Hi Everyone:
Just a few road trip pics—nothing great. We visited a lot of author homes, but
unfortunately no interior photography was allowed, so I spared you the exterior
shots of the houses. I do include Mark Twain’s Study—an octagon shaped
building specifically built for him at his in-laws’ farm near Elmira, NY—built
so he could write undisturbed during his summer visits to the farm. This
building is now owned by Elmira College and located on campus. There was no
student ambassador around to let us in, but I took some photos through the
windows and converted to BW. They are included here.
Visiting the author homes was great—fun to stand in Emerson’s study, the
bedrooms where Little Women was written (Concord, MA) and that tiny women in
Amherst, MA penned all those delightful poems, and, of course, seeing the
Seven Gables that inspired the House of Seven Gables was fun as well (Salem,
MA). Twain’s home in Hartford, CT is absolutely amazing and very well
preserved, but interestingly, the Emerson family STILL owns Emerson’s home:
the tour guide informed us, “We all work for the Emerson family.” Something
really cool about that. Sara Orne Jewett’s house in South Berwick, ME is also
a great house, but the town is not much to speak of.
I’d never seen Philly, so we did all the historical stuff in one day, then left
early the next for Hartford et al. Spent a few days in Boston—Freedom Trail,
Boat ride, and Museum of Fine Arts—the Copley collection there is
fantastic—then headed for Salem, MA.
We also paid homage to author tombstones, but I spared you those photos as
well, though Sleepy Hollow was amazing—many pilgrims travel to these markers
and leave stones, pencils, pens, other trinkets—lots of small stones at
Dickinson’s marker. Chronic dappled lighting made the markers somewhat of
challenge to photograph. Famous people seem to love pretty spots near trees.
We traveled for 16 days by car, moved on nearly every 1-3 days. As I look back
now it was a dizzying pace, and the driving challenging: I nearly got us killed
at a small round-about in Concord, MA.
And we drove 12 hours straight from Elmira, NY to Chicago. The drive home
started early, and we had the road nearly to ourselves, enjoying the quiet,
morning fog, and the lovely tree studded hills and valleys of NY. But then a
large doe jumped out in front of us. Fortunately, Darrel swerved right, the
doe kept left, leaving no damage to car, person, or animal. I gushed over
Darrel for his quick response, and the trip continued uneventful, that is,
until we were literally 5 minutes from home. At a speed about 15 miles per
hour, I turned a corner for the final 5 minute stretch home, only to have to
slow down to let one of our neighborhood deer, traveling about .5 miles per
hour, cross the road. Uncanny!
Anyway, here are the pics! Cheers, Christine
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