Author Archives: Trail Rocker

Yesterday, Barbara and I made an encore visit to Niagara Falls.  Boy the time if year really makes all the difference in the world.  When we visited the falls last time it was in late September and there were very few people.  Yesterday there were lines everywhere.  However, we had decided previously that we wouldContinue reading “Niagara Falls”

This past Monday, Barbara and I traveled to the town of Clayton, New York to take a boat ride on the Saint Lawrence Seaway (River) also know as the 1,000 Islands area that straddles the US/Canada border.  The 1,000 Islands area is actually comprised of 1,864 islands beginning just down river from Lake Ontario andContinue reading “1,000 Islands”

Yesterday Barbara and I traveled west from the Cooperstown area of New York to Parish, New York and the Bass Lake RV Resort. Yesterdays travels were a nice change from the previous two days. We were scheduled to spend Thursday at the baseball hall of fame in Cooperstown. However, on Wednesday as we were travellingContinue reading “Bass Lake Resort”

This mornings forecast, once again, called for rain. However, I didn’t want to spend another day stuck inside, so I ventured outside in search of a photo opportunity. In the nearby town of Jay, New York I found the only remaining covered bridge in upstate New York. As things turned out, I got lucky. IContinue reading “Jay, New York”

On Thursday Barbara and I left Ellsworth, Maine and began our slow journey west. We travelled through New Hampshire and into Vermont. Vermont has some beautiful countryside. We saw some buffalo and elk and a lot of lakes and rivers , but that’s where to fun ends. The roads in Vermont are awful. We wereContinue reading “Lake Placid”

Today Barbara and I once again visited Acadia NP. We drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain, at an elevation of 1,530 feet mean sea level (msl), for a birds eye view of the park. Cadillac Mountain is the first place in the United States that receives direct sunlight each morning, on a clear day.Continue reading “Acadia National Park Day Three”

Today Barbara and I travelled to Northeast Harbor, Maine to take a boat ride on the Atlantic ocean just east of Acadia National Park (NP). The boat ride, on the Sea Princess, took us around what they call the Eastern and Western Ways, to Little Cranberry Island and up into Somes Sound. According to ourContinue reading “Acadia National Park Day Two”

This morning Barbara and I got up early and headed to Acadia National Park. California has a beautiful coastline, but based on what we saw today, Maine’s coastline is every bit as impressive. That could be why Acadia National Park is known as the Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic Coast. Due to all ofContinue reading “Acadia National Park Day One”

Yesterday Barbara and I landed in Maine. For the next week we are going to spend most of our time, weather permitting, exploring Acadia National Park. In addition, I want some Maine Lobster. I told Barbara I don’t care what it costs we’re going to have a lobster dinner at least one night while we’reContinue reading “Maine”

Yesterday Barbara and I battled the traffic and later the elements and travelled over the Delaware River to, you guessed it, Delaware to take a ride on the Wilmington & Western Railroad. Our train was pulled by ole #58 a 0-6-0 steam locomotive built in Philadelphia in October 1907. This locomotive has changed its numberContinue reading “Wilmington & Western Railroad”