Bar Harbor

Dinner in Bar Harbor, ME lobster roll for both of us.

Sep 27, 2009
Saint John, NB

Drove from Bangor to Saint John to see the Bay of Fundy Tides. Saint John has bridge across the Saint John River that provides a perfect view of the reversing falls. They are at the fall line of the Saint John river and are at sea level. When the tide is out, the river flows out through the falls. When the tide is in, the sea level is above the level of the falls and the river flows "in" or the falls are running in the reverse direction.

Here is a picture of the falls running up river from the "Falls Restaurant", St. John, NB.

Sat, Sep 26, 2009

Alna, Maine

Saturday, Sep 26 we visited the only Maine two footer still running, that I know of. It is the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington RR. We ran on a diesel fluid clutch engine; the steam engine was in the barn as shown. It will run on Oct 10 and 11.

The first picture is of the yard that the volunteers tell me will eventually have a round table.

The second and third are of the only working steam engine; it was in the barn at the time. It is cute. The fourth picture is of the diesel engine pulling the two car consist of an open car and a passenger car.

The train runs about two miles towards Waterville and then turns around by sending the engine around the cars on a siding. Ride was rough but the conductor was talkative, friendly and very enthusiastic about the road. His stories were very entertaining.

Lobster in Wiscasset, ME

Maine 2 footer

Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington RR - a working Maine two foot RR

Wilmington,VT

Sept 25, 2009

Our drive across southern Vermont took us through Wilmington, VT

where we stopped and ate lunch. Mary snapped me eating Maine steamers

in a restaurant. We drove back to an Antiquarian Book store which was not

interesting, but as we walked in we saw a hummingbird busy sipping from

the flowers at the front of the store. I grapped my camera and shot a bunch

of pictures most of which did not show the hummingbird well. These two

are crops from the best I got.

Sept 25, 2009 Friday
Portsmouth, NH
We shared a lobster roll sandwich and two Corona's on
a waterfront restaurant. The locals thought it was cold outside
but we liked the 62 degree weather.





Here is a tree planted by William Whipple
immediately after he signed the Declaration
of Independence. It was almost dark so the picture
isn't wonderful. There is also a 6 foot fence in front of the tree
making the picture more difficult.

A "Horse Chestnet" tree is a Buckeye. Therefore, if
you are an Ohio State football fan, you should yell:

GO HORSE CHESTNUTS!!!


A picture of only one of several busy downtown
areas at 6:00 PM on Friday night. If you look closely,
you can see a Duesenburg automobile on the right side
of the picture.

Packing

Mom packing car, Fri AM in Bennington, VT. Grandma Moses museum is in Bennington and that's next destination.

September 23, 2009
Brig (two masted square rigger) docked in Erie, PA built in
1830. For $70/person you can go out on this thing for 5 hours. Next time
we're in Eire, PA, we'll do it.

Erie, PA

September 23, 2009
Two of three lighthouses in Pennsylvania. All three are in Erie
PA. Here are two of them. The first is on the main land and the other
is on Presque Isle.

Cooperstown, The A's

Three pictures of the A's winning years and the stars.

Cooperstown, Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth, the greatest to ever play the game.

Picture of the Babe in his younger years.
The Babe Ruth Display.
The Babe Ruth dispaly, continued.
Famous picture of Babe signing and autograph
for a young fan.

Cooperstown

Four pics from inside the Baseball Hall of Fame.


Cy Young, the winningest picture of all time
The complete list of Hall of Famers
Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente
Full size sculptures of three of the games greatest.
Picture of a baseball game

The other four orignal inductees

The other four inductees


Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Honus Wagner
Walter Johnson

The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of fame.

Honus Wagner

Babe Ruth

Ty Cobb

Christie Mathewson

Walter Johnson

Continuing with our Cooperstown visit.


Rickey Henderson's display.