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Last night well after dinner the hankering started. We were both wanting something, a bit of a comfort food kind of something, and realized it was Pie! We had no pie and it wasn't reasonable to be heading out in the dark on unfamiliar roads in search of pie so we...
Yesterday as we were leaving Westfield NY,we had the GPS set for a state park not far from Fort Niagara north of Buffalo. Less than an hour later we'd talked with a friend in Vermont and reset the GPS. This morning we woke up with a view of mist rising from West...
Today's adventures began with a stroll through the vineyard right next to the KOA. Campground owner, Dennis, invited us to visit and pick some of his Concord grapes. Oh, that delicious grapey grape smell and taste! Quintessential grape! Then we headed to downtown...
Ah! Yes! We're off the Thruway and onto US-20. Even better we're back at Johnson Estate Winery near Westfield, New York. We were here in '13 and were quite impressed with their wines, especially their Red Ipocras. Today we stopped and stocked up on some old favorites...
It's our third trip through this part of New York. On both previous trips we traveled US-20 and loved it. The countryside is beautiful and we enjoy traveling through the small towns. Today we needed to make time because we have reservations at Geneva State Park in...
Our route today brought south to Ithaca and then north on the Scenic Byway on the western shore of Lake Cayuga. We enjoyed our planned stop at Bellwether Cidery which is now also a winery. We first visited them two years ago on our maiden voyage in our T@B! Our plans...
Biography Video Well this definitely wasn't planned, and doesn't really count as a visit to a presidential site but we discovered this morning that Grover Cleveland lived here in Fayetteville NY during his boyhood. He's the one who was elected in 1884, defeated by...
This morning's adventure in Green Lakes State Park near Syracuse, New York was a portion of the Old Growth Trail. It took us through an amazing grove of cedar trees along the edge of Green Lake. It's overcast today and not as warm as yesterday but with the humidity...
No, that's not an adjective we were familiar with until today but we're staying at Green Lakes State Park near Syracuse, New York and the two lakes here are very deep and are meromictic meaning that the deep and the surface waters do not experience seasonal mixing....
Another intriguing chapter in the history of transportation in America, is the building and operation of the Erie Canal beginning in the late 1810's. We visited the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, New York a community that owes its very existence to the canal....
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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Singapore is an city-state located on an island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia that during its sixty years of independence has carefully and thoughtfully created an ultra modern city that honors its past as it looks to the future. One aspect has been promoting a Garden City to in part to improve livability, public health. Our first visit to this spectacular city concentrated on the incredible gardens here.
Knowing very little of the deep history of Vietnam, we chose to spend our one day in the country immersing ourselves in their 18th Century imperial history including a sumptuous nine-course lunch in the ancestral home of a princess.
With three curated experiences, a Hidden Hong Kong Tour, a Chinese Cultural Extravaganza stage production, and a Grand Tour of Hong Kong we got a intriguing introduction to the history, culture, and landscape of this dynamic city where East meets West.