tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67758608294872819292024-02-07T06:13:50.711-08:00Skookum TravelerAdventures and exploits from the East CoastSkookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-82488540976779891602015-02-28T13:03:00.001-08:002015-02-28T13:08:14.389-08:00San Diego Bound (CA)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On February 12, I flew to the John Wayne Airport in Santa
Ana, grabbed a car and headed off on a 10-day tour of S. Cal. My main objective
was San Diego to see where my dad and Clarice used to tie up their schooner at
Shelter Island. But I had plenty on my to-do list on the way there, beginning
with a visit to Lake Elsinore, where my dad launched his first sailboat, a
plywood 16-footer, in the early 1950s. From there, I took a spin around
Fallbrook and found the old house where my grandparents lived for decades. I’d
never been there before and was delighted to see the old house, though somewhat
neglected now, still matched up perfectly with the old photos I had. I was too timid
to knock on the door, so I stole a photo and was on my way. Feeling gaga
from the warm sunshine, I raced over to the coast at San Elijo Beach to nab my reserved
campsite before dark. After sunset, I waded in the surf a little, knowing how jealous Kris
would be at such mischief, but alas, she had work and school commitments and could not join me
for the trip. A few die-hard surfers stayed out so late you could hardly see
them in the dusky light. Sure enough, more (or were they the same dudes?) were out there at dawn catching a
wave in wetsuits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-80147774895034082202015-02-28T12:40:00.002-08:002015-02-28T12:40:47.523-08:00Annapolis and Baltimore (MD)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Spent a day kicking around Annapolis and Baltimore at the
end of January, including a stop at the Chesapeake Light Craft store where I
lusted after a 12-foot plywood kayak I’d like to build. In Baltimore, we made
it to Fells Point, fun area, good walking and early dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-30596594169782087242015-02-28T12:37:00.003-08:002015-02-28T12:37:42.116-08:00Dead Run – Turkey Run (VA)
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Great Falls on January 25. The area likely gets popular in the warmer weather,
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-3251894882101120672015-02-28T10:59:00.001-08:002015-02-28T12:36:42.360-08:00New Years 2015 in Philadelphia (PA)<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After some impressive fireworks at midnight and a lazy
morning, we picked up my brother and headed for the Mummers Parade. But it was
so cold out we soon had to find a place for lunch to warm up and managed to
miss most of this iconic event. Pretty colorful nonetheless. We’ll have to give
it another shot sometime with handwarmers in our pockets. Brrrrrr.</span><br />
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-58000518885049739272015-02-27T19:09:00.001-08:002015-02-27T19:09:04.554-08:00Philadelphia for New Years Eve (PA)
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headed there for a visit and to enjoy a nippy New Years Eve in a big East Coast
city. We also took the tour of Independence Hall, saw ye olde Liberty Bell and
toured some of the historic downtown.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-29212459924881416992015-02-27T19:07:00.001-08:002015-02-27T19:07:05.666-08:00Burke Lake (VA)
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I flew out to Salt Lake a few days before Thanksgiving and
enjoyed a good long visit with my long-lost Aunt Marilyn and Herman. We had a
great dinner out where I got to meet my cousins for the first time—friendly folks,
these Wilcoxes. I spent some time at the state archives doing research on the
family history, and snuck in a quick hike in the hills above the city, before M
and H and I headed out (on November 25) to the Golden Spike historic site
commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. My
great-grandfather, Hyrum, was one of the young guys hanging off a tender in the
famous photo of the two steam engines meeting at Promontory. The working replica
steam engines were in the shop for a major, winter overhaul, but the staff was
more than kind to give us a personal tour. Herman, a retired engineer, was like
a boy in a candy shop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kris arrived in time for Thanksgiving dinner and a chance to
meet Marilyn and Herman and one of my cousins, Jeff, and some of the extended
family. Much fun. From there, we went to mom’s on the other side of the Wasatch
for the big annual affair with my more immediate family. I took a walk around
the homestead and wondered about restoring my old Cutlass convertible before it
shrivels up and disappears in the Utah desert .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angels would be flying both Saturday and Sunday afternoons and I was able to
catch them both times, along with countless other aerial feats performed by
more crazy guys in their flying machines. However, I did make it into the
museum, spending hours there and walking around with a knowledgeable guide. I
eventually found my way to The Turtle, a P2V that once flew from Perth,
Australia, to Columbus, Ohio, without stopping—over 11,000 miles. The plane on
display still holds the distance record for an internal combustion powered
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could only be seen from the window of a trolley tour. The trolleys, however,
were cancelled that weekend due to the airshow. Come back Monday, they said. I
came back, but the yard was still closed. Luckily, a guy with some authority
took pity on my story, and considering how far I’d come to see that particular
plane, offered to walk me out there to see the Savage. So indeed the force was
with me all weekend and I zipped on back to Gulfport and home to Virginia,
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-31297347502203931032015-02-27T17:10:00.003-08:002015-02-27T17:10:54.483-08:00Pensacola! (FL, MS)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve been wanting to go to Pensacola for some time now—it’s
where my dad was stationed in the mid-1940s as he learned to work on airplanes with
the Navy. He actually spent much of his time at Whiting Field about an hour
from the city. But Pensacola is also home to the superb Naval Aviation Museum,
the world’s largest, and that’s where I was headed. They had the old bombers my
dad worked on and flew, including the last surviving AJ Savage. His secret
squadron sought to modify the plane to carry a 10,000-pound atomic bomb and still
be able to take off from an aircraft carrier. The effort was a disastrous
failure. (I’ll post more details on that later, as I complete a biography of my
dad.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I flew to Gulfport, MS (November 7), which seemed to offer a
better deal on airfare and car rental, and also gave me an easy shot at
visiting Pascagoula, which is where my parents were married. I walked around
the tiny downtown a bit, then consumed an excellent burger at the Paradise Deli
and Grill before continuing east. As I wheeled into Pensacola, I left the
interstate, yet ran into stop-and-go traffic that lasted for miles. After an
hour of that, I realized we were all headed to the same place, the naval air
station, that is. This was Veterans Day weekend and I was just in time for the
Friday night airshow at the birthplace of Navy aviation. The Pensacola base was
celebrating its 100<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> year, so I was there at the perfect time,
quite by accident. I hadn’t realized there was an airshow happening and I’d
never been to one at night, so this was quite a treat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The museum was closed by the time I arrived, but I had till
Monday to check out the Savage, as well as a P2V Neptune similar to the ones my
dad also serviced and flew. So I sat back and enjoyed the show, as crazy guys
in loud, brightly lit airplanes flew like maniacs while shooting fireworks off
their wings. When it was over, I’d lost my car and spent an hour wandering
around the base trying to remember where I’d parked. From there, I still had a
40-minute drive to the Fort Pickens Campground where I’d reserved a tent site
for a couple of nights. </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I enjoyed an early morning walk on the beach.</span></div>
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Our first Halloween in Alexandria. We were so scared by some of the cuties who came for the goodies. In fact we had so many scares, we ran out of candy and had to bum some off the neighbors. These were o<span style="font-family: Calibri;">ur first Halloween visitors in years. Prior apartment
living in DC did not attract any trick-or-treaters, perhaps because the main
door to the building was locked to non-residents. At our old place in
Bellingham, a long, dark driveway seemed to deter most kids (and parents) from
venturing into the haunted shadows that led to the front door. So I always
ended up eating all the candy myself, poor me. But this year, we are in trick-or-treat
central and we must have had a hundred kids come knocking. Cuties one and all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span>Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-88701793739826025142014-12-21T07:59:00.001-08:002014-12-21T08:19:45.946-08:00Stony Man, Shenandoah (VA)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On a sunny Sunday (October 26) we were due to take a hike
among the fall colors at Shenandoah and headed for Stony Man by way of the
Passamaquoddy Trail. It turned out to be one of the prettier hikes I’ve done in
the mid-Atlantic region. Easy walking on good trail with much exposed rock and
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-36124023704330019752014-12-21T07:56:00.001-08:002014-12-21T08:17:31.133-08:00Walk Around Georgetown (DC)<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On October 25, I happened to be hoofing it around Georgetown
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-35844197638023422772014-12-21T07:50:00.001-08:002014-12-21T07:50:28.267-08:00Raven Rocks (VA)
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On October 18, we saddled up the Toyota and rode out beyond
Purcellville for a hike up to Raven Rocks. Nice, moderate trek with a fabulous
rocky perch at the top. Rock climbers were taking their turns rappelling off
the cliff to enjoy the scenery closer up. Hundreds of stink bugs crawled around
on the rocks, but generally kept to themselves and didn’t invade our sandwiches
in significant numbers, as best I could tell.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where my eighth-great operated a ferry in the 1600s.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The next morning (see the preceding posts below), I still wanted to see Portsmouth and
Tiverton, so we motored out of town and stopped at a nice rural bakery for the obligatory
sugar and caffeine fix. We walked out on the bridge near where one of the early
Wilcoxes apparently ran a ferry in the mid-1600s, and explored nearby areas around Tiverton where half
the Wilcox clan rooted itself long ago. On the way back to Portsmouth, we
stopped at the Anne Hutchinson Memorial at Founders Brook Park. My immigrant ancestor, Edward, was a likely follower of the rebellious Puritan Ms. Hutchinson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At 3:00 pm on Monday, we were still in Rhode Island and I needed
to be at work the next morning. The ten-hour marathon drive home took us through eight
states: RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA plus DC. A tough way to finish a trip, but we had a fabulous time in RI so I can’t really complain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It would have looked a lot like this in the 1630s.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking across from Tiverton toward the Wilcox farm.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old bridge to nowhere.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another war memorial, another Wilcox.</td></tr>
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-34356414808133113892014-12-21T07:23:00.000-08:002014-12-21T08:32:09.252-08:00Newport's Cliff Walk (RI)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">While prepping for our Rhode Island trip at home (see preceding posts), I’d discovered that my
eighth-great grampa Stephen (of Westerly) had married Hannah Hazard in the late
1650s. Hannah’s father was Thomas Hazard, who was among the nine men who
founded Newport in 1639. I was thus tickled to learn that I am a direct
descendant of one of the founders of Newport. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who’d a thunk?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That evening, we took a stroll along the Cliff Walk past
many of the enormous mansions Newport is famous for, including Rosecliff (parts
of the Great Gatsby were filmed there), the Marble House (built for the
Vanderbuilts) and the grandest of the grand, The Breakers (also the
Vanderbuilts). Too dark for many pics and too late to get inside, so we'll have to check them out
next time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We spent Sunday (October 12) exploring and enjoying the old
seaport of Newport, including walks along the waterfront and through the
downtown neighborhoods, and browsing the shops, cafes and local history museum.
A highlight was the 90-minute historical cruise on a restored lobster boat, the
M/V Gansett, which we can now highly recommend. Again, I was imagining my
ancestors plying these same waters 300-plus years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From Westerly (below), we headed for Watch Hill, which is
famous for its gorgeous coastline and ocean views, endless sandy beach and
more recently, Taylor Swift’s $17.8 million coasty bungalow. Grampa Stephen
settled near Misquamicut Beach nearby in the late 1600s. A large Wilcox Farm
was carved from the woods here and by the 1700s, at Watch Hill, so I have to
wonder if the Swift estate might once have been ours. Hey, where do I
claim my share of the proceeds?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just up the coastal highway, another relic of our Wilcox
heritage, the Wilcox Tavern, sits adjacent to the highway. The building dates
to 1730 and began operating as a tavern around 1850. Though it is owned by
others now, the Tavern has operated for many years as a fine, colonial
restaurant. We were advised by other Rhode Islanders to for-sure have dinner there, but
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I discovered that an annual event of interest, the Guy
Fawkes Bonfire, was to take place that evening at Misquamicut Beach, so we
headed there next. A kind of rock-and-roll outdoor musical Shakespearean theater ensued, put
on by local performers and non-performers alike, including a decent band
playing old classics that added much good humor to the script and ultimately to
the lighting of the bonfire. The fire commemorates the executed traitor who in
1605 tried to blow up the House of Lords with barrels of gunpowder and
overthrow King James. The botched exercise made Fawkes a folk hero among Catholics tiring of the King's oppression.</span></div>
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-32966534743778698742014-12-21T06:37:00.002-08:002014-12-21T09:00:38.552-08:00Rhode Island, Yeehaw! (RI)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nobody says 'yeehaw' in Rhode Island, so this is just me
indicating my pleasure in having finally crossed paths with my earliest
American ancestors. The earliest was Edward who likely came over from
Lincolnshire, England in 1636 with two young boys in tow, Daniel and Stephen.
Edward was probably a follower of the Puritan rebel Anne Hutchinson. She was a
fellow agitated pilgrim from Lincolnshire who said her good riddance and sailed
to Plymouth in 1634. Known to boldly speak her mind and seriously question the male orthodoxy,
she was soon banished from the Massachusetts Colony for her rabble-rousing and
assorted heresies. Some call her America’s first feminist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the
suggestion of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Anne Hutchinson and her booted band of
troublemakers became the first Europeans to settle on the actual Isle of Rodes in
Narragansett Bay, thereupon founding the town of Portsmouth. My ninth-great-grampa
Edward acquired land for a sizable farm on the east shore. As the two sons grew up, Edward
passed on and the land was sold. Daniel moved east to the Tiverton mainland and became quite a hell-raiser later in life,
while Stephen, my direct ancestor, ambled over to Misquamicut Beach and
Westerly where my own line of Wilcoxes would remain for at least another four generations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our first stop in Westerly was the city library, housed in a
beautiful old building surrounded by Wilcox Park. Thanks to Kris quickly diving
into the Wilcox history books, we were able to scour the books and the document
files in under an hour, as I hurriedly photographed the things that seemed most
relevant to the family history. We thanked the friendly staff and strolled out and around the park, which
doubles as an arboretum and outdoor music venue in summer. A lovely fountain is
dedicated to Harriet and Stephen Wilcox—a different Stephen (of Babcock and
Wilcox fame), but a close cousin nonetheless. A war memorial nearby includes
the inscriptions of several unfortunate victims from the Wilcox clan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks to a tip from a friendly couple with two little dogs,
I discovered there was an old white oak tree in Wilcox Park that was close to
400 years old. That meant that the tree would have been a sapling about the
same time the first Stephen and his clan came to Westerly. It was pretty
special to have something so tangible to grab onto and to imagine a distant
ancestor having walked past the same tree centuries ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-61080138720422813422014-12-21T06:14:00.000-08:002014-12-21T06:14:11.198-08:00High Point State Park (NJ)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the road to Rhode Island, we stopped at High Point State
Park (the highest point in New Jersey) just a few miles out of Port Jervis, NY.
The official high point is 1,803 feet above sea level and forms the gentle, but
scenic, apex of the Kittatinny Mountains. A 220-foot tall obelisk similar to
Washington Monument stands at the summit. A cold cloud layer hung over the
mountain and the monument, which pretty much cancelled the odds of any good
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We paid a dollar to the ranger to climb to the top. I first
lassoed the thing from below and began climbing hand-over-hand in my diamond
studded crampons, by which I mean I considered that approach, then decided on
the more manly alternative, which happened to be the square spiral of metal stairs
bolted to the inside walls. We topped out at a ho-hum viewing space, where, due
to the clouds and fog, the view was about as exciting as the underbelly of a
slug. Still worth the trudge though. The tree canopy below was reaching peak
fall color, so not all was for naught. An interpretive designer/architect could
have some fun here making the interior of the obelisk much more visitor-friendly.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We’d burned up our Saturday morning by now and still had a
three-hour drive ahead to Westerly, RI, where the local history librarian had
promised to leave her Wilcox family files out for me to browse. The library
would be closed Sunday and Monday, and since we had to be home Monday night,
this was my only shot to see those family files during the trip. We zipped
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve been wanting to make a trip to Rhode Island and
surrounding states for years—I have roots there going back to the
1630s. The mini-dream was finally to be during an extended Columbus Day weekend
in October (see above for the actual Rhode Island part). Our first stop was at the
chocolate factory in Hershey, Pennsylvania (October 10). We only had time for a
quick tour of the museum this trip, but found it curious enough and the hot cocoa was excellent. We’ll return
when I can also ride the Comet, a 1946 wooden roller coaster that looks strikingly
similar to the one I used to lust after as a pre-teen at the Lagoon amusement
park near Salt Lake City, Utah (Lagoon's White Coaster is nearly 100 years old and
still operating).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, the main event for the day was a sidecar motorcycle
tour at Jim Thorpe, PA. I rode on the bike behind our chipper guide, while Kris
got the pod. Vroom-vroom, it was smiles all the way. The town’s unusual name has a somewhat
convoluted history, but I’ll leave that to readers to sleuth on their own.
Suffice it to say, it’s a very cute, historic town on a hill (reminiscent of Ellicott City near Baltimore) and well worth a visit and
overnight stay. However, to get some more miles behind us, I’d reserved a room
farther up the road in Port Jervis NY, which in hindsight was not the best plan. The latter
town was much less interesting. And because we left Jim Thorpe after dark, we apparently
missed a lot of great scenery along the Delaware Water Gap. That said, the Erie
Hotel and bar in Jervis was quite special in its own right, even if the surrounding town seemed
a little dull and groggy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another reason I wanted to visit Port Jervis is because I have a distant ancestor who settled nearby in Minisink in the 1700s, when relatively few non-natives inhabited this remote region beyond the colonies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the morning, we stumbled on the historic Fort Decker stone house that was built just after the Revolutionary War from the remains of the fort itself. As best I can tell, my ancestors included both Patriots and Loyalists, so it must have been a hell of a time for all. I’ve got my work cut out for me trying to make sense of the family roots.</span><br />
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<br />Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-25808330289818181912014-12-21T05:19:00.001-08:002014-12-21T05:19:26.812-08:00Huntley Meadows (VA)
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Close to home, Kris hauled me over to Huntley Meadows one
evening (September 22) and we managed a good loop on trails and boardwalk
before the night set in. We’ll have to get to know this place mo’ betta. Really
noticed the days getting shorter and fall beginning to push summer away.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Skookum Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270012180532675990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775860829487281929.post-65241429968109039292014-12-20T19:58:00.001-08:002014-12-21T09:36:53.222-08:00Ptarmigan Ridge (WA)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Two days after my sojourn to Mount Rainier (below), a couple of
hiking buddies <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Jim and Steve) and I
wandered out the sky-kissing Ptarmigan Ridge Trail. The Ptarmigan is one of
those idyllic high ridge-walks with nonstop views and relatively little
elevation gain. The icy Mount Baker volcano dominates to the west and stalwart
Mount Shuksan looms to the east. It’s one of those places you can point your
camera with your eyes closed and shoot calendar shots every time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jim and I
rambled over to a large tarn glimmering turquoise with glacial silt, passing a
picture perfect campsite along the way. While Jim sought out a few calendar
shots, I made a brief attempt to summit Coleman Pinnacle, which I’d been up a
couple of decades ago. But I picked the wrong line and got turned back by ground
that was a whole lot steeper than it looked from below. I figured it was better
to live and learn than die and remain stupid, so I backed down like a timid
kitten backing down a tree trunk. Nevertheless, we had a fabulous guy time over
ten miles of walking. There was icing on the cake when we spotted a small herd
of mountain goats on the way back to the car. Definitely five stars for this
one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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