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Walt Disney World

Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse in 1928 with Ub Iwerks. Mickey was Walt’s way to keep Disney Studios in business after he accidentally lost the rights to Oswald the Rabbit.

Twenty-six years later, during a Disney TV special in 1954 Walt said, “I hope we never lose sight of one thing – it all started with a mouse.”  Walt Disney’s, now famous, mouse was with him when he was ready to fashion a theme park for families to experience the joy he had with his own children at California sea side amusement parks.

In 1955 Disneyland made it’s debut and then in 1971 without real estate constraints Walt Disney World opened for business.  Walt didn’t live to see his Florida park, but his brother Roy continued the project to honor his brother’s dreams.

Even though I would never say it out loud, I am a Disney Geek.  Eric and the sisters would probably sing it and Roy would roll his eyes.  Our family has more than the average number of Disney park visits, stories of fun with friends, mile stones, trivia knowledge, Disney encyclopedias and biographies and photos to prove it all.  Roy was 7 months old when we got our first annual passes to Disneyland for Christmas.  Over the next 10 years we had birthday parties, family dinners, and mommy and me stroller walks.  Genny’s first visit was when she was three days old, the day after coming home from the hospital, and Marie was a week old when she first experienced Disneyland attractions.  Living a few miles down the road from Disneyland made Disney World an frivolous expense that we quickly dismissed.
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Now that we’ve temporarily relocated to the East Coast and have our traveling van on hand, the elusive Disney World experience is possible.  We used our friend’s timeshare privileges again for spacious and reasonably priced accommodations a mile from the park entrance and purchased AAA five day park hopper tickets for a week of full Disney immersion .

Our Disney World park hopper tickets allowed us to skip from park to park through out the week and experience the 104 attractions available in Florida and compare them to Disneyland’s 83 attractions in California.

At the end of our week we agreed that it was fun to see the rides and shows that are only available in Florida, but for the most part we thought that we preferred the California counterpart for attractions shared by both parks. We also liked the smaller parks in California that you can experience in just a few days rather than taking nearly a week.  It could be that we’re biased but that is our opinion.

 

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Magic Kingdom

We were most excited to visit the Magic Kingdom and it to see how familiar its layout would be.

There is no direct way to enter this park, the parking lots are all quite a distance away.  Take a tram from the car to the monorails or ferry boats for transportation to the front gate.

The view as you arrive is like visiting another world, maybe OZ, but that’s MGM.

At Disneyland riding the Monorail was a treat because it only has two stops.  One at the end of Downtown Disney and the other a short walk in through the main gate and over to Tomorrow land.  At Disney World the monorail is an essential means of transportation from the parking lots or from EPCOT.

Main Street was a familiar sight with shops, vehicles, and holiday decorations.

 

The streets were festively decorated for Halloween.  Many years ago we attended Disney’s Halloween party in California Adventure.  It was a pleasant evening with trick or treating, great costumes, fun entertainment and short lines on rides.  This month the Magic Kingdom closes early every other evening for their Halloween special event.

Cinderella’s Castle in the Magic Kingdom (also in Tokyo) was very impressive compared to Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland (also in Hong Kong and Paris).

There were more peaks and points, but no moat.

The hall through the entrance is lined with beautiful mosaic scenes from the story. It took nearly two years to complete these Italian glass murals set in sterling silver and gold.

When Roy was a toddler and we were still deciphering his language, one of his middle of the night requests was for Monsters.  If you didn’t know his favorite movie, you might think the poor little boy was having nightmares.  His request for Monsters was really a 2 am desire to watch his favorite movie Monster’s Inc. Now, all these years later Disney has come out with the movie Monsters University a prequel to his original favorite.

We enjoyed this audience interactive show collecting laughs which we all now know are more powerful than screams. Eric and even Roy we’re displayed on the big screen as part of a joke.

We have CDs of original sound tracks for Disney’s attractions that Eric regularly plays on road trips and sailing passages.  We’ve all heard “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” and now get to see the Carousel of Progress Attraction.

The Peoplemover was another long awaited attraction.  This train tram car snakes through Tomorrowland introducing attractions. The Tomorrowland Speedway is just like Autopia.

The queues were reasonably short and we were able to do this ride several times.  Only Marie needed an adult rider with her, so Roy and Genny we’re off on their own.

At Disneyland the Winnie the Pooh Ride is set in the Country Bear Jamboree’s previous location.  As a tribute to the Country Bears, when you enter Pooh’s Birthday bash room, look above and behind you to see the moose, buffalo and deer’s head from the Country Bear show.  Our kids have all seen these heads on the wall and heard the Country Bear songs and finally got to see the show.

My favorite ride has always been Splash Mountain.  This ride is pretty much the same at both parks.  Roy liked Brier Frog at the Magic Kingdom.

Just as you go over the edge of the big drop at photo showing the thrill on your face is snapped.

Splash Mountain is one of the rides we did over and over.

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Eric bought this photo to show the contrast between our 2013 drop and Roy’s first drop when he was about five.  The drop occurs about 3/4 of the way through the ride.  When Roy first experienced it, he was so petrified he tried to climb out of the boat.  Now everyone has fun and even poses.

The Hall of Presidents at Disney World is much bigger than Moments with Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland.

This attraction starts out with Mr. Lincoln’s speech and a short movie and then all 44 presidents are introduced with several of them having speaking parts.  This situation could never exist without Disney’s audio-animatronics.

We did enjoy the Haunted Mansion, it was a bit different with a smaller facade. We were also used to the Nightmare Before Christmas overlay at this time of year, but they don’t do it at Disney World.  Next is the Tiki Room.  The day was quite hot and humid and the thought of watching the birdies sing in an air conditioned room while eating a cold refreshing Dole Whip was appealing.  The Dole Whip stand wasn’t next to the attraction so we restrained ourselves to save the pineapple soft serve for the show.  Our timing was just right racing through the queue to find our seat when we were STOPPED.  ”Sorry, you can’t take that inside the theater”  WHAT? how can this be?  So we waited outside watching the less than impressive pre-show and slurping on our quickly melting treats.

What should we see next, how about Pirates?  Disney World doesn’t have the Blue Bayou restaurant so the Pirates ride doesn’t float past the bayou scene.  All of a sudden we’re in the room with the pirate ship fighting with the fort, where was the “Dead Men Tell No Tales” drop? where was the pirates song? how about the pirates lair bedroom full of pirate booty? and no Davy Jones projected on the mist?  Ok, Ok, lets not get crabby here.  The middle scenes were the same, then, bam the ride ends.

Big Thunder Mountain was a favorite that the kids went on over and over, we also liked the Jungle Cruise.  Most of the scenes were different but all very good.  With the new scenes came new jokes from the boat captain.

On a new day we hit Fantasy Land and It’s a Small World.  Many of Disney World’s attractions have covered queues.  I’m assuming its because of the frequent rain showers and scorching sun.  Small World’s front facade was also in the building, so everything was smaller and no topiaries. Comparing the ride from the two parks, Disneyland’s attraction was originally built for the 1964 World’s Fair and moved to Disneyland, it seems to contain more rooms and has Disney characters in the scenes.

Yippeee Dumbo!  They had two separate rides, one for the Fast Pass and one for standby riders.  Luckily there wasn’t anyone waiting so we had our choice.

The zero wait time for pictures with Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck was a bonus as well.

 

My favorite Parade is the Electrical Light Parade.  So there are way more photos posted here than are necessary, but they were all so beautiful and fun. This parade ran most summers between 1972 and 1996 at Disneyland, then it moved to California Adventure until 2010.  Now, to see the Electrical Light Parade, you have to visit it at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EPCOT

EPCOT - Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow, is divided into two parts, World Showcase and Future World.

World Showcase highlights Canada, UK, France, Morocco, Japan, US, Italy, Germany, China, Norway, and Mexico.  Young people from each of these countries participate in a year long exchange program.  We started in Canada, drank a Moosehead beer and watched Martin Short give us a circle vision tour of the Great White North.

The UK was good for a Bass beer, fish and chips and music by Off Kilter, kilter wearing rockers. There are also periodic shows like this one about Cyrano de Bergerac that the kids volunteered Eric for.

In France we watched a balancing show, Morocco was belly dancing and the best pita sliders I’ve ever had. Japan had drummers.

The good old USA had a whooping hooting fist pumping N I G H T  R A N G E R  concerrrrtttttt!! Yeah!

Shake your head and Rock.  Epcot was having a Food and Wine festival.  Sounds like fun, but the sea of people waiting in line for samples, that weren’t free by the way, along with the many shops luring us in to ‘by something’, was a bit much.

The Fife and Drum corps came out to introduce the American Adventure show.

We listened to an acapella  group and then went inside the theater to watch Ben Franklin and Mark Twain take us through American History.

In China we saw a Terracotta Army display

And another movie showcasing the country and scenery.

Norway had a fun Viking ride and scenic movie, and lastly we visited Mexico.


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The front half of the park is dedicated to Future World.  In the big ball out front is Space Ship Earth.  This attraction reminded me of a time capsule that winds through the sphere explaining how humans have progressed to the technologically advanced society we have today.

At the end you answer several questions about your utopia and create a personalized video.

Along one side of the park is The Seas, The Land and Imagination.

These exhibits are all ‘inside’ where visitors can browse around without being subjected to the rain or heat outside.  Inside The Seas is the Nemo Ride, Talk to Crush, and several rooms with beautiful aquariums.  They even have a Manatee exhibit.

In The Land, is a Circle of Life movie, and a cool boat ride through a farm of the future.  They said the produce grown here is served in the restaurants around the park.

 

Captain EO is a Michael Jackson, Francis Ford Coppola, and George Lucas 3D film from 1986.  A few years back the girls found that if they were quick, they could get out of the show and run around to the entrance and see it again.

Disney parks a great for their entertainment and attractions filling in along the paths.  We learned how the cranberry shrubs are flooded and with a little help the fruit floats off and is collected for our fall holiday feasts.

Along the left side of the park is Test Track, a thrill ride that lets you design a car and test its performance in different situations.  There is also Mission Space which is a space travel simulator and Energy Adventure where Ellen DeGeneres explains fossil fuels, wind and solar energy.

Communicore Weekly is our favorite podcast of Disney discussions and history.   You can check out their facebook page and see Roy, Genny and Marie with their Communicore buttons.

The evening ends with a fountain show.

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Animal Kingdom

Disney’s Animal Kingdom is a jungle Experience highlighting Africa and Asia.

Wikipedia says this is Disney’s largest themed park, over 580 acres.  They are also accredited by the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

We enjoyed a few thrill rides like Expedition Everest and a few dark rides like Dinosaur.

Around every corner some sort of entertainment catches our eye.

Even if its looking at the India food wagon.

In the middle of the park is The Tree of Life.  A 145 foot high and 50 foot wide sculpted tree with over 325 carved animals.

Misting fans around the park were a relief from the 90+ degree temps and high humidity.  We also sat in the wet seats for Kali River Rapids.


Animal shows are popular at this park.  The bird show is educational raising awareness in conservation as well as displaying some of the beautiful birds found in the jungle.

The Kilimanjaro Safari ride takes guests to visit animal habitats.  We saw hippos.

Water Buffaloes.

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Pink Flamingos, elephants and the massive Boabab tree which is leafless for 9 months of the year.

White Rhinos roll in the mud.

The Ostrich sits on the side of the road with her clutch of eggs.

After all that sitting the kids got to play on the drums for awhile.

You can never tell where you’ll find a hidden Mickey.  Genny spotted one in this little safari camp display.

In the aviary the birds were building nests.

The Hippo and these little fish have a symbiotic relationship.  The hippo provides something for the fish to snack on and the fish keep the tank clean.  You know what I mean, wink wink.

Our favorite is the Meerkats.  They are super cute, playful and fun to watch.

Nice park, fun day, rather hot, but a good time.

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Hollywood Studios

Disney’s Hollywood Studios highlights the movie industry with stunt shows, a back lot tour, and attractions with popular movie themes.

The park is represented by Mickey’s Sorcerers hat from Fantasia.

In searching for history on Mann’s Chinese Theater or Grauman’s Chinese Theater, I learned that as of Jan 2013 it is called TCL Chinese Theater. It was opened in 1927 by Sid Grauman and has hosted many premiers since then. In 1973 Ted Mann purchased the theater, after he sold it in 2000 it retained the Mann’s Chinese Theater name.  Now in 2013 the TCL Corporation, a Chinese Electronics Company bought the naming rights for 5 million dollars.

A replica of this theater along with foot and hand prints the theater is famous for is the entrance to The Great Movie Ride.

Guests ride through famous movie scenes while bits of history and movie trivia are presented.

We saw highlights from movies such as Disney’s 1964 Mary Poppins, Singing in the Rain, gangster movies , westerns and MGM’s 1939 The Wizard of Oz .

The Backlot Tour is a short tram ride around movie sets.  The Earful Tower stands 163 feet high and represents water towers often used in Hollywood backlots to douse fires as well as Disney’s Burbank studios.

Our tram stopped at a flood demonstration with explosions and rushing water.  It was very exciting.

There were busts of famous television personalities including Walt Disney.
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Like all the parks, street entertainment was popular. This rock band Mulch, Sweat, and Shears was supposed to be a family of gardeners.

The first thrill ride we rushed off to as soon as we entered the park is Tower of Terror.  I have become extremely sensitive to thrill rides, they can ruin my whole day, so Genny and I opted to wait outside.

Toy Story Mania is a favorite of ours from California Adventure.  Guests in cars stop at large screens and play carnival games like ring toss and knock down the duckies using a virtual ball tosser.  The queue always has a long wait time, but here even the fast passes are sold out within an hour of opening the ride.  So we skipped it.

It all started with a mouse, now millions of people sport all sorts of stylish and creative ears.

 

Don’t forget the topiaries.

 

 

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Presidents’ Homes and Museums

I think we’re in the home stretch with the museums. Grandma Beth arrives today at Washington’s Reagan Airport, so we spent last night at Becky’s house in D.C. so we could have a quick look around before picking her up.  The government has been closed for about a week now so it will be interesting to see what’s going on.  We exited the Metro at the National Archives stop next to the United States Navy Memorial.  There were no fences or guards here, they must have run out.

Our stroll down the Mall took us in front of the Smithsonian Castle.  According to Wikipedia this building houses the Smithsonian administrative offices, a visitor center and the tomb of James Smithson. So here’s a bit of interesting Smithsonian trivia, James Smithson never visited the U.S., he willed all his money to his nephew unless his nephew did not live and had no children, then he said…

“I then bequeath the whole of my property, . . . to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge among men.”

This is the Smithsonian’s mission statement.

On this day an immigration rally occupied the lawn in front of the Smithsonian.  We got to discuss immigration issues as well as budgets with the kids today.

The Washington Monument was closed like everything else, but this closure was due to an earthquake in August 2011. The Washington monument is a 555 foot high Obelisk, the tallest structure in D.C.  On our history adventures the obelisk is a popular shape for monuments.  I googled around trying to find a reason for this and got all kinds of whacked out answers.  The best was the explanation a lady at the Monticello children’s discovery center gave me.  She said that Egyptian exploration in the 1800s popularized the obelisk shape for monuments. Wikipedia gives a list of notable modern obelisks around the world and sure enough there are 10 in the 1700s, 29 in the 1800s, and 46 in the 1900s.

The White House was a popular photo op. The first President to live here was John Adams our second president.

The National WWII Memorial was gated and closed.  This memorial, situated between the Washington Monument and the Reflecting Pool, is a plaza with fountains and a commemorative wall honoring the people who gave their lives during the war surrounded by pillars and pavilions.  A week after the memorials were shut down, a few park rangers we’re in attendance with the gates ajar to allow access for tourists.

It was up to the individual to mind the sign, or not.  We opted not to walk in past a sign, but to enter where no signs or gates were present.

The Lincoln Memorial is a favorite of mine. At the top of the steps sits a 19 foot high statue of Abraham Lincoln seated in a chair with inscriptions of his Gettysburg Address where he restated the principles of the Declaration of Independence, and his second inaugural address.  On these steps Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.

 

Out front to the right is the Korean Memorial and the Vietnam Memorial on the left. The Vietnam Memorial is a 246 foot Gabbro (aka black granite) wall with over 58,000 names on it in chronological order of when they were either  missing or killed.

By now our day was running out so we scurried back to the metro passing Ford’s Theater where in 1865 President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

And the house across the street where he died the next morning.

Back at the Marina in Solomons we started a five day soaking of constant downpours or misting. The Calvert Marine Museum was a great place to spend a rainy day.

We didn’t get to fully explore the museum, but had fun in the discovery room where the girls poked their faces out of the lighthouse for a picture.

We learned about horseshoe crabs, turtles, and shells.

They found more fun places to get their pictures taken.

 

Outside Bubbles and Squeak played in their enclosure.  When we arrived they were napping, but luckily they woke up to check us out.  So what do most creatures have to do when they wake up?  Yes, go to their potty spot.  I’m mentioning this because if you’ve never seen a river otter pee, which I never have, it’s quite entertaining. They do this little potty dance the entire time they’re doing their business.  Someone posted this dance on YouTube.


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Besides watching them potty, Roy had fun catching their attention with his yo-yo. Their little heads would go up and down following the yo-yo.  When Roy moved to another window, they followed him for more up and down entertainment.

The next inside activity was visiting Mount Vernon.  On our way to the entrance the rain, rain, rain came down, down, down in rushing, rising riv’lets. We wore ponchos and umbrellas as we stomped in puddles and trudged through the river coming down the sidewalk at the entrance.   Inside the first First family, George Washington, Martha and their grandchildren greeted us.

Mount Vernon is about ten miles from Washington DC on the Potomac River. The museum emphasized George Washington and his personal history as a surveyor, farmer, general and president.  It was interesting to learn that after he had finished his term as president, he preferred to be called General Washington. I understood that one reason for his election was that he was a great general and after the war his strength was important to protect our new freedom and keep us together.

We had a guided tour of his Mansion. The building’s exterior surface is faux stone blocks.  George Washington used rustication by carving the wood to resemble blocks then covering them in sand and painting.

A few days later we went Thomas Jefferson’s home Monticello.

Thomas Jefferson’s wife died early but his house was always full with his daughter, twelve grandchildren, and a few hundred slaves.  Thomas Jefferson list of achievements goes on and on, as a founding father he wrote the Declaration of Independence in 17 days and served as our 3rd president as well as Secretary of State for George Washington and Vice President for John Adams.  He doubled the size of our country with the Louisiana Purchase and sent Lewis and Clark out to explore.

We always have fun looking for critters.  This cat in the parking lot paid no attention to passers by.

We saw several huge praying mantises.

We walked through the gardens along Mulberry Row.  This road was the center for Jefferson’s industry and home to dozens of slaves.  I just finished the book Jefferson’s Sons about his slave family with Sally Hemings.  It gave great insight to his struggle between freedom and slavery and how the slaves felt about their situation.  The Monticello slaves were treated well but they still didn’t have their freedom.

 

The cotton plant has a beautiful flower.

Wooly Bear Caterpillars were everywhere.  I found that they are a fall larva and can freeze and thaw several times before pupating.   However in this warmer climate they probably become an Isabella Tiger Moth quickly.  The Farmer’s Almanac explains a legend that the larger the brown band is, the milder the winter will be. A narrow band predicts a harsh winter.

Thomas Jefferson’s obelisk tomb stone lists the achievements he wanted to be known for.  Thomas Jefferson died on July 4th fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence and John Adams died a few hours later.  Five years later James Monroe, our fifth president, also died on July 4th.

Thomas Jefferson was constantly studying and learning.  He knew 7 or 8 languages and owned hundreds of books.

 

That evening we drove until after 11pm to our hotel in South Carolina.  In the morning we made a quick stop at the Darlington Raceway, a famous stock car track built in 1949.

The afternoon tour was of the Charleston, SC museum. The kids had fun dressing up and looking at the fashion exhibit.

After breezing through the displays about wars and slaves they ended up back here in their hoop skirts.

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Quick trip to Buffalo

After all that touring it’s nice to come home.  We did laundry, schmoogled (our word for cuddle) on the dogs had candle light dinners with Nannie, flopped on the couches and watched TV, rode bikes and Rip Stiks, and finished up errands.  Poor Topaz went to the vet and got all caught up on her vaccines, she complained about being mistaken for a pin cushion.

We also went to the Parkers’ Halloween party.  Kelly did a great job with all kinds of kid foods like bat shaped sandwiches and pumpkin jello jigglers.

She also had several games planned but the kids spent most of their time on the trampoline.  Nannie even got in.

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The biggest hit was musical skeletons.  This is a great adaptation of musical chairs with skeletons places around the table and when the music stops every one grabs one.  The kids loved it so much that they played again and didn’t mind not winning.

We stayed less than a week. The original plan for this trip was to bring Topaz home with us, but our plans changed to include a trip to Disney World, so she stayed behind for a few more weeks. The nine hour road trip was actually very pleasant.  The kids were quiet and the view was fantastic. I learned that people who come to see the fall colors are called leaf peepers. The foliage was beautiful in New York and Pennsylvania.  Coming to the crest of a hill or overlooking a valley was a picture that just couldn’t be captured in my little Cannon camera.  According to accuweather, our trip back up just before Halloween will be beautiful as well.

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Corning Glass Museum, NY

After all the museums we’ve visited this month, I was surprised to see the kids jump out of the car hooting and hollering with excitement on the way into the Corning Glass Museum.  We stopped here a few years ago and really enjoyed the demonstrations and glass art.

In 1868 the Flint Glassworks in Brooklyn moved to Corning in an effort to reduce costs.  Soon several crystal cutting factories moved in.

The museums had displays showing how the crystal was cut and polished into beautiful pieces.

This Liberty Bell is a beautiful example of the beautiful pieces produced by Corning artisans.

The kids always enjoy the demonstrations.  Here we’re learning about different types of safety glass.

Researchers from Corning developed things like fiber optic threads that replace this bundle of copper to transmit phone and data.

We enjoyed lens and telescope displays


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There were also the Light house lenses which we’ve been touring along the coast.

Glass blowing is impressive when a master can produce a beautiful piece before your eyes out of a lump of glass pulled out of the oven.

After watching the demonstrations and learning about technology developed in Corning, we browsed the museum galleries.

 

 

 

 

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Soaring Museum, Elmira, NY

After a great weekend in Milford, NJ with the Harrison family we headed toward Buffalo.  Down the winding rural roads up toward Binghamton and across toward Corning, we came across the National Soaring Museum.  Wow, Eric’s parents we’re involved in soaring for many years.

They had rooms of sail planes through the decades. Some were military planes, there was a tribute to a local female astronaut that was inspired by the planes soaring in her neighborhood.

But most planes seemed to be for recreational use and flight training.

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The museum was a nice addition to the road trip.

New York and Pennsylvania are great examples of fall colors for leaf peepers.  Hours of driving through these northern states was entertaining as each new view was more spectacular than the last.  The colors were brighter and more beautiful as the latitude increased.

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Ringing Rocks, PA

In an effort to pass child duty on and make a nice Sunday dinner, I stayed at the Harrison house while Eric took Tesse Harrison and the kids to Ringing Rocks.  This field of boulders in Eastern Pennsylvania is a local attraction where people to ding on the diabase rocks with a hammer producing a bell like ring.

Before taking off for the day they all scrounged around in the garage for an array of hammers.

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