Author: nowellwisch

(Their Website) We started our day early to drive here. I found it interesting and Bruce was disappointed. I understand why. It […]

(Their Website) This is a very nice small garden. We walked the whole place and the trees were just starting to change […]

(Their Website) Two! Count ’em… Two museums with cars. One, count ’em, one devoted to classic early cars. Seal Point is the […]

One hallmark of many BNEA trips is the problem with maps. This was one such debacle. The GPS and the paper map […]

(Their Website) (Return to Maine Page) Bruce expected a sailing ship and we actually had a motorboat with sails. We had a […]

(Their Website) Lots of interesting information about this place is on their website. It is a very nice walk and the platform […]

(Their Website) (Return to Maine Home Page) Once again Bruce comes up with an exceptional museum. With the help and direction of […]

We took another state off the list by meeting up in Bangor, Maine. Day one was an easy day. Bruce got off […]

Rhinebeck Aerodrome Air Show and Plane Crash (Click Here for their Website) The newspaper account of the crash Bruce started the conversation […]

The Albany Government Complex This started out as a trip to the Corning Tower observation deck. It was a portent to the […]

I cannot find the photos of this trip. It was a very good trip that we ended at Montgomery’s Restaurant on the […]

What a great way to end an adventure by meeting Chloe the Lettuce Killer. Really. Look closely at the wound she inflicted […]

Before you proceed remember that I am a Lifetime Member of the San Diego Zoo which as we all know is the […]

Only the French would let Spaniards do this. I will post the details of this place. Click Here for the grizzly story. […]

Here are photos of this remarkable place . I will edit the descriptions soon. In the meantime here is their website. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery […]

If you drive two hours for breakfast it had better be worth the trip. Starlite Diner in Daytona Beach is worth the […]

We were AWESOME! So was the musical Margaretville. You can’t tell but we were adorned in our favorite guttar shirts and were […]

Hop on I95 South from Jacksonville and drive for two hours. You wind up on the Barrier Reef at the Archie Carr […]

Arboretums and botanical gardens are a stable BNEA activity. This one was a good example of the things we find along the […]

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April 16-20. It is difficult finding places to visit in the winter since we have been almost every warm place there is […]

If you look up the sport of horse racing in the dictionary, the official spokesperson for the entire thing is Bruce. Grandpa […]

Long Island Music Hall of Fame Museum  (Their website) It is early in the Adventure and the map took us to the […]

Belmont Park Racetrack (Their Website) There are very few attractions that disappoint but none more than this. The track holds 70,000 people […]

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Shelter Island Mashomack Preserve (Their Website)  A short $26 ten minute ride on a small ferry takes you to Shelter Island. It […]

Coe Mansion and Planting Fields (Their Website) The Coe Mansion is located on a 409 acre property and is one hundred years […]

Bruce always finds at least one attraction that he knows I like and I like aviation museums. From Hill Air Force Museum […]

We stopped here because we finished everything else early. I ran out of steam and wouldn’t do any trails. Enough was enough […]

The Viaduct, once the longest and tallest railroad structure at 2,053 feet long and 301 feet high. On Monday, July 21, 2003, at […]

The Botanical Gardens is a national historic site, education center and tourist destination full of exotic horticulture treasures from around the world. Visitors enjoy the […]

Letchworth State Park, renowned as the “Grand Canyon of the East,” is one of the most scenically magnificent areas in the eastern […]

In September 1986, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) formally assumed ownership of 244 acres in the town of […]

We went to Canada to see this attraction and thankfully it turned out much better than the Whirlpool Aero Car. The Bird […]

The best part of this gem is the descriptive signs on almost every growing thing. Each tree is identified and most ground […]

This prehistoric ocean floor is the world’s largest exposure of quartz conglomerate and is one of the great natural wonders of the […]

Griffis was both interesting and exasperating. It was an interesting mix of traditional and contemporary sculpture. The exasperating part was that the […]

You read the title and said “Huh?” as can be expected. Why would there even BE a lumber museum and what possible […]

Pine Creek Gorge is billed as the Grand Canyon of the East. We were supposed to start at the north entrance and […]