2015-08-04 Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright
Amazing house. I loved it.
2015-08-03 Around Chalkville
Sun setting at the Summit Inn.
View from our hotel room.
2015-08-03 Kentuck Knob by Frank Lloyd Wright
Red Army by Ray Smith in the sculpture park.
Frank Lloyd Wright's signature on the house.
2015-08-03 IKEA
2015-08-02 Pittsburgh
Ingrid has taken all the pictures of me and even this one since I couldn't because I was driving. Don't drink and fly, or what was it?
2015-08-02 Randy Land, Pittsburgh
2015-08-02 The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh
2015-08-02 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Mr Warhol and I in the same sofa.
Ingrid with the clouds.
I with the artificial clouds.
Good parking facilities.
2015-07-31 Ricketts Glen, pictures (very many)
Berkey Creamery icecream! And maybe a Margarita later...
Picknicking by the car. We had great weather, sunny but not too hot, probably because of the cold water and the many trees.
Almost done.
Oops, going up! Another waterfall... There's one behind every tree.
The kids. Miss you, George, you would have loved this!
Ingrid slipped in spite of having good shoes.
Emy resting and Arvid reading, waiting for the others.
The trail.
Ingrid taking Pictures of Cayuga, the highest fall, 94 feet.
Paddy and Ingrid.
Is it allowed to bring dogs with you on the plane? 3 months and soft as silk (Thai?)
Arvid waiting for us at Water Meet.
Emy on top right.
Emy and Arvid.
Burton and Paddy.
More falling water.
Burton painting.
Oh, a waterfall!
Emy, Arvid and Burton starting off at the trail.
2015-07-29 Naked Egg, Happy Valley and Whipple's Dam
The water getting out of the lake with a warning sign close to the playing children.
You are only allowed to swim inside the marks. Lots of people at the nice beach.
The Boys.
Simply Beautiful. Burton walking his trousers in short of a dog.
Posing for the camera?
We went for an hourly walk around Whipple's Dam. Large trees, shade, silence, water and some well-needed exercise.http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/whippledam/
The view was a bit hazy today. The weather report promises 33 degrees Celsius during the day.
We drove up the hill to see the view over Happy Valley, i.e. State College. Burton and Arvid looked happy.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania
Today we had a great breakfast at the Naked Egg. I had an omelette with cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes and bacon, rye bread and soda water. Food heaven is continuing. Here is Paddy and Ingrid.
2015-07-28 From Central Square NY to State College PA
We were so much longing for European food that we went to a Japanese restaurant. We were in food heaven.
A quick stop at the visitor center in Pennsylvania.
There are lots of wineries.
I was much happier to drive on these small roads than on the 80 and 81 big ones that we took when we went north.
Wine on the west side of the Finger Lake.
Arvid and I left Central Square in the morning and our first stop was Waterloo Premium Outlet on road 318. Not much shopping today. We continued to Geneva and then went south on the west shore of the one of the Finger Lakes called the Finger Lake. Beautiful drive with many wineries. Since we had some bad experience from the taste of the wine last time we did not stop at any winery today.
At the southern part of the lake there is a national park called Watkins Glen with a beautiful walk along the gorge. However, we decided not to do it today.
2015-07-27 Onondaga Lake Park
Everybody waiting to eat. It did not feel so bad to say goodbye this time, I am sure we will keep in contact and meet again.
However, after this Arvid was exhausted and I drove him to the hotel. Then I spent some time alone at Destiny Mall, the second largest in the US. With a summer sale.
My favourite bench, this time you see almost all of it. It says: Life is good. It is. Happy to be here in good company.
I like the houses too, the one to the left is my favourite. Not much to paint and they have kept the trees. They have also kept their Christmas lightning, there is a special Christmas car drive here in December.
Beautiful view over the lake. To the left is the town of Syracuse, here because of the salt that we still know very little about.
The ice-cream was delicious! It is really hot here, about 30 degrees Celsius in the shade.
All of us, Arvid, Brad, Katy, Amanda, I and Aunt Jean.
Arvid and Aunt Jean, 87 years old.
Arvid hiding behind the map.
Amanda and Katy under the photogenic tree.
Today we went back to Onondaga Lake Park, close to our hotel in Liverpool. I think it is a wonderful place, green because of the large trees and the wellkept lawns, the lake and today we had perfect little summer clouds. This is where we first met Arvid when we came to visit during his high school year.
The salt museum is only open during the weekend, so still no visit.
Many ducks have the same view as I do on the park; they like it. Thus there was a lot of duck pooh everywhere, you had to be careful where you put your foot.
2015-07-26 Getting together at Central Square
Miriam, Paul, Arvid and a friend of the Garrows.
Matt, with another Matt hiding behind him, Arvid, Greg and Bree.
Matt and Matt and Arvid.
wiKaty with relatives at the kitchen. I could not believe the amount of food, apart from the food already there because of Katy, everyone brought some more.
Today Katy fixed a bonfire for all of those wanting and having the opportunity to meet Arvid. It was great to meet some of his friends from his time here! However, my English is now a little tired from trying to catch all the different dialects and subjects. Arvid is already asleep!
Thanks again, Katy, for doing all of this for us. You are truly Arvid's American Mum!
2015-07-24 Lake Oneida
Time to get our stuff back in the car and to pack up the boat. All of us have a better tan after today! A perfect day on the lake.
It was quite windy at sea, which kept us cool, but on the way back to the marina the peaceful surroundings were as beautiful as in the mid-day. We did not get back until several hours later.
Here they have reached some more speed and the horizon is leaning due to the photographer not knowing what she is doing.
Brad and Amanda on the tube. As you can see it is a rather large lake.
What? You mean me?
We all agreed that Arvid needs to improve his tan.
Thanks Katy for a wonderful excursion today!
I had to use this picture even though the colours are bad. Two families arrived on this art noveau boat and immediately the dog, a labrador, jumped into the water. Then the women took out camping chairs to sit in. Finally the men put on hats and took a beer each and stood and talked close to the boat. They certainly know how to do it.
Amanda on the tube.
First we went to this beachlike place to relax and play. Lots of small boats arrived, we had nice music from our neighbour and lots of sun. The boys started out with a ballgame.
We managed to get five people on board and a lot of belongings and food and there was still space left on the boat.
The way out to the canal reminded me of mangrove swamps in Thailand.
Today we had a wonderful outing at Lake Oneida, the largest lake in New York State. It is 33 km long and almost 9 km wide so it is quite a large lake. It is connected with lake Ontario and the five great lakes boarding on Canada. On average the lake is almost 7 meters deep.
We started at Bradbury's Boatel Marina, a very peaceful place with large trees that give a wonderful shade in the sun. Waterlilies grow in the shallow water.
2015-07-23 Meeting up in Central Square
Brad is now getting a driver's license and he followed my car to the hotel where it is obvious that these two know each other well.
,We met up with Katy, Brad and Amanda at Tully's. It was so nice to see you again! Amanda even admitted that she had missed Arvid when he went home to Sweden after having spent 10 months with their family.
Arvid was out climbing in a cave with Burton and friends yesterday and I was drinking Margaritha and talking a long time into the night. Today it felt lika a LONG drive from State College to Central Square. I fell asleep minutes after we got to the hotel but Arvid, who had slept in the car, watched a new series on Netflix.
The drive was really not very long, a bit over 4 hrs with a short stop in the middle at our usual, Subway. Nice to see Central Square again and funny that we spend our holiday in two places with very strange names, State College in Pennsylvania and Central Square in New York State. Isn't there supposed to be a real name too?
2015-07-22 Columbus Chapel And Boal Mansion Museum
Documents in Spanish from the 16th Century.
The Colombus Chapel, placed in a special building on the premises. The writing desk from Colombus's travels is in the box to the right.
This is an amazing museum. We were guided around for 2 hours and we only saw a fraction of the items available. The house has been owned by the Boal Family for 300 yrs and not much has been changed. All things are preserved except for the ones in the basement, that have suffered from water damages.
The Boal Family has descendants from Columbus and Napoleon among others. There is a ballroom inside with chandeliers and other memorabilia. The original furniture is still in the house. There are lots of china and glassware. There are also French ballgowns from the 19th Century and a few pianos. Rifles and swords in dozens. A few carriages. Fans. Many, many paintings. Letters from presidents. One family member sponsored the finding of Tutankhamons grave and there's a book on that along with lots of other books.
A member of the Boal family lived in the house until last year so most of the work with presenting and identifying all the items remains. We saw only the bottom floor. There are no pictures from within the house in this blog.
With a lot of time there are tons of interesting stuff to take care of here.
For more information see http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g52224-d2204421-Reviews-Columbus_Chapel_and_Boal_Mansion_Museum-Boalsburg_Pennsylvania.html
2015-07-22 Millheim
Ingrid peering into the jewellers that had mostly other stuff than jewellery. The wooden beams of the house are spectacular..
Fake metal bricks covering the wooden house.
And maybe some carpentery.
There's some painting left to do.
When this has been repaired it will be called Miracle's Haven and become an Air B&B. We wished the owner a long life to have time to complete all the work.
Instead of shopping we were looking at the fantastic houses.
We looked through the windows and will have to come back a day when it's open.
Millheim main street.
Colourful mural in Millheim, the smallest town, and today almost everything was closed. We also saw a few Amish horses and carriages.
2015-07-22 Driving around
Why not put everything on your porch?
Ingrid talking to a man in the car near Penn Creek.
One of the first beautiful houses we saw in the very small village of Sober.
It is full summer and about 30 degrees Celsius in the middle of the day, my best guess. The flora is similar to the Swedish flora and it is green and beautiful. It has been raining at night and the first night there was also thunder and lightning.
We saw a lot of beautiful houses today and the most well-kept were in Coburn. Why were they so well-kept and how do they earn their money? That is still for us to find out. Can it be the mill by the stream? That seems to be a good historical explanation but maybe not a good answer for today.
2015-07-22 Pump Station Café in Boulsburg
Friends
Burton, Arvid and Emy. We miss you, George!
