Wonderful photos, great travelogue.

I saw that big bell with the crack in it. Someone should really fix it.

;-)

Cheers,
frank

On 26 June, 2014 2:30:08 AM EDT, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote:
>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
>http://www.caguila.com/pdmllit/index.html

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