRY...THEY WERE CLOSED...GPSED BABACUE SUPPER...REAL NICE...MULTI TV AT SUPER 8 TONIGHT
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