BEEN THERE....DONE THAT....CON'T.

PENNSYLVANIA.....#46

LESLIE AND I STOPPED IN HERSHEY AND ENJOYED THE SMELL AT THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY......WE DROVE ON TO INTERCOURSE, PA. AND STAYED ALL NIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE AMISH PEOPLE WITH THEIR BUGGIES AND HORSES.....HAD GREAT FOOD SERVED FAMILY STYLE....THE HOTEL OFFERED A FREE TOUR OF THE COUNTRY SIDE WHICH WE ENJOYED.....

MASSASSCHUTES.......#47

BOSTON......SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO AND SO MUCH HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY HERE......WE FOUND THE "PLYMOUTH ROCK".....WHERE WILLIAM BRADFORD AND THE MAYFLOWER PILGRAMS ARRIVED FROM PLYMOUTH ENGLAND!.....IN 1620. YOU CAN ONLY SEE THE ROCK WHEN THE TIDE IS OUT.....NOT A LARGE MONUMENT IN SIZE BUT SYMBOLIC OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN OURSELVES.

DID A TOUR OF SALEM MA......LEANED ABOUT THE WITCHES BURNED THERE....THE  MAN WHO STARTED STARBUCKS COFFEE LIVED THERE AND NAMED HIS COFFEE AFTER HIS FAVORITE CHARACTER IN A BOOK HE READ...... ...."DADDY STARBUCKS"

NEW YORK......#48

A TRIP WITH THE GIRLS FOR MY 70TH BIRTHDAY....SAW THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, AND THE SHOPPING WAS GREAT....SAW MAMA MIA!

ANN AND I SPENT A NIGHT THERE BEFORE OUR CRUISE ON THE QE2.....

LESLIE AND HER FAMILY AND I SPENT A COUPLE OF NIGHTS THERE BEFORE A CRUSE TO CANADA....SAW "MORMON MUSICAL" AND" IRON HORSE" PLAYS.....COULD NOT SEE THE TWIN TOWER MONUMENT......NO RESERVATION?

WASHINGTON D.C.......#48 1/2

DON AND I TOOK THE THREE GIRLS TO WASHINGTON TO SEE THE CAPITAL AND THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIALS......OF OUR CAPITAL.  VISITED FRIENDS ACROSS THE RIVER IN VIRGINIA.  SPENT A DAY IN THE SMITH EON MUSEUM......

ALASKA.......#49

ENJOYED ANCHORAGE WITH IT'S NEARBY GLACIER.  FLEW TO KENI TO DO SOME SALMON FISHING AND ON TO LANDS ENDS AND THE "SALTY DAUG" SALOON WITH THE TWINS.

WENT ON A CRUISE TO JUNO ETC. WITH THE PANNIER FAMILY. LEARNED ABOUT LUMBER, FISHING, GLACIERS ETC..

HAWAII.......#50

MANY TRIPS TO HAWAII WITH THE CHILDREN AND FRIENDS AS WE GOT FREE PASSES ON WESTERN AIRLINES.

ANN AND I MADE A TRIP TO EACH OF THE ISLANDS TO CHECK OUT ...WESTON HOTELS.....FOR THE TRAVEL AGENCY SHE WORKED FOR!!!!

AND THAT FOLKS IS WHERE....WHEN.....AND WHY I HAVE VISITED ALL 50 STATES.