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Offline John Rudd

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Holidays
« on: July 15, 2013, 01:35:59 PM »


Flying into Boston, then on to the White Mountains, Northen Vermont, Lake Placid, Viagra  Falls ooops I mean Niagara Falls, ( got the spelling wrong... :) ) onto the Hudson River valley,Berkshires,Newport,Cape Cod and finally back to Boston...
Look here...http://www.americansky.co.uk/fly-drive-self-drive/self-drive-new-england-niagara-falls-tour#openpricing

Should be a blast..... :)

Any where I should make a point of visiting?

I know vtsteam lives up that way...mebbe drop in for tea... :lol:

I just hope I get a decent hire car for the duration and there's no 'Smokies' about..
« Last Edit: July 18, 2013, 08:00:53 AM by Brass_Machine »
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Re: Holidays
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2013, 03:45:04 PM »
Looks pretty good to me, John. Never been to that part of the US but there seems to be plenty to see and do.
 
Have fun and take some pics.
 
I'm off shortly too.  :thumbup:
 
Sainsbury's on Wednesday ...  :scratch:    ( Some have us have little ambition left    :palm:  )
 
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Re: Holidays
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2013, 05:14:20 PM »
It is a beautiful part of the country. Too bad you aren't coming a little further south... I am on the border of NY/NJ

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Re: Holidays
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2013, 06:01:28 PM »
John you're welcome to stop in! However I'm in southeasterrn Vermont. Like as far southern as you can get without being in Massachusetts, and as far eastern without being in New Hampshire!

If that suits your itinerary let me know -- but Northern Vermont is a long way off!

I assume you will get to Burlington in N.VT which has become almost a city since I lived there in the late 70's and 80's. Used to be a nice little town perched on a big beautiful lake -- still nice, but different.

Maybe you will go to Shelburne, nearby, and the Shelburne Museum -- a giant sprawling collection of stuff -- not well organised or described, and the steamship Tconderoga -- landlocked but accessible.

A much finer museum, to me, and far better organised (you guys have me dropping my z's and substituting s's, now) is the Blue Mountain Lake Museum in Blue Mountain Lake near Lake Placid. I love that museum. I could spend real time there. Check all of these out on their websites.

If you are headed north to south in VT and get a chance, stop in at the American Precision Museum on I-91 between exits 8 and 9 -- that one probably holds the most interest for us workshed engineers. I go there every year in the Fall when there is a model engineering show held nearby at the high school.

have to go..... will continue....

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Re: Holidays
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2013, 02:44:18 AM »
.....I'm off shortly too.  :thumbup:
 
Sainsbury's on Wednesday ...  :scratch:    ( Some have us have little ambition left    :palm:  )
 
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well Mr BC, there might be "attractions" at Sainsburys now - how many wallets are you taking?