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 “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
