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This is the story of “Small Town America”.  This is the story of the Dundee Township, Michigan.  My dad and his many brothers and sisters were born and raised here.  Along the banks of the River Raisin, everyone drives American made cars and trucks, they have frequent get-togethers like the Pumpkin Palooza, where bigger isContinue reading “Dundee Township”

Yesterday, Barbara and I along with my cousin Rick and his lovely wife Trula went to see the Tigers play the Cleveland Indians play at Comerica Park in Detroit. We were hoping to see history. Miguel Cabrera (Miggy) is currently sitting at 499 home runs and we were hoping to see number 500. Unfortunately, itContinue reading “Tigers Game”

Currently Barbara and I are in Elkhart, Indiana while we have our trailer serviced. Unfortunately, the roads and bridges that we have traveled on and over visiting the lower 48 states have taken a toll on our trailer, and truck. The truck goes in for service on Monday. So today while waiting to get ourContinue reading “Indiana”

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”