Travels With Stacey

We had left New York City and were on our slow return home. Travelling north roughly along the Hudson River toward our hotel room, we would make our final stop of the day at Croton Gorge Park. The sun was starting to set, and the…

We arrived early—always the best plan to wait a bit instead of feeling rushed.  This was our first stop of the day for our return home from our “Hey, let’s visit New York City” trip.  Before going on a trip, I do a lot of…

Who doesn’t love flowers? Who doesn’t love paying admission to one place and getting free admission to hundreds of other locations? I have wanted to get a membership to Royal Botanical Garden for some time now.  We pass by it almost all the time whenever…

So what do you do when you become incredibly successful, influential, and upper-class? You built a BIG house. During the Gilded Age, there were many big homes built.  Some of them are now heritage museums.  Staatsburgh was donated to the state in honour of the…

Charlene and I have been to many former homes that have now been converted into museums and attractions.  These destinations range from the ultra-rich to the common folk of the era.  All of these places have their own particular charm and appeal. But of all…

It was warm for a December morning, but it was still December and being high up on a bridge that spans a large river, who were we kidding – it was freezing! Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park was our first stop of the…

Charlene and I have visited thousands of destinations over the past few years. Some attractions are clearly designed to take as much money from us as possible, and others, like Heartland Forest Nature Experience, were created to celebrate life.   Heartland was founded in 2004 to…

The United States of America is a large country with a proud political history.  The first modern democracy and history backs up the power of the people.  Gerald Ford was the president of this great nation for some time, and he was the only unelected…

We travel a lot.  Many places we have seen and discovered.  We do not seek out connections, but it adds to the travelling experience when we find them. We were on a weekend trip to a winter event in Grand Rapids, Michigan. One of the…

If you are Canadian, you must have held a fifty-dollar bill at least a few times.  I have several but had yet to learn who the man featured was or his importance to Canadian history and politics. Charlene and I were starting a weekend trip…