After a month of waiting around to hear the news I finally made a call. After a 45 minute conversation with the HR department it was time to finally leave CT.
I love being home in CT with the family and especially friends, but there are still 16 more states to see. Also I have been very very lazy this month and that’s not okay. So… very shortly I will be leaving and the updates will continue!
Until then, here is what I have done for the past eight months: If you want details you can review the blog, or just shoot me an email.
PA
Scranton: Steamtown National Historic Site (trolley museum, down the road is a neat coal mine tour.
Philly: Murder trial in the CJS. Federal Attorneys office with a view of Independence Hall.
Beautiful Kelly Drive. Comcast Building with the coolest public entertainment wall. Reading Terminal, Lorenzo’s lunch, Johns Water Ice, 9th street Italian market, South Street, LOVE park, Ritten House Square, Main Street Manayuak Shabbat dinner, and of course chocolate cake.
Valley Forge, Hopewell Furnance Site, Lancaster, Bird-In-Hand Bakery, Shady Maple Smorgasbord.
Amish House and Farm, Hershey, Gettysburg.
Pittsburg, Falling Waters, New Philadelphia
Ohio
New Philadelphia
Cleveland for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Chillicothe for the Hopewell Mound Site, Sam.
Cincinnati= Findlay Market, Union Terminal, University of Cincinnati, International Friendship Park, Graters Ice-Cream, Freedom Center,
Indiana
Indianapolis – NCAA Hall of Champions, Indianapolis Speedway, Indiana National Sand Dune and Shoreline Park. Then to Willowbrook
Illinois
Fox Lake, Famous Freddy’s
Outdoor theater
Galina
Iowa
Dubuque: National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium. Dyersville: Field of Dreams, Winterset: John Wayne, Bridges of Madison County
Nebraska
Omaha: Old Market
Grand Island: E.L.Ray State Park, Stuhr Museum of the Prairie, Hastings for Kool Aide, The Great Platte River Road Archway in Kearney. Pony Express Museum, Carhenge.
Scottsbluff National Monument, Lake Minatare State Recreation Area and Lighthouse.
South Dakota
Small waterfall, wild horse park, Hot Springs, Wind Cave National Park, Wind Cave itself.
Route 16 and Needles highway, Mt. Rushmore, Keystone, Black Hills State Park, Deadwood, Route 14a canyon, Spearfish, drive to Devils Tower
Wyoming
Devils Tower, Medicine Circle, Crazy grade road, canyon/ wild horse national park, Cody.
Cody: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, U.S History in miniatures, Old West Town, Buffalo Bill Dam/
Yellowstone and Mt. Washburn, Tetons.
Tetons: Jenny Lake. Jackson Hole, night drive to Blackfoot Idaho
Idaho
Potato Museum, Atomic City, First Atomic Power Plant, random submarine, Craters of the Moon tour, caves, and ranger talk.
Passed a Oregon Trail Museum and Worlds Largest Fossil Bed Site, didn’t feel like stopping
Wyoming
Kemmerer: First JC Penny
Utah
An Acacia, Capitol Reef National Park
Arches National Park, Moab drive through
Colorado
Random dirt road, Aspen, *Vail, Englewood.
Red Rock State Park and amphitheater, Denver Botanical Gardens, downtown.
Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings, The Broadmore Hotel.
Kansas
Geographic Center of the Continental United States, Biggest Ball of Twine, Salt Mine in Hutchinson, skipped Wichita
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City: Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum, Brownstone area, Banjo Museum, Oklahoma City Memorial, Fort Gibson.
The fort, flee market, cool antique place, Cherokee Nation Museum, drive to Arkansas
Arkansas
Crater of Diamonds State Park, Town of Hot Springs.
Little Rock: High School home of the Nine, Heiffer Project Headquarters, Clinton Library, River Market District, drive to Memphis
Tennessee
Memphis: Pig on Beale Street, movies, Wal-Mart in the rain.
Dyers Restaurant, Graceland, Peabody Hotel, bars.
First 3-D movie, Peabody dinner
Trolley Ride, Loraine Hotel (where MLK got shot), Beale St.
Missouri
St. Louis: Tower Grove Farmers Market, Gin Tony on The Hill, Girls, KB breakfast, downtown St. Charles and brewery, Fulton and people, Cardinals Game.
Illinois
Red Bud! Chester IL for Popeye tour, Metropolis for Superman, drive.
Indiana
Jasper to stay.
Boyhood Home of Lincoln, Santa Claus museum and shops, Candy Castle, Marengo Caves, Corydon (the state’s first capital), Overlook Restaurant, drive to Campbellsburg
Kentucky
La Grange, Beef O’Badys, Molly’s Farm, Smith-Berry Winery, Cedar Lakes home opening ceremony, drive to Micki’s on Old Frankfurt Pike.
Versailles, Lexington: Horse parade, Woodford Reserve Bourbon Distillery, Meteor shower.
Wallace Station, The Glitz, Midway, Ashland Park and the Henry Clay Estates
My Old Kentucky Home, Bourbon Trail (Haven Hill, Makers Mark, Four Roses, Wild Turkey), lunch at Heavens to Betsy in Lawrenceburg.
Jim Beam, Louisville, Bardstown Dr, Cefiore.
Bowling Green: Corvette Museum and Assembly Line.
Tennessee
Nashville: Café Coco for dinner.
Vanderbilt University, Country Music Hall of Fame, Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Chihuly’s glass pieces, Tokihiro Sato’s unique light ball photos, and Couture through the ages), Mamcita, 3rd and Lindsley.
Knoxville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Smoky Mountains.
North Carolina
Ashville: The Biltmore.
Blue Ridge Parkway.
Virginia
Cave Mountain Lake in the Jefferson National Forest, Natural Bridge, Wax Museum, Lexington: waffle house, Stonewall Jacksons House, Virginia Military Academy, Washington and Lee, Victorian Homes, Antebellum Homes, Richmond.
Shirley Plantation on Route 5, Norfolk, Newport News.
Norfolk airport, botanical garden, Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel, Assateague Island National Seashore, night drive to MD.
Maryland
Town of St, Michaels, Easton: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Annapolis, Baltimore, Philly
New Jersey
Atlantic City and Air Show, Historic Towne of Smithville, Historic Whitesbog Village, Northlandz, home.
Rhode Island
Newport, Polo Game, restaurants
CT
Woodstock, Roseland Cottage, Harriet Beacher Stowe… Trash Musuem, another house, Mortons
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Maritime Academy, cape Cod Potato Chip Company, Woods Hole, NOAA aquarium, Nobska Lighthouse, Buzzards Bay.
Martha’s Vineyard
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs for Greenbrier Resort, Beckley for the Coal Mine Exhibition, Riverman Class IV Campus.
Upper and Middle Gauley
New Hampshire
Hampton Beach State Park, 1A to Portsmouth, Lee, Portsmouth: shops and Ri Ra.
Maine
Kittery: Fort McClary State Park, South Berwick: The Hamilton House, Old Orchard Beach, Portland.
Portland: Old Port, Falmouth, DeLorme Globe and maps, Freeport, Americas Quaintest town: Wiscassett: Castle Tucker, Nickwells-Sortwell, Augusta.
Monhegan Island, Boothbay Harbor, Pemaquad Point Lighthouse, Damriscotta, Rockland.
MT. Batte in Camden Hills State Park, Acadia, Bar Harbour.
Bar Harbor Lighthouse, Seal Cove.
New Hampshire
State Park waterfall, cave, drive to Balsams Resort, drive to Mount Washington.
Mount Washington Auto Road, White Mountain Forest, Glen Boulder Hike, Glen Falls, APT Center in Pinkham Notch, Small town of Lincoln.
Vermont
Shelburne Farms and Vanderbilt/Webb Estate, Shelburne Museum, Magic Hat Brewery, Burlington drive through.
Crowne Point Ferry
New York
Town of Jay.
White Face Mountain for snow, Lake Placid, Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks in Tupper Lake.
Route 9 to Albany.
Thacher State Park, Cooperstown: Baseball Hall of Fame, Mt. Tremper in the Catskills for the World’s Largest Kaleidoscope, New Paltz: Huguenot Street Stone Houses.
Hyde Park: Vanderbilt House and CIA, Rhinebeck
The Plaza, Rockettes, Bryant Park
Massachusetts
Waltham, Boston.
Illinois
Chicago, horse back ride
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave Wild Tour, Lexington, Old Frankfort Parkway, Frankfurt Historical District and Diary of Anne Frank Play, Dollar Movies, and Airport Luck.
Florida
Coral Castle, BBQ place, Key West, Hemmingway House.
U.S Southern Tip, Coral Gables: Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Houston’s, Ocean Drive and South Beach.
JR’s Deli, A1A to Ft. Lauderdale, Morikami, Plantation.
Beach, Downtown Delray, The Breakers, City Place, Margi’s.
South Carolina
Myrtle Beach
P.S. I like snow!
