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(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.

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 […]

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 […]

Queens Botanical Garden (Their Website)

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 […]