Category: Trains
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First Hipcamp Experience
01 November 2024 — Friday Day 1 of 4 as we drive to Sarasota, Florida for a Pleasure-Way Owners Rally. We try a Hipcamp site for the first time tonight. 1010 68,991 68°F Leave Home With lots of relatives in Florida, we do the trip from NC to southern Florida several times a year. The…
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RR Museums and Champaign
05 October 2024 – Saturday Heading south from Wisconsin to Illinois we stopped at three museums on the way to an overnight stay at a delightful winery. 0830 67,798 55°F Leave our son’s house heading towards home 1000 67,859 63°F Exit 3 in Indiana Dumped our holding tanks at Loves Truck Stop for $10 1120…
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West to Indiana and Wisconsin
22 September 2024 – Sunday We head west to Wisconsin, stopping overnight at Indiana Dunes National Park on Lake Michigan, then checking out the Ellwood Museum in LaGrange, Illinois, and wandering around a town in Wisconsin influenced by Norwegian immigrants. 1015 67,288 66°F Leave Romeo, MI 1155 67,341 74°F M59@I-96 Stopped and made lunch.…
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Carousels, Falls, and Wine with Trains
19 September, 2024 – Thursday Today we visit a Merry-Go-Round Factory, walk to the brink of Niagara Falls, and spend the night at a winery with a railroad theme. 0906 66,982 62°F Youngstown, NY Leave Four Mile Creek State Park 0957 67,005 66°F North Tonawanda, NY 586′ Just south of Buffalo we found the Herschell…
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Winding Through the Adirondacks
16 September 2024 – Monday Today’s drive is a relaxing journey along Route 8 through the Adirondacks on the way to Oneida Lake. 0944 66,533 71°F We left Fern Lake with Whiteface Mountain in our rear view mirror. We thoroughly enjoyed three and a half weeks at the lake celebrating Brenda’s, Beth’s, and Mom’s (92),…
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Schenectady Station Stop
21 August 2024 — Wednesday Heading to the Adirondacks from our overnight at the railroad. We stop in Schenectady, NY to see the train station. 0838 66,314 51°F Milford, NYLeave the Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad, a Harvest Host site. It was a delightfully quiet place to spend the night. Check out yesterday’s post for more about the…
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