A Little Bit of History

Tim and I often get nonplanned days off in various parts of the country. Sometimes we get a chance to be tourists. This was one of those rare occasions that we were able to spend quite a bit of time and very little money to enjoy an interesting tourist attraction!


This is the Railway Cafe. We started our little visit by having a yummy lunch here. They had a Sante Fe Chicken Soup that was scrumptious! This is the information center. They were a wealth of information. If we ever get a chance to visit here again, I plan to spend more time finding out about the area attractions from them.

I just love fall. The leaves are turning! I love that we get to see the seasons in all the different parts of this country!

The austere Mrs. Grant. This statue of the First Lady is located just outside of the Grant home. I'm not sure if we should feel welcome or not. Her expression is not very pleasant.

This is a picture of a picture. I thought it was neat to see what the Grant family looked like.

You can't visit a Civil War Memorial site without having a picture taken with the cannons! :o) I think the Yankees would have been a bit intimidated facing down this guy! (I'm talking about Tim, not the gun) It's my camera that's slanted, not the ground. :o)

Ain't he handsome, though?

What a beautiful view from the top of the hill near Grant's house! I was trying to decide if it would be worth the money to take the tour of the Grant home when we saw the sign saying it was closed on Mondays. Decision Made! :o)

This cute little trolley took tourists on a tour of the town. Of course, they charge you an arm and a leg to ride in it and they don't even let you get out to take pictures, so we didn't do it. But, it's cute! :o) This is the Civil War Memorial that is in the park.

And last, but certainly not least...the statue of General Ulysses S. Grant!

Summer Fun!

Our family came to visit! We had lots of fun and ate lots of food!
Laurie and I had to try out this playground toy to make sure it was safe for the chilluns!

It was nice to look at the lake, but it would have been even nicer if we could have jumped in! It was SOOO hot!!

Phillip and Randy took turns fishing.

These kids make me smile!

Stay tuned and I'll try to publish a few more pics from that visit!

Old Sturbridge Village

Tim and I did a little sight-seeing a couple weekend ago. We went to Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA. It is a "living museum" all about life in New England in the 1790-1840 time period. There are 59 buildings on 200 acres where you can meet people that are dressed for that time period and know many of the historical facts pertaining to that time. There is a working blacksmith shop, cobbler, water powered saw-mill, grist mill and carding mill as well as a print shop, tin shop, pottery maker, and cooper. We had a wonderful time (it sure was a lot of walking, though). I'm going to post some of the pictures from our day so you can enjoy some of the sights we saw.