Wednesay, August 23, 2017
The trip has been a lot of driving to reach destinations. The car is filled with snacks and beverages to fill our boredom hunger pains. But with indulging in snacks and beverages pit stops are required. The best part of pit stops are the people. The people who live and work in all the small towns we have traveled through. While on a dock on the shore of Lake Huron in Canada we met a couple who had spent their life raising a family while he worked in the mines. In Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario we asked the keeper of the locks about the fee for the various boat traffic which travels through the lock. He replied that people had paid enough for their boats so the trip through the lock was free. In Marquette, Michigan we talked with a local family that had stayed in Bath, Maine durning their 2017 summer vacation. They chose Bath to be a central location for visiting areas in Maine. Gray hair also opens a lot of conversation with other retirees. A couple at the Wind Caves National park told us that they sold their house 5 years ago, bought a RV and have been traveling ever since. They have worked in various national parks for a few months each summer and gave us a list of tips for Yellowstone. At Rim Rock Park in Billings Montana we met a retired couple from California who also had problems making reservations in Wyoming for August 21st. The Eclipse became a price gouging event with hotels. Hotel 6, was charging $1,800 per night and requiring a 2 night stay! yes $1,800.
Some of the most discouraging things about making entries in the blog is the lack of internet and cell service along the way along with our lack of understanding of how to blog from our phones. The program works slightly different on our phones than from the computer and accessing phone photos from the laptop is a round about process.
Cell phone photography is still better the the days of cameras with film and waiting to develop pictures after the trip only to find out the photos were take with your finger over the shutter, the actual subject of the photo not in the photo or the subject cut off by poor photographic talent! With photography, I choose my eagerly taken too many pictures of a subject over missing the subject all together.
The trip has been a lot of driving to reach destinations. The car is filled with snacks and beverages to fill our boredom hunger pains. But with indulging in snacks and beverages pit stops are required. The best part of pit stops are the people. The people who live and work in all the small towns we have traveled through. While on a dock on the shore of Lake Huron in Canada we met a couple who had spent their life raising a family while he worked in the mines. In Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario we asked the keeper of the locks about the fee for the various boat traffic which travels through the lock. He replied that people had paid enough for their boats so the trip through the lock was free. In Marquette, Michigan we talked with a local family that had stayed in Bath, Maine durning their 2017 summer vacation. They chose Bath to be a central location for visiting areas in Maine. Gray hair also opens a lot of conversation with other retirees. A couple at the Wind Caves National park told us that they sold their house 5 years ago, bought a RV and have been traveling ever since. They have worked in various national parks for a few months each summer and gave us a list of tips for Yellowstone. At Rim Rock Park in Billings Montana we met a retired couple from California who also had problems making reservations in Wyoming for August 21st. The Eclipse became a price gouging event with hotels. Hotel 6, was charging $1,800 per night and requiring a 2 night stay! yes $1,800.
Some of the most discouraging things about making entries in the blog is the lack of internet and cell service along the way along with our lack of understanding of how to blog from our phones. The program works slightly different on our phones than from the computer and accessing phone photos from the laptop is a round about process.
Cell phone photography is still better the the days of cameras with film and waiting to develop pictures after the trip only to find out the photos were take with your finger over the shutter, the actual subject of the photo not in the photo or the subject cut off by poor photographic talent! With photography, I choose my eagerly taken too many pictures of a subject over missing the subject all together.
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