DiVoran has been writing for most of her life. Her first attempt at a story was when she was seven years old and her mother got a new typewriter. DiVoran got to use it and when her dad saw her writing he asked what she was writing about. DiVoran answered that she was writing the story of her life. Her dad’s only comment was, “Well, it’s going to be a very short story.” After most of a lifetime of writing and helping other writers, DiVoran finally launched her own dream which was to write a novel of her own. She now has her Florida Springs trilogy and her novel, a Christian Western Romance, Go West available on Amazon. When speaking about her road to publication, she gives thanks to the Lord for all the people who helped her grow and learn. She says, “I could never have done it by myself, but when I got going everything fell beautifully into place, and I was glad I had started on my dream.”
Greetings friends. Judy usually posts on Sunday but she is busily completing an afghan for a friend. If you remember she wrote about her long time delight in afghans and the love that goes into each one she creates.
I have zero skills with crochet or any crafts, but this week, I just happened to have created a tiny video for a Bible verse that is dear to my heart. So many times I just don’t understand life and this verse always brings me peace and confidence. May it do the same for you.
As an FYI, You Tube chooses the video suggestions after this one plays. Does anyone know how to disable that?
On September 24th my husband and I loaded up our truck and set off from our home in Western North Carolina on a three week road trip to Arkansas. Why Arkansas, you might ask? Well, we had never explored the state and a friend who would join our journey in Arkansas, offered to share her time share week with us.
It was a beautiful day to begin our journey and we chose the slow route on US 76 through Northern Georgia. We decided to stay on back roads once we entered Tennessee, avoiding the traffic and interstate of Chattanooga.
Scottsboro, Alabama boasts a fun store, Unclaimed Baggage. The company buys bulk lots of unclaimed baggage and freight from airlines. Basically one is buying someone else’s clothes and gear. We have been there twice before and have found bargains. On this day, we struck out, but it was a fun break from being on the road.
On previous visits to Unclaimed Baggage we didn’t spend any time in the town of Scottsboro, but this trip we had decided to spend the night. In part so that we could explore and also because we were limiting our daily travel to around 6 hours. After checking into our hotel we were ready to eat. Searching online for a place to have supper, I found a restaurant that looked promising. The phone GPS did a fine job routing us and we arrived with no problems. On the way I was surprised to see how pretty the area was with beautiful Lake Guntersville and distant hills. Hugely different from the dismal original downtown.
Photo Credit created by dji camera at Alabama.travel
I chose tonight’s restaurant due to it’s funky name, 50 Taters and excellent reviews. What a great southern name! My meal goal on this road trip was to eat in as many local establishments as possible. Little did I know how necessary this was going to become. The business began as a food truck specializing in 50 ways to load a baked potato and I wasn’t expecting the huge menu. Another fun thing about this restaurant is our table for two was made from an old Singer sewing machine!
We decided to share a BBQ platter and it was delicious! The wait staff were friendly and fast and seemed happy to be there.
When we finished our meal, we decided to go back to our hotel for an early night. I didn’t want to tire my hubby on our first day of the trip.
November 4, 2021
Last week we drove to South Carolina to deliver chicken soup to a friend. We decided to add a little adventure to the familiar drive along US 76 west to enjoy the delayed Fall foliage. We stopped at the Bull Sluice put in on the Chataooga river and I walked down to the beach.
I was a little disappointed with the amount of color but it was a steep walk down the path to the water and I didn’t trust my ability to make it back up if I went any further.
As I began up the return path, I felt some anxiety. There was no one to help me and my husband definitely should not try to rescue me. As my concern increased, I decided to check my heart rate on my fitness watch. 117. Not bad. I’m ok. I can do this. I began counting my steps, finding that 40 steps was my limit before I needed to rest. And so I made it up the trail, 40 steps at a time.
Afterwards, I reflected on how easy it is to become discouraged. I gained two pounds this week, I lost my cool with someone on Twitter, or when will this pandemic ever end? I need to realize life’s problems can be approached by just taking “40 steps” at a time.
After my retirement, I decided to re-learn the canning and preserving skills I learned from my mother but hadn’t practiced for twenty years. I titled the blog Old Things R New to chronicle my experience. Since then I have been blessed to have six other bloggers join me, DiVoran Lites, Bill Lites, Judy Wills, Louise Gibson, Janet Perez Eckles and Melody Hendrix
In addition to blogging, I work as the publicist/marketer/ amateur editor and general “mom Friday” for my author daughter, Rebekah Lyn. I also manage her website, Rebekah Lyn Books
My 2021 goal is continue to use my love of photographs and words to be an encourager on social media. You can visit Real Life Books and Media You Tube Channel if you would like to view some of the mini-videos I have created for our church, Gateway Community in Titusville, Fl.
This morning I headed south out of North Lima 9 miles on US-62 to visit the War Vet Museum located in Canfield, OH. The museum is housed in the restored original home of Comfort S. Mygatt, built in 1809, and is the American Legion Post 177. It displays historical military artifacts and memorabilia dating from the Civil War period.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Now I headed south 10 miles on SR-46 to visit the Log House Museum located in Columbiana, OH. This museum is housed in a log cabin that sits on the site of the first U.S. Post Office in Columbiana, which was established in 1809. The log cabin was built by Jacob Nessly in 1820 and moved to this location in 1975. This small museum features 1800s quilts as well as pioneer, Civil War, WWI, and WWII artifacts.
It was another 25 miles south on SR-11 to where I tried to visit the Museum of Ceramics located in East Liverpool, OH but they were closed. So, I found SR-7 and continued 20 miles south, along the Ohio River, to the Historic Fort Steuben located in Steubenville, OH. This reconstruction of the 1787 Fort Steuben (built to protect early land surveyors from hostile Indians attacks) is situated on the original site of Fort Steuben, was built in 1987. Visitors can tour the eight buildings that make up the original fort, and get an idea of how the men lived and worked in the wilds of the new Ohio Country (Northwest Territory) during the 18th century.
I got a big surprise when I happened to see a historical marker that said Steubenville was the birthplace of the American singer, actor, and entertainer Dean Martin. I grew up listening to his songs on the radio, watching him in movies, and laughed at him and Jerry Lewis on his TV show over the years.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
I was really looking forward to visiting the Wheels Gone By automobile collection and the Welsh Classic Car Museum, there in Steubenville, but (Greta my Garmin) couldn’t find either one of them. That turned out to be a real Bummer! So, I just headed another 20 miles south on SR-7, skirting the Ohio River, to visit the Sedgwick House Museum located in Martins Ferry, OH. This museum is housed in what was the Sedgwick family home (built in 1870) and displays rare antiques and artifacts related to the history of Martins Ferry and the surrounding area from the early 1800s.
Photo Credit:Bill Lites
It was only about 5 miles south on SR-7 to where I crossed the Ohio River, and drove into Wheeling, WV to visit the Kruger Street Toy and Model Train Museum. The museum is housed in the original 1906 Elm Street Elementary School building, and has an amazing collection of dolls, toys, games, and model train layouts that will amaze young and old alike.
As I was leaving Wheeling, I stopped at the WV Independence Hall and discovered that Wheeling is considered the Birthplace of West Virginia and also served as the Civil War Capital of Virginia. The museum is housed in the original building that was built in 1859 as a Customs House and served many other functions during and after the Civil War.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Now I headed south about 10 miles on SR-7 to visit the West Virginia Penitentiary located in Moundsville, WV. This prison structure was constructed in 1866 and served as a men’s and women’s prison until 1995. In the later years of its operation the prison was listed as one of the Top Ten Most Violent Correctional Facilities by the United States Department of Justice.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
—–To Be Continued—–
Bill is a retired Mechanical engineer living with his wonderful artist/writer wife, DiVoran, of 64 years in Titusville, Florida. He was born and raised in the Southwest, did a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, attended Northrop University in Southern California and ended up working on America’s Manned Space Program for 35 years. He currently is retired and spends most of his time building and flying R/C model airplanes, traveling, writing blogs about his travels for Word Press and supporting his wife’s hobbies with framing, editing and marketing. He also volunteers with a local church Car Care Ministry and as a tour guide at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum there in Titusville. Bill has two wonderful children, two outstanding grandchildren, and a loving sister and her husband, all of whom also live in Central Florida, so he and DiVoran are rewarded by having family close to spend lots of quality time with.
DiVoran has been writing for most of her life. Her first attempt at a story was when she was seven years old and her mother got a new typewriter. DiVoran got to use it and when her dad saw her writing he asked what she was writing about. DiVoran answered that she was writing the story of her life. Her dad’s only comment was, “Well, it’s going to be a very short story.” After most of a lifetime of writing and helping other writers, DiVoran finally launched her own dream which was to write a novel of her own. She now has her Florida Springs trilogy and her novel, a Christian Western Romance, Go West available on Amazon. When speaking about her road to publication, she gives thanks to the Lord for all the people who helped her grow and learn. She says, “I could never have done it by myself, but when I got going everything fell beautifully into place, and I was glad I had started on my dream.”
I have mentioned in other musings that I really love to crochet! I taught myself to crochet, but took lessons to learn to knit. Unfortunately, nothing I knitted fit! I could knit to gauge, but when the garment was finished – it still didn’t fit! It was either too big, or too small. Just never worked. So I have done more crocheting than knitting, and have a great pleasure in it.
When I was learning to crochet, one of the main patterns I saw was the “traditional Granny Square” afghan.
It is made with left-over tidbits of yarn, in no particular pattern or color, but always bordered in black. While I love the look, I have never made a “traditional” Granny Square afghan. Perhaps someday….
For some reason, I started making afghans – more for gifts to friends and family than to myself. Not sure just why, but I remember the first one I made. We were living in Panama City, Florida (actually Tyndall AFB) and had met a family through our church. I became very close friends with the wife of the family. When they were about to move from Panama City back to their hometown, I wanted to do something for them that they could enjoy, and perhaps remember me (our family) when they used it. I found this pattern and liked it.
Lynn and I went to a yarn shop in Panama City to try to match the colors of her couch, which we did. I purchased a lovely yarn that was 4-ply, worsted weight (size), but was nice and light. When I finished the afghan, I found that I had nearly enough yarn left to make another one! And so I did – one for me. Here is a picture of that afghan. It sat on the back of our couch for many years – and actually it reminded me of Lynn and her family as much as I had hoped it would remind Lynn of our family.
1987 – Seaford, Virginia – Judy and Janet on our couch – the afghan behind us
And so, I found that I would make an afghan for wedding presents through the years, in this same pattern. I used many different colors, but the same pattern. My favorite color pattern was dark chocolate brown down to an off-white or cream color. I made quite a few of those colors, but have no picture of any of them. I did find another pattern for a small lap afghan, and had enough brown-tone yarn left to make a couple of small ones in that yarn. I gave them to our church to give to a mission project we did.
My Aunt Jessie wanted one in that pattern, so I made her one in tones of pink. I made one of the same colors for our Karen.
I made one of burgundy shades for our Janet.
I made one in shades of royal blue for a nephew and his fiancé (no picture). I made one in cream with a stripe of dark rust to match the couch of my best friend, Sue.
So, you can see I’ve worked a lot of afghans in that pattern.
But not too long ago, I found this pattern in a book.
While I liked the pattern, I wanted to make a smaller afghan for our Karen – sort of a “half” afghan. Her husband, Brian, likes to sleep in a cold room, so I made a small afghan in just white and aqua just for Karen to cover herself when the room got too cold.
And so, when I looked at that pattern in the pattern book recently, I thought to myself, “that looks really pretty.”
But when I purchased the yarn to make it like the picture, I again thought to myself “how can these colors possibly go together???” But now that I’m working on it, they go together amazingly! And bordered by white just makes the colors “pop” out! This one will be a wedding present, as well.
This is such fun! I am so glad to be able to work these things! God is good!
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
Leaving South Buffalo this morning, I headed southwest on I-90 some 60 miles, skirting along the Lake Erie shoreline, to visit the Barcelona Lighthouse located in Westfield, NY. This lighthouse was built in 1828 and served the Portland Harbor area until 1859 when the lighthouse was deactivated. However, now privately owned, the lighthouse is in working order and still burns to this day.
Photo Credit Bill Lites
Now I took US-20 southwest 20 miles along the Lake Erie shoreline, across the border, to visit the Lake Shore Railway Museum located in North East, PA. This museum is housed in the 1899 NYC Railroad Passenger Depot, and displays railroad artifacts and memorabilia dating from 1890s. The museum also has several restored pieces of rolling stock and diesel-electric locomotives dating from 1910.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
It was another 15 miles southwest on US-20 to where I visited the Firefighters Historical Museum located in Erie, Pa. This museum is situated in the 1903 Engine Company No.4 station (which replaced the original 1873 Eagle Hose Company station that used only hand-pulled firefighting apparatus) and displays many firefighting artifacts and memorabilia dating from the early 1800s.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Before leaving Erie, I swung by the Eriez Speedway just to see what it was all about. Nothing was going on, but I discovered this 3/8-mile dirt track is the home of the” World of Outlaws Morton Building Late Model Series” races that are scheduled year-around.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Next, I continued southwest 30 miles on US-20, along the Lake Erie shoreline and across another border, to visit the Conneaut Railroad Museum located in Conneaut, OH but it was closed. However, their website informs me that this museum is housed in the former LS&MS Passenger Depot (built in 1900) and displays many railroad artifacts and exhibits dating from the 1800s. Their centerpiece is the restored 1944 Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 steam locomotive #755.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Now it was only 20 miles southwest on US-20 to where I visited the Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum located in Ashtabula, OH. The Museum is housed in the former home of William & Katherine Hubbard. Built in 1841, this house served as the northern end of the ‘Underground Railroad’ that supported escaping slaves from the antebellum South during the pre-Civil War years.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Just a few blocks away I tried to visit the Ashtabula Maritime Museum, but it was closed. So, I turned south 50 miles on SR-11 & SR-45 to my next stop to visit the National Packard Museum located in Warren, OH. This museum is housed in the original 1917 Packard Dealership building and has on display 35 beautifully restored Packard automobiles dating from 1901 to 1956. WOW! What beautiful cars!
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Another 20 miles south on US-422/62 I tried to visit the Lanterman’s Mill (grist mill) located in the picturesque Mill Creek Park area in Youngstown, OH but it was closed. Their website has informed me that the mill was built in 1846, providing residents with grains from local grown corn, wheat, and buckwheat until the late 1800s. In 1892 the Mill Creek Park purchased the mill and restored it to its original condition, and it operates today as it did in the mid-1800s.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Next on the list there in Youngstown was a visit to the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor. This center is dedicated to the history and the people who worked in the local steel industry that dominated Youngstown during the 20th century. Steel industry exhibits, artifacts and photographs tell the engrossing story.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
It was another 10 miles south on SR-7 to where tonight’s motel was located in North Lima, OH. When I checked in, I asked the desk clerk for good restaurants in the area, and he said Steamer’s was close. I ordered their Baked Penne & Sausage plate. The room was cold, so I left my iced tea, sunglasses, and a museum brochure on the table while I went to the van for my long-sleeved shirt. When I returned to my table, it had been cleared and my stuff was gone. “What is going on here?” Evidently another server had cleared the table. I don’t know what she was thinking, but now they had to scurry around to find my sunglasses and brochure and bring more iced tea. My meal finally came, and it was excellent.
Bill is a retired Mechanical engineer living with his wonderful artist/writer wife, DiVoran, of 64 years in Titusville, Florida. He was born and raised in the Southwest, did a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, attended Northrop University in Southern California and ended up working on America’s Manned Space Program for 35 years. He currently is retired and spends most of his time building and flying R/C model airplanes, traveling, writing blogs about his travels for Word Press and supporting his wife’s hobbies with framing, editing and marketing. He also volunteers with a local church Car Care Ministry and as a tour guide at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum there in Titusville. Bill has two wonderful children, two outstanding grandchildren, and a loving sister and her husband, all of whom also live in Central Florida, so he and DiVoran are rewarded by having family close to spend lots of quality time with.
DiVoran has been writing for most of her life. Her first attempt at a story was when she was seven years old and her mother got a new typewriter. DiVoran got to use it and when her dad saw her writing he asked what she was writing about. DiVoran answered that she was writing the story of her life. Her dad’s only comment was, “Well, it’s going to be a very short story.” After most of a lifetime of writing and helping other writers, DiVoran finally launched her own dream which was to write a novel of her own. She now has her Florida Springs trilogy and her novel, a Christian Western Romance, Go West available on Amazon. When speaking about her road to publication, she gives thanks to the Lord for all the people who helped her grow and learn. She says, “I could never have done it by myself, but when I got going everything fell beautifully into place, and I was glad I had started on my dream.”
Fred and I both enjoyed our two tours-of-duty to Germany immensely. While we might not have partaken of a lot of German-American activities, we did some. We were highly involved with our church activities, and our daughters activities, as well. But that didn’t mean we didn’t enjoy the culture, food, etc. of Germany.
And we were extremely grateful to be living in a land so far from our home country. One of the best benefits, was to look at the U.S. from the outside. That was an amazing perspective!
I took German lessons before and after we arrived in Germany, to better be able to communicate with the German people. I was some-what successful in that effort. We had been told that the German people were most appreciative of any effort Americans made to speak the language – not just expect the Germans to learn and understand our English.
When we lived in Wiesbaden,
Photo by Judy
I found an Austrian lady who was married to a German man and was willing to tutor me in German. I thoroughly enjoyed my lessons, and tried very hard to learn the language. Our Karen was under three-years-old at that time, and since my tutor had a young son, I took her with me to my lessons and the children played while we mothers worked on German lessons. My final lesson was more of a “tea party” than a lesson. She served me some Austrian pastry, and coffee with whipped cream in it! Yummmmmm!
I took lessons with a group, from those offered on the military base we lived near. Not nearly so much fun as my Austrian tutor, but efficient, just the same. Our final test was to pair up with another person, go to the hauptstrasse (main street) of downtown Heidelberg with a set of questions. We were to stop someone on the street, ask our question in German, and record their answer, in German. We were rather nervous about this procedure, but we did it. Those we stopped looked rather stern when we stopped them, but then gave us our answer in the most polite and friendly way possible. It was an amazing experience!
And so, when Fred would come home from his work (both in Wiesbaden as well as Heidelberg), and tell me of the complaints that came from his co-workers, it rather set me off! They would complain that “there’s nothing to do here, except go to the club and drink!” I was rather furious at that comment! I told Fred – “they are here at government expense! There is all of Europe to explore! What is the MATTER with them??”
I have no idea whether or not Fred was able to pass that sentiment along to those guys. And I have to admit that most of them were single airmen (enlisted personnel), who were mostly away from home for the very first time. And as a matter of fact, we tried all we could to help them. Occasionally I would fix a traditional American meal (perhaps Thanksgiving turkey with all the trimmings), and have a large meal with some of the guys to share the meal with us.
Credit Church Art
We did all we could to help them get past the loneliness and enjoy the beauty of Europe.
We were told of one young man who determined to enjoy his experience in Germany. He refused the base housing, and lived in a German apartment. He got to know his landlords and shared experiences with them. He participated in the local activities. He learned to read and speak German. He joined a local “little theater” (as we would call it here) and participated in some of their productions. In other words, he immersed himself in the local culture. He was sad to leave Germany, and those he had come to know, were sad to see him go.
As you might had gleaned from some of my posts about “Random Memories of Germany” – we did everything we could to immerse ourselves – and our daughters – in Germany and Europe. It was a wonderful experience, and our memories are precious to us.
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
This morning I headed north out of Syracuse on SR-370 about 5 miles to visit the Salt Museum located on the Onondaga Lake in Liverpool, NY. Salt: that common ingredient that flavors our world, and that most of us can’t do without. It all started in 1788 when Asa Danforth and Comfort Tayler came to Onondaga County New York, and with the help of the Native Onondagas, erected the first salt works. The museum has an assortment of exhibits and artifacts used in the early 1800s to mine and process salt.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Next it was north 30 miles on I-81 to visit the H. Lee White Maritime Museum located at the Oswego Historic Maritime District in Oswego, NY. The museum is situated in the 1925 former grain elevator freight house and has a variety of rare marine artifacts dating from the 16th century. The museum also includes the WWII Tugboat LT-5 and the 1927 Darrick Boat #8. This museum also maintains the old Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse built in 1934, to replace the original 1880 light.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Before leaving Oswego, it was only a short drive to checkout the Oswego Speedway. Known as the “Steel Palace” this track is the “Home of the Supermodifieds” open-wheel racecars. There was nothing going on at the speedway, so I just found SR-104 and headed west.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
It was some 30 miles west on SR-104 to where I had planned to visit the Chimney Bluffs State Park in Wolcott, NY. Time was against me, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to see all the places on my list today, so I skipped this park. I continued west on SR-104 another 35 miles to where I tried to visit the Schutt’s Apple Mill in Webster, NY but they were closed. So, it was just 15 miles west to Rochester, NY where I visited the George Eastman Museum. This museum is located in the 1905 George Eastman House (I’d call 35,000 sq. ft. a mansion) and is said to be the world’s oldest museum dedicated to photography open to the public.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
I passed up the Charlotte Genesse Lighthouse and continued west another 45 miles on SR-31/31A to visit the Medina Railroad Museum located in the 1905 NYCRR Freight Depot in Medina, NY. The museum displays antique railroad artifacts and restored rolling stock, and normally provides steam train tours throughout the year. The museum also has a large model train layout for all to enjoy.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
It was another 35 miles west on SR-31 to where I had planned to visit the Niagara Falls Wax Museum and the Observation Tower. But arriving in Niagara Falls, I found the entire area absolutely mobbed with tourists. I gave up any idea of trying to visiting the museum and tower (that was a real disappointment) and headed for the Niagara Aerospace Museum a few miles east. This museum located adjacent to the Niagara Falls International Airport has a small collection of rare historic aircraft and replicas dating from the 1950s. Most of these exhibits and memorabilia represent the historical influence of the Bell Aircraft Company and the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corporation on this area dating from the 1920s.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Now it was only a few miles south on SR-265, along the Niagara River, to where I visited the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum located in North Tonawanda, NY. This museum is housed in the original 1910 factory complex and displays wood carrousels and other rare artifacts representing the many products this company manufactured from 1833 to 1955.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Before leaving the North Tonawanda area I drove a few blocks south to check out the National Railway Historical Museum. This small museum is the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the NRHS and is located in the original 1922 Eire Railroad Freight Depot. The museum displays railroad artifacts dating from early 1900s and several pieces of restored rolling stock.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
Now I headed south 20 miles on I-195, along the Niagara River to visit The Steel Plant Museum of Western NY located on Lake Erie in the Heritage Discovery Center in Buffalo, NY (known as one of the “Rust Belt Cities”). The museum was closed, but their website informs me the museum displays artifacts and memorabilia related to the history of the western New York steel industry dating from the early 1800s.
Photo Credit: Bill Lites
It was only a short drive south on US-62 to find my motel for the night in South Buffalo. After I got checked in and carried my things into my room, I warmed up my leftover Baked Lasagna, from the Basil Leaf Italian Ristorante and enjoyed that great meal again. Yummmm!
Bill is a retired Mechanical engineer living with his wonderful artist/writer wife, DiVoran, of 64 years in Titusville, Florida. He was born and raised in the Southwest, did a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, attended Northrop University in Southern California and ended up working on America’s Manned Space Program for 35 years. He currently is retired and spends most of his time building and flying R/C model airplanes, traveling, writing blogs about his travels for Word Press and supporting his wife’s hobbies with framing, editing and marketing. He also volunteers with a local church Car Care Ministry and as a tour guide at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum there in Titusville. Bill has two wonderful children, two outstanding grandchildren, and a loving sister and her husband, all of whom also live in Central Florida, so he and DiVoran are rewarded by having family close to spend lots of quality time with.
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