Author Archives: chppio

As we walked out of the motel this morning, we saw heavy, dark clouds filling the sky, and as we neared the teardrop, the first raindrops fell.  We quickly hooked up the trailer and started driving toward the falls.  The … Continue reading →

In the morning we drove back to the Corning Museum of Glass and entered a world of amazing beauty. The museum contains striking world-class examples of glass from every period in the world’s history. In addition to current artist’s works, … Continue reading →

If you look at a map, you’ll see that we have made an important change in direction.  We are going north and WEST!  We left Nazareth after a brief stop so Diana could check out a sale at the Moravian … Continue reading →

Today I checked off another item on my bucket list. We left Allentown and took a short drive to Nazareth, PA, the home of C.F. Martin & Co. — the mothership of Martin Guitars! I have owned a Martin guitar … Continue reading →

We were on the road by 10:00 a.m. with Liesel and Finley there to see us off.  After a little over an hour driving north, we reached our destination: Hershey, PA! Soon Diana and I were riding through the chocolate … Continue reading →

Today was Memorial Day.  Mike & Liesel took us about 35 miles up the road into Pennsylvania to the Gettysburg National Military Park.  They wanted to show us this famous Civil War battlefield, but because the temperatures were predicted to … Continue reading →

Today was a special day for me (Steve).  Since the mid-1950’s I have been following the Indianapolis 500 race, first on radio and later on television.  So fortunately, I was in close proximity to a big screen TV and graced … Continue reading →

5/27 – Day 51 We were up early and on our way to the Shady Grove Metro Station, taking the Metro into downtown Washington, DC for a whirlwind visit to the Smithsonian.  Diana and I got to the station just … Continue reading →

5/25 – Day 49 We were up and on our way fairly early.  The peat smoke was thick again this morning and we’re anxious to get away from it.  We gassed up and headed back up the Outer Banks, sorry … Continue reading →

Over the past few days the usually clear, fresh air of the Outer Banks has periodically become smoky.  The intensity varies from a slight smoke smell, to very brown skies.  Today we awoke to more heavy smoke smell and visibility which … Continue reading →