I grew up about 10 miles down the road from Remington Arms, but had never been to the factory or the museum. Since I was back on my native ground for a few days, I thought I’d take the opportunity to check it out. The Remington Arms factory has been in the town of Ilion, NY for over 200 years. They’re the oldest continuously operating manufacturer in North America, and the oldest gun company in the US. I believe that at…
Sometimes I get rather tired of people telling me, “it’s the journey, not the destination.” For me, it’s both. Each is important, but incomplete without the other. They are Yin and Yang. So this post is about some of the more interesting modes of travel that I experienced as I was travelling up the east coast, things that made me laugh or made an impression on me in some way. __________ The lovely Fuller Warren suspension bridge over the St Johns…
While visiting my friends in New Jersey, I decided to take a trip over the Hudson River to explore New York City, or specifically Manhattan, for a day. The train trip was only about two hours in each direction, and it had been years since I’d been there. The city has a certain atmosphere about it that’s just fun to be a part of, although like many people, I think it’s a nice place to visit but I wouldn’t want to…
I’m just going to say from the start that I’ve never read Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry, and I’ve never seen the movie either, since both were well before my time, but I’ve known about them all my life. The story is apparently a semi-fictional account of two orphan children raising a wild pony foal, but the real fun of it all is that there really are wild ponies on Chincoteague Island. Or, to be more precise, they’re on…
I have plans in the northeast, so eventually had to leave the warm, but completely artificial, environment of Orlando, and start driving again. If you’ve been following me for long, you may remember that months ago I did an accidental tour of the Great Lakes, touching on each of them in my travels. I seem to have done something similar this time, taking an accidental tour of the beaches of the east coast. When you think of beaches in the…