Go, See, Do, Experience!
We had done and seen all we wanted to in the entire area of Knoxville and Great Smoky Mountains National Park and we still had a full Saturday to spend. Well, I thought the other day, we should hop on over to Kentucky, you know, so we can get the state sticker for our map.... Continue Reading →
(This is the week of 10/04/24 in my travel journal.) Parts of I-40 in Tennessee and North Carolina were completely washed away from Hurricane Helene. As in, the road is totally gone. So it will take a while to get that rebuilt. Through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the highway 441 is now open.... Continue Reading →
Hurricane Helene hit the west side of Florida bad. Then it continued north and has devastated parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and western North Carolina. Bridges and roads have been completely washed away. It hit land Thursday night and continued north on Friday. Even some dams are cresting and evacuations are happening below for fear... Continue Reading →
We needed fuel for the truck so Kevin asked the guys at the guard shack at Gettysburg Farm Campground where to get diesel. Guy said, “3 lefts and a right” to Rutters. HAHA That is farm-directions, right?! Well, after some turns I saw we were headed east, the wrong direction from where we wanted to... Continue Reading →
We remember where we were, what we were doing, the feelings, the shock, horror, pride of country. It’s a part of history that we know. 9/11/01 Flight 93 National Memorial, in Stoystown, PA. Flight 93 crash site is really hilly. I knew it was an old mine that had been covered up, from reading some... Continue Reading →
It Just So Happened…. How many times are you at a place, you see an event that interests you, but you aren’t there for that date. Well, we were at the right place at the right time for several events in this area here in Manheim, Pennsylvania! 😜 It Just So Happened… My mom had... Continue Reading →
We left early in the morning for our 1-1/2 hour drive east to Philadelphia and got there about 8:30 a.m. We saw an underground parking garage under the Independence Visitor Center but it looked like a sharp turn at the bottom. Our truck is a Ram 3500, king cab, with long bed. We kept driving,... Continue Reading →
Isn't this picture the funniest?! I posted last Friday about this amazing Auction. In this photo, Kevin pretends to take Larry's pie and what a shock on Larry's face! Jim is holding tightly to his pie. HAHA Larry, me (Charla), and Jim at the Auction. Several of you sweet readers commented that you were also... Continue Reading →
Valley Forge National Historic Park. Crazy thing about this: don’t put into GPS maps to see where “Valley Forge” is. Apparently it is a town south and west of us and less than 1/2 hour from our campground in Manheim, PA. Valley Forge, where George Washington and the army camped for 6 months during 1777-1778,... Continue Reading →
Napanoch, NY has the fascinating Wawarsing Historical Society and Knife Museum. We saw it one day as we drove past. It is in an old school house. As we walked up to the door we were greeted by an older man.This place is unique in that the 2 large rooms have these older men as... Continue Reading →
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