Echoes of New Netherland in Albany, NY New York October 2025 History & Controversy at Albany’s Empire State Plaza On our visit to Albany, NY, we started at the Empire State Plaza. Today, it is a significant landmark; however, it is surrounded by several controversies, including forced displacement and high costs. In the late 1950s, […]
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A Walk Through Erie’s Downtown Entertainment & Cultural District Pennsylvania October 2025 Erie’s Murals and Perry Square, The Heart of Downtown After lunch, we also paid a quick visit to Erie’s Downtown Entertainment and Cultural District. Our walk began under the railroad viaduct, where a remarkable mural welcomes visitors to the district. We also noticed
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Discovering Presque Isle State Park, Erie’s Lakeside Gem Pennsylvania October 2025 Erie’s Natural Harbor We spent two nights in Erie, PA, breaking up our long journey to New England. A highlight was Presque Isle, Pennsylvania’s only “seashore.” This scenic peninsula shapes Presque Isle Bay, whose sheltered waters have long protected ships from Lake Erie’s rough
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Our Two Days in Erie, PA Pennsylvania September – October 2025 A Day of Traveling September 30, 2025 477 mi 8:35:05 hrs The week with family and friends in Naperville flew by, and before we knew it, we were back on the road again. At around 7:30 a.m., we drove off and followed the same
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Returning to Life on the Go Illinois September 2025 An Early Landing at O’Hare Sep 24, 2025 AMS-ORD: 4120 mi On Wednesday, September 24, 2025, we returned to the United States. After an easy bus and train ride, we arrived at Schiphol right on time and departed without delay. Our plane even landed early at
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A Family Visit to Kline Creek Farm Illinois September 2025 A Day at Kline Creek Farm When our family lived in Naperville from 2007 to 2014, life was busy with work and raising two teenage sons. We spent many hours at sporting events, which left little time to explore hidden gems in the Chicago suburbs.
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A Journey Through Pop Culture on Illinois’s Route 66 Illinois September 2025 The Gemini Giant, Another Stop on Route 66 September 27, 2025 0.10 mi 6:12 min We continued our Route 66 adventure, returning to Wilmington, Illinois, where we were greeted by the Gemini Giant, a towering fiberglass “Muffler Man” dressed in a space helmet
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The Peddlers Path LAW3 From Okkenbroek to Deventer September 2025 Heading to Okkenbroek Again Sept 17, 2025 0.39 mi 8:33 min 12 °C The next morning, after a delicious breakfast, we set off early again. We walked to Deventer Station, where the RRR neighborhood bus was already waiting for us. A large group of students
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The Peddlers Path LAW3 From Rijssen to Okkenbroek September 2025 Back to Rijssen September 16, 2025 14.76 mi 4:52:46 hrs 14 °C Eight days later, just after half past nine, we found ourselves back at the station in Rijssen. About twenty-five minutes later, we reached the little self-service ferry, Reggeveer Notter-Zuna, across the Regge—the endpoint
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The Peddlers Path LAW3 Bad Bentheim, Germany, to Borne, The Netherlands September 2025 The 1st leg, Bad Bentheim, Germany, to Oldenzaal, The Netherlands Sept 2, 2025 17.55 mi 5:50:03 hrs 59 °F Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
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