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
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