36th Anniversary

Jan and Lew have been Roomies for awhile now....

They were Married in a
Country Church
on Oct 29,1971.

Happy 36th Anniversary, Kids.

Still the Smiling Bride.

Still One Lucky Guy.

Slippery Rock Creek.
A good place to
Celebrate an Anniversary
with a Walk in the Woods.

McConnell's Mill
utilized the
Power of the Water
for many years.
Thankfully preserved
as a State Park.

MS DOLPHIN


This Post is about Ms Dolphin.

Here she is Patiently Waiting for her Humanoids.
(Badlands Wall)
Isn't she pretty??

Ms Dolphin wants to show off her Powerful 4cyl 144CID Electronically Fuel Injected 22RE Toyota Engine.

THE ENGINE ROOM
This is what makes possible all of the "Toing and Froing"
back-and-forth across the Continent the Humans seem so fond of.

This is how and where Ms Dolphin's Toads ride.
Notice the 8KBTU 10.8EER Air Conditioner installation. Keeps the Humans (and Cat) COOL.
Oh, and Ms Dolphin wants you to notice her Cutting Edge LED Tail Light Setup.

Lew wants to show off the Flojet Macerator Sewage Pump.
It makes Dump time a breeze.
The Green discharge line is permanently connected and Capped,
so there is no Rinsing of a Biohazard Laden Stinky Slinky.
Just unscrew the Cap (a standard 5/8" garden hose part) and stick
the end in the Dumpstation Pipe. Then flip the Pump switch.
When empty, flip the switch off and carefully cap the Discharge Line.
Done.

We are all proud of Ms Dolphin's Kyocera 125W Solar Panel.
Makes 7.1Amps at 17VDC on a sunny mid-day.
Notice also the Cellphone/Aircard Antenna (little vertical one).
The Flying Saucer is an Amplified TV Antenna.

This is Ms Dolphin's lovely Day Lounge/Dining Room/Kitchen.
Bathroom to the rear.

Welcome to Hotel Dolphin!

This is the Nature-Pure Water Filter. Same technology as the Backpacker Filters.
It will filter Ditch Water safe for Drinking.

This is the "Buffy machine", a Samsung 19" LCD HDTV.
Just insert your favorite episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in the DVD Player
(above the TV) and flip on the 12VDC Inverter.

Fall in Pennsylvania

Fall in Penns Woods....Time for some Bicycle Riding. Labor Day weekend found us on the old New York Central branchline through Pine Creek Gorge.




At this point one can leave the Rail Trail and walk up the path to the Rim of "Pennsylvania's Little Grand Canyon".

Here we are in the Gorge and the old Railroad Milepost Marker tells us we are 117 Miles from Someplace. I wonder where those far-off-in-Time travelers were bound for?? Can you see them gazing out the Parlor Car Windows at this scene?

The next Weekend (9/8) found us up the Mountain above Cumberland,MD on the old Western Maryland.

We rode alongside what has become the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.

And Lookie, Lookie at what we found!!

The next day we were many miles further west outside of Connellsville,Pa.

Today we are 56 Miles from Somewhere. (Pittsburgh)

This is one of few places in-the-Land where an RV Park (with nice Swimming Pool) is immediately beside a Rail Trail.

Sunday, 9/23, we were on the Ernst Trail (an old Bessemer RR branch outside Meadville,PA).

Well, well. A Rail Trail with a Covered bridge. Hmm.

The Bessemer Main Line. The Iron Ore which produced much of America's Steel traveled past this very spot.

The last Weekend in September we were back in Frostburg,Md (up the mountain from Cumberland).

We bicycled (slowly) 7.2Mi up the mountain and through Savage Mountain Tunnel.

So we could come screaming all Hair-on-Fire back down again. Boy, She sure
is Fast!

The first weekend in October we went to Meyersdale,PA where we used to live (old Western Maryland again).

After cycling up the 7Mi to Deal (the Summit on the Western Maryland), we zoomed back down to Meyersdale.
Yup, there is now a Wind Farm on Whitehorse Mountain.

At 2400Ft elevation, on October 6 the leaves are just beginning to change...
Global Climate Change comes to Meyersdale??
Perhaps we need a lot more Wind Turbines and Bicycles, Eh?