Some Drives round the Eastern USA,
mostly in 2001 in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Connecticut and New York
and 2002 in Denver, Ohio, Tennesee, Georgia and Indiana.
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In September 1999 we flew to New York with
a stopover in Iceland. We stayed in Westchester and visited New York
city and Tarrytown. In March 2001 we flew back to the States with a stopover in Bermuda. We drove from Boston up to Cape Neddick Maine, Portsmouth New Hampshire, Cape Cod, stayed at the Biltmore hotel in Providence Rhode Island, visited Mystic Seaport in Connecticut and on to New York. In March 2002 we were in Boulder Colorado and visited Denver, Central City and Georgetown. On the way back we stopped at Cincinnati Ohio and drove down to Nashville and Chattanooga Tennessee, briefly into Georgia and back up via Cincinnati to Aurora and Rising Sun Indiana. We also had a couple of visits to Toronto Canada (the yellow routes), one time driving via Niagara Falls and Thousand Islands to Ottowa (in 1990) and the other time going by train to Montreal and Quebec (in 2009). |
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We stopped over in Reykjavik Iceland on the
way to New York in September 1999. |
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We visited the Gullfoss waterfall ..... |
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and the Strokkur geyser ..... |
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and visited Pingvellir where the European and
Atlantic tectonic plates are pulling apart, leaving a bit of a gap in
the earth's crust! |
A stopover in Bermuda. |
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On our way to Boston in March 2001 we stopped
over in Bermuda, where we saw flamingos at the Aquarium at Flatts Village
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And St George's harbour from Ordnance Island.
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From Boston to New York. |
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Finally we arrived in the USA! The Old State
House in State Street Boston. Built in 1713 it is the oldest surviving public
building in Boston. |
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And Paul Revere's House in North Square, Boston
in January 1996. Looks like nobody's home. |
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Provincetown right at the tip of Cape Cod
Massachusetts, March 2001. |
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The Rhode Island State House in Providence,
seen from the Biltmore Hotel in March 2001. |
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Mystic Seaport, a fascinating maritime museum
on the Connecticut coast. |
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Time for a shopping spree - Saks on Fifth
Avenue New York. |
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Less expensive shops in Main Street, Tarrytown
in Westchester County NY, March 2001. |
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Philipsburg Manor, a late 17th century manor
house with a working mill, at Sleepy Hollow north of Tarrytown, New York.
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A visit to Colorado in 2002. |
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Investigating a museum in Central City, Colorado
in March 2002. Central City is an historic mining settlement established
in 1859 during the Pike's Peak gold rush. |
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The Trading Post in old Georgetown Colorado,
elevation 8,530 feet. Nicknamed the 'Silver Queen of Colorado' Georgetown
was also established during the Pike's Peak gold rush. |
Cincinnati to Chattanooga and quick visits into Georgia and Indiana. |
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The Chattanooga Choo Choo - the wood-burning
locomotive originally belonging to the Cincinnati Southern Railway that inspired
the famous song. Seen in Chattanooga Terminal station Tennessee, now a resort
complex. |
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Our excursion into Georgia, at Ringold a few
miles from Chattanooga. 'The Chattanooga Valley's oldest and most celebrated
winery', established in 1983. |
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Downtown Cincinnati Ohio, March 2002. |
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A speedy lock company in Cincinnati. |
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A casino in a paddle boat on the Ohio river
at Rising Sun, Indiana. |