Looking around

Took a drive to Kingston NY yesterday and went to the Hudson River Maritime Museum. It is not on the Hudson River but on Rondout Creek that empties into the Hudson. The Museum was real nice and features the story of the Tug Boats that have worked the Hudson and some of the passenger boats. There was other thing we learned also about the Hudson history. Sure was nice.
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You can also take a Hudson River Tour from here but it was not running yesterday. Looks like for the next two day we will just be sitting around here as the humidity and heat is coming back.

Tourist Time

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Took a ride to FDR's House in Hyde Park NY. It was a great ride as the weather was real good for once. FDR's House is where he was born and his family had lived since 1866. the house was built in 1800. FDR lived here till he died in 1945. We didn't go to the Library and Museum but may some other time. We did take the tour of the house and that was great. Most of the things in it were original and still in the same place they were while FDR lived there. Franklin and Eleanor are also buried here in the Rose Garden as well as the dog Fala.

 

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We made it to New York

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We left PA on Tuesday and got to Accord New York in good time and got all set up in a park called Rondout Valley. Got a nice site with lots of room and lots of trees.  Bristol likes it here as he likes to walk in the trees and climb some of them.
Yesterday we took a tour bus to New York City. There was no way I would want to drive around in there. Hell just to find a place to park would cost you around $50.00 for the day. We went with friends Randy and Stephanie from Texas that we had met on our travel up the coast. The bus took us to a ferry that takes you to the Statue of Liberty. That was great as you get to walk around the statue and read some about how it was built. We did not get to go up in the statue but on the ground was good enough. Then back on the ferry for a ride back but first a stop at Ellis Island but we didn't get off there. Next we drove to Grand Central Station for lunch and some walking around. Then to the Empire State Building where we took the elevator to the 80th floor. From there you can take another one to the 86th floor or walk to the 86th. I walked and the rest to the elevator. It sure is a great view from there of the city below. Then back on the bus to Time Square for some looking around. All  in all it was fun 12 hours and we sure did enjoy it. Some of the other thing we got to see were the new World Trade Center, the spot where the old Trade Center was, UN,  Rockefeller Center, 5th Ave that we drove on, and for course lets not forget the Naked Cowboy and Cowgirls.

Will post more later when we add the album to the last post.

Moving Tomorrow

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Well time has come to move on again. We will be leaving Timothy Lake South TT Camp Ground tomorrow morning and heading north to Accord NY. We will be in a park called Rondout  Valley. We have not been there before like all the parks out here so we don't know what to expect.  But from what we hear it is nice. So we will let you all know when we get there. It has been nice here most of the time and we  enjoyed it. We met some real nice people here like Del and Kathy and others. I will be posting pictures of our stay here at the top.

Off to the races

Yesterday we decided to go see Pocono Race Way. As we didn't know what the weather was going to be like we took the truck. When we got there we ran into our neighbors Del and Kathy. They were buying tickets for the NASCAR race in Aug. We told them they could ride a pace car around the track on a free tour. So they came with us for the ride. It was great tour of the track and the nicest thing was it was free. We got to go out on the track and do a lap. Only draw back was I could not do the driving. The weather turned out great and we got to stand in the winners circle and get our pictures taken. We also got to walk on pit row and even climb over the wall like the pit crew dose.
On the way back we stopped at a casino and were lucky enough to donate to the cause. Ok Gloria got to donate I won $10.00. That is right we are not big spenders or loosers.

Got in some sight seeing in

Weather has been a bit bad the last few days so we have not done much. But on Thursday it was nice so we took the bike for a ride. We first went to a place called Dingmans Falls in the Delaware Water Gap National park. It was a nice ride and as luck would have it when we got there they were having a guided tour by a ranger so we joined in. He first took up to a small water fall called Silver Thread Falls. It is a nice narrow falls that I liked the best. He told us how the water cut out the rocks to make the falls. Then we went to the Dingmans Falls which was larger but more flat. From there you could walk up some 700 steps to get to the top and look down on it. Not that great a view but ok.

Then we rode across the Delaware River to the New Jersey side and headed south on Old Mine Road. It takes you about 20 miles to I80 and then back to camp. The road was a bit rough but you got to see some nice things. You run into an old town called Millbrook Village. The town was started around 1832 and was a farm town. Farmers would bring food here to trade and sell. The National Park Service and Millbrook Village Society have rebuilt the town and made it a place you can tour at no cost.
It was a good day and a nice ride even though Gloria did not like the road being so rough.

Here for two weeks

Well we left yesterday and drove to East Stroudsburg PA and got all set up in Timothy Lake South. It is a large park but not much to do. Most of the things to do are in the sister park about one mile up the road. Not real busy here right now but will fill up on the weekend I am sure. Will keep you all informed on what we do as things happen.