Travel .. Tuesday 4

The summer is upon us.  It's very hot in most of the United States.

Drink plenty of water, eat watermelon for electrolytes and light meals, take a nap, save up for an air conditioner and make the most of it.   Get a fan and keep your neck and head damp.    

Above all.. try to bloom in the situation in which you are planted.  Complaing rots the bones, and damages the heart.   

Here is my Tuesday 4.. I wish more would join in.  Like Toni, I am becoming discouraged.

 Hello! It's time for Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 and I am happy you've come by to take part.

I think finding reasons to blog and stay in touch with others, or to meet new bloggers is very important.  Blogging also  provides you with a record of your thoughts and ideas to leave for your family.   It's a journal of sorts really that you share with others.

Summer is June 21st and people usually take advantage of the warm weather to take a trip or vacation or day trips to visit, shop or for recreation.

  So could we talk about travel?

1.  What are the most memorable destinations you've visited, and what made them stand out? (this could include places like museums, art galleries, etc. not only a vacation site.)

Driving across the USA following the routes the pioneers traveled was the most amazing and memorable experience of my life.  Nothing else compares.

For a place to visit, I recommend the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.. go before the collapse of complete sanity there. 

 

 

2.  Which hidden gem locations have you explored that you'd recommend to others ?

Prince Edward Ialand. I especially recommend the Anne of Green Gables home and Lovers Lane.

Try the mountains in Virginia for a beautiful and unique experience.  Lovely places and people. Timing chain on my Audi broke in Front Royal, Virginia.. Nicer people you will not meet.  Lovely area  in the
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah Valley area.  Itt took a few days to fix the car and people in town were so welcoming and wonderful.   .  Lovely good people and the scenery is beautiful.

For the beach, I highly recommend Cape May, New Jersey.  I've written about it on the blog. Search Cape May in the search area to the right to see the articles.

Go see Martha's Vinyard, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,  check out Vermont in autumn, Walden's Pond in Massachusetts, visit the home of Emily Dickenson, Herman Melville's Arrowhead estate. Go to Tarrytown NY home of Sleep Hollow , Rip Van Winkle in the Catskill mountains of NY back when it was still New Amsterdam.

Go to the Adirondacks, see Lake Placid.  Upstate New York is nothing like NYC. 

Drive up to Niagara Falls and visit Niagara on the Lake.

See Williamsburg in Virginia or see Plimouth (original colonial spelling) Plantation in Massachusetts where they recreate life in the late 1600s.

3.  What’s the most unique cultural experience you’ve had while traveling?  

Trying Moxie while in Maine..  It was horrible!!

Here is a piece from the internet on it..  "Moxie is a carbonated soft drink with a distinctive, bittersweet flavor, known for being the oldest continuously produced soft drink in the United States. It's closely associated with Maine, where it's the official state soft drink, but it originated in Massachusetts. The unique taste is primarily attributed to gentian root extract, which some describe as medicinal or licorice-like. "

 My cousin who grew up in Massachusetts loved it!   My advice to you is to avoid it at all costs!!

4.What mode of transportation is your favorite for a long trip? How about a short trip?

I am a railfan, so ,you know ,I have to say  the train is very nice for long trips and comfortable cars for are great for shorter trips.