Author: nowellwisch
2024 Maine- Oceanarium Education Center
(Their Website) We started our day early to drive here. I found it interesting and Bruce was disappointed. I understand why. It […]
2024 Maine- Asticou Azalea Garden
(Their Website) This is a very nice small garden. We walked the whole place and the trees were just starting to change […]
2024 Seal Cove Auto Museum
(Their Website) Two! Count ’em… Two museums with cars. One, count ’em, one devoted to classic early cars. Seal Point is the […]
2024 Maine – Goose Falls
One hallmark of many BNEA trips is the problem with maps. This was one such debacle. The GPS and the paper map […]
2024 Maine – The Margaret Todd Schooner in Bar Harbor
(Their Website) (Return to Maine Page) Bruce expected a sailing ship and we actually had a motorboat with sails. We had a […]
2024 Maine- Orono Bog Boardwalk
(Their Website) Lots of interesting information about this place is on their website. It is a very nice walk and the platform […]
2024 Maine- Cole Land Transportation Museum
(Their Website) (Return to Maine Home Page) Once again Bruce comes up with an exceptional museum. With the help and direction of […]
2024 Maine
We took another state off the list by meeting up in Bangor, Maine. Day one was an easy day. Bruce got off […]
2008 Rhinebeck Aerodrome Air Show and Plane Crash
Rhinebeck Aerodrome Air Show and Plane Crash (Click Here for their Website) The newspaper account of the crash Bruce started the conversation […]
2008 The Albany Government Complex
The Albany Government Complex This started out as a trip to the Corning Tower observation deck. It was a portent to the […]
2001 Cincinnati OH
I cannot find the photos of this trip. It was a very good trip that we ended at Montgomery’s Restaurant on the […]
2024 Florida Palms Fish Camp
What a great way to end an adventure by meeting Chloe the Lettuce Killer. Really. Look closely at the wound she inflicted […]
2024 Florida Jacksonville Zoo
Before you proceed remember that I am a Lifetime Member of the San Diego Zoo which as we all know is the […]
2024Florida Fort Caroline
Only the French would let Spaniards do this. I will post the details of this place. Click Here for the grizzly story. […]
2024 Florida Museum of Arts and Science
Here are photos of this remarkable place . I will edit the descriptions soon. In the meantime here is their website.
2024 Florida Starlite Diner Daytona Beach
If you drive two hours for breakfast it had better be worth the trip. Starlite Diner in Daytona Beach is worth the […]
2024 Florida Alhambra Dinner Theater
We were AWESOME! So was the musical Margaretville. You can’t tell but we were adorned in our favorite guttar shirts and were […]
2024 Florida Archie Carr National Wildlife Center
Hop on I95 South from Jacksonville and drive for two hours. You wind up on the Barrier Reef at the Archie Carr […]
2024 FloridaJacksonville Arboretum
Arboretums and botanical gardens are a stable BNEA activity. This one was a good example of the things we find along the […]
2024 Florida Space Coast
April 16-20. It is difficult finding places to visit in the winter since we have been almost every warm place there is […]
1995 Santa Anita Racetrack
If you look up the sport of horse racing in the dictionary, the official spokesperson for the entire thing is Bruce. Grandpa […]
2023 Long Island New York- The Long Island Music Hall of Fame
Long Island Music Hall of Fame Museum (Their website) It is early in the Adventure and the map took us to the […]
2023 Long Island New York- Belmont Park Racetrack
Belmont Park Racetrack (Their Website) There are very few attractions that disappoint but none more than this. The track holds 70,000 people […]
2023 Long Island New York- Queens Botanical Garden
Queens Botanical Garden (Their Website)
2023 Long Island New York- Shelter Island Mashomack Preserve
Shelter Island Mashomack Preserve (Their Website) A short $26 ten minute ride on a small ferry takes you to Shelter Island. It […]
2023 Long Island New York- Coe Mansion and Planting Fields
Coe Mansion and Planting Fields (Their Website) The Coe Mansion is located on a 409 acre property and is one hundred years […]
2023 Long Island New York- The Cradle of Aviation Museum
Bruce always finds at least one attraction that he knows I like and I like aviation museums. From Hill Air Force Museum […]
2023 Buffalo- Tifft Nature Center
We stopped here because we finished everything else early. I ran out of steam and wouldn’t do any trails. Enough was enough […]
2023 Buffalo- Kinzua Bridge State Park.
The Viaduct, once the longest and tallest railroad structure at 2,053 feet long and 301 feet high. On Monday, July 21, 2003, at […]
2023 Buffalo- The Botanical Garden
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 […]
2023 Buffalo- Letchworth State Park
Letchworth State Park, renowned as the “Grand Canyon of the East,” is one of the most scenically magnificent areas in the eastern […]
2023 Buffalo- Reinstein Woods Nature Center
In September 1986, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) formally assumed ownership of 244 acres in the town of […]
2023 Buffalo- The Bird Kingdom (Canada)
We went to Canada to see this attraction and thankfully it turned out much better than the Whirlpool Aero Car. The Bird […]
2023 Buffalo- Nannen Arboretum
The best part of this gem is the descriptive signs on almost every growing thing. Each tree is identified and most ground […]
2023 Buffalo- Rock City
This prehistoric ocean floor is the world’s largest exposure of quartz conglomerate and is one of the great natural wonders of the […]
2023 Buffalo- Griffis Sculpture Park
Griffis was both interesting and exasperating. It was an interesting mix of traditional and contemporary sculpture. The exasperating part was that the […]
2023 Buffalo- The Pennsylvania Lumber Museum
You read the title and said “Huh?” as can be expected. Why would there even BE a lumber museum and what possible […]