Sept 6 Day 67 Yellow Creek Lake to Forrest City AR

On the road home we crossed the Missouri River. This is the second time we will have crossed the Missouri River the first time was on July 26 when we rode from Lemmon SD to Mobridge SD.

Just out side of Forrest City AR. We find ourselves in the last campground of our summer  odyssey.

The pups and I are on our last evening walk and catch this sunset. This has been a Blast. 

When we visit with people and friends they would always ask what was your favorite place. 

I finally realized the answer... "On My Bike!" What a way to experience America and there is still more.

Sept 3,4,5 Day 64,65,66 Winklemans PT to Yellow Creek Lake IN

On the way to Indiana we had to have a Lay's Potato Chip fix. Doggie especially thought it was a great idea

Diana and Mike have a nice little home on YellowCreek Lake. After all the traveling it was nice just to chill out for a couple of days.  We had dinner with their son Jeff, His wife Denise and daughter Amaya.

I am so sorry that I did not get photos with them.

Of all the barns and sheds out there this is my favorite.

Last night we had dinner with Jim's sister Sharie, here husband Pat, her son Tim and his girlfriend Susan. Again the camera was not out and I missed out on taking photos of some great family.

This is a photo of their home from the lake view. They really enjoy their time here and family come often.

Mike and Diane. We say our goodbyes and thank Di for letting us have Mike for a few weeks.

It was so much fun. Now we are on the road home.Ya Hoo!

September 2 Day 63 Winklemans PT,NH to Hershey Pa

A shot of the highway while we were driving to Hershey PA. We were glad to be there. It stopped raining when we got to Dale and Paula Von Stein's house. It was late and we went and got a bite to eat it was so nice we had dinner out on a patio. Diggity and Doogie were all wound, there are a lot of rabbits in their neighborhood. We talked to Brian in western part of New York near Buffalo. Judy was ill and we needed to get back to Indiana. So we would make plans to see them another time. We planned our strategy for tomorrow, let Mike talk with Dale all night and Jim and I went to bed. 

Dale and Paula VonStein in front of their lovely home. We are off to Hershey World.

Hershey World is a cool place. Mr. Hershey was an amazing man. He built his business and created a wonderful environment to live and work in. Created a school system for underprivileged children and many more things. What he accomplished after 6 business failures is inspiring

We drove on to Gettysburg.we went to the museum. They have a painting that is in the round. It is called Cyclorama. Paul phillippoteaux was commissioned in to paint this depiction of the battle of Gettysburg. It is 27 feet tall and 359 feet round and weighs four tons. It took him a year and a half to complete it.below are buttons off uniforms from Texas.

The next 3 photos are of some of the scenes from th cyclorama .

W could not easiest posing with Lincoln on this bench outside the museum.

We drove through the battlegrounds. There are monuments all along the roads. Most honor the different battalions,soldiers and generals who fought there. The roads covered the confederate and the union aside of the battle ground.

The fences were laid out like they were at the time of the battle.

I set the camera on the site of one of the cannons to see what the target would be.

Many tree covered lanes along the route.

A statue on the confederate side of General Robert E.Lee on his horse Traveler.,

A statue of General Warren. He positioned his troops here. He was able to watch a position his men for battle. It is written that he ws calculating to keep his losses and injuries down, 

A shot from his point of view.

We drove till 9:00 and pulled off just outside of Pittsburg. On to Mentone Indiana tomorrow.

September 1 Day 62 Road Trip Portland ME to Winklemans PT,New Hampshire

It's early morning and we downstairs seeing who is on their way home or off to other adventures.

Jim,Mike, the pups and I are on our way to see a good friend Brad Hill who lives in New Hampshire.

It's a 2 1/2 hour drive there and it finds us at his lake house on his patio. His house is on a lake called 

Franklin Pierce 

This is Ivy,his daughter. This stop became a vacation supreme for the pups. They swam from about 11:00 to 5:30. 

Ive and Carley, her girlfriend swimming with Diggity and Doogie

Now we have Brad's son they call Little Brad on the left and his friend Christian helping Dig on the raft.

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Nancy live full time on the lake with her husband Tim. Here is a shot of the house Brad and Lucy bought 6 years ago. They have taken the small house and made huge additions. A very comfortable home.

Penny is Tim and Nancy's Labrador they were trying to get her to jump off the pier. She would just walk in.

They live in a cove off the main lake very peaceful. Except for a lot of dog barking.

Showers on Labor Day. Jim and I smile. We were so fortunate in our trip to not get the rain like we see this morning

Posing in the doorway of their garage with their Beagle named Sammy.

This is one huge garage.

Saying goodbyes to Lucy and Brad. The kids were sleeping in so we didn't get to say bye to them.

I had a great time with them last night, we played Pictionary. Today we head to Cassadaga NY.

To see Brian and Judy Rapp. They came to see us early on when we got into New York. We will visit them on their farm.