Our first stop in the 2025 Fall trip....Savannah.
MERRY MEADOWS CAMPGROUND HIKING ON SITE! Never ending path along a stream...
HAPPY PASTURES IN SKANEATELES- Darwin found a friend to romp with in the fields.
CARPENTER FALLS SKANEATELES
WHAAAAT??? NEED TO TELL PEOPLE NOT TO THROW THINGS AT ROCK CLIMBERS??
While we were at the Lake Placid Fire Department's campground, Darwin and I ventured down to the lake behind our campsite numerous times. On one occasion, saw not 1 or 2 bur FIVE river otters happily swimming around and then eventually in the general direction of US. How CUTE I thought to myself!!! Then one of them stayed in this one spot about 30 feet from us and kind of just stared at us while making a "sputtering" sound. Awesome! He is trying to communicate with me... so naturally I began sputtering / to mimic the otter. Interestingly, Darwin all the while seemed to be getting increasingly stressed over this situation. At first, he paced and pulled at the leash- out of there in the direction of the RV. HOWEVER, by the time I had got to about the 3rd round of sputtering back and forth with that otter, Darwin could no longer take it and he lunged with his front paws flying into my gut!!! Darwin wanted to be clear that it was... "Time to exit stage left!!" Alright already- so we left, and I got to thinking about whether otters ever get aggressive and whether that sound the otter was making was one of aggression..... Looked it up online, and well, lets say its a good idea to trust your pup because YES on both counts for the otter. They CAN be aggressive and definitely that sound I found online and it IS a sound warning of aggressiveness to follow if you don't back the F*%K off!!!
HIGH FALLS GORGE LAKE PLACID AREA
FULL MOON RISE OVER LAKE PLACID MIRROR LAKE
For real?!?! People need to be told NOT to throw things at mountain climbers below??!! We have really devolved as a society when apparently idiots have acted inappropriately enough to warrant a sign....
Fall colors sadly AGAIN like last year are kinda "Meh"...
PIXELY PARK on the way to see Pete & Brenda in AVA, NY
THE VIEW FROM OUR ROOM IN NYC- PARK TERRACE ON BRYANT PARK
Below.... Radioactive Pigeons at Grand Central Station???
TINY TABASCO SAUCE AT THE BRANCH RESTAURANT AT BRYANT PARK
.................................ROCKEFELLER PLAZA NYC
......................................NYC PUBLIC LIBRARY
GRAND CENTRAL
ST CLOUD ROOFTOP RESTAURANT BAR
Yummy Pink Martini.... matching wardrobe... Impressive!
BELOW- DARWIN VISITS THE AKC MUSEUM OF THE DOG
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,Pisgah Covered Bridge in North Carolina...
Zooland Family campground Halloween neighbor decorations,
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Bedford Virginia.... the National D-Day Memorial.... NOT a govt supported site! Very informative, with moving statue tributes to the view on Normandy on that day....
Above.... in South Carolina when Ilea went to put out the Bedroom Slide Room, she heard a 'bad' snap bang sound, and immediately that slide stopped sliding! Upon investigation, this one 21 year old bolt finally failed. Luckily the replacement was under 10 minutes and under $2 !!! Wished ALL RV repairs were this cheap and simple!!!!!
BELOW- we went to the worlds only, quite unique- BUTTON MUSEUM. That fellow, a guy named Dalton had his moment of fame on Johnny Carson and other shows.... he decorated several cars, several caskets (including his own for when he passed in 2015) and guitars, as well as the outfit (jeans and shirt) covered with thousands and thousands of yep- BUTTONS. This FREE Museum now run by Dalton's son who spent a good amount of time talking with us
Also we made a stop at the COTTON MUSEUM....
I must be "Out of my Cotton pickin mind!!"
Our FINAL stop on the trip- Return to Savannah! The Hindu Temple SVG
Kind of ironic- looming OVER the sanctity of the temple, A modern technical wonder-
BELOW- the MAP of the 2025 FALL FOLIAGE GE VOYAGE that's got a ring to it:
THE VOYAGE TO THE FOLIAGE!!!!!!,
