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This past Sunday, Barbara and I travelled west from Bloomsburg to Centre Hall, Pennsylvania. We visited a cave known as Penn’s Cave. What makes this cave different from our previous cave adventures is that this cave is only accessible by boat. The entire cave floor is covered by three to five feet of water. TheContinue reading “Penn’s Cave”

Yesterday Barbara and I travelled from the southern part of Pennsylvania north. We landed in the town of Bloomsburg at the Indian Head RV Park. This was the only RV Park we could find that had space for us over the Memorial Day weekend. We will be here until Monday when we head south toContinue reading “Memorial Day Weekend”

Yesterday Barbara and I traveled east to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. It was the winter of 1777-78, shortly after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  The British had taken over the capital of the new republic, at that time the city of Philadelphia.  To avoid capture the Continental Congress had moved out of the capitalContinue reading “Valley Forge”

Every 17 years these curiously, interesting looking insects emerge in the eastern portion of the country in very large numbers. Right now, where we’re staying in Gettysburg, it’s difficult to walk outside without stepping on one. And over the past few days, I’ve seen several shows on TV showing how these creatures can be edible.Continue reading “Cicadas”

Today Barbara and I travelled west to the Flight 93 National Memorial. For those of you who may not remember, this was the plane that was brought down by the passengers short of it’s intended target, Washington D.C., on September 11, 2001. There is still speculation today as to the exact target, but it isContinue reading “Flight 93 National Memorial”

This evening I put out some wild bird seed to see if I could get some of our feathered friends to pose for me. I believe it worked. What’s leftover will disappear thanks to the squirrels.

Yesterday Barbara and I visited the Gettysburg Battlefield.  This is a beautiful historic park, but due to the events of July 1863 it made the day very solemn for both of us.  It has been reported that approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War.  While at the visitors center I noticed a discrepancy inContinue reading “Gettysburg Battlefield”

Yesterday Barbara and I made the long journey from Fayetteville, West Virginia to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. When we left the RV park in Fayetteville our GPS indicated we had 318 miles to our destination. The first 288 miles were uneventful, but the last 30 plus were frustrating, to say the least. Once we got off ofContinue reading “Gettysburg Battlefield RV Park”

The New River is not new at all. In fact, the New River is one of the oldest rivers on earth. The Appalachian Mountains started their rise approximately 300 million years ago and the New River cuts down into rocks that are 330 million years old. The New River is what geologists call an inconsequentContinue reading “New River Gorge”

Today Barbara and I travelled north to the town of Appomattox, Virginia.  For those of you who don’t remember history, this is where General Robert E. Lee, on April 9, 1865, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant.  General Grant walked in, sat down and began writing out the terms to whichContinue reading “Appomattox”