Our trip to the Northeast

fossis · Nov 28, 2008

Our Daughter & future Son-in-law sent my wife & I Amtrak tickets to come visit them in Northern PA.
We left on the first of Oct, & stayed gone eight days.
We left from Little Rock Ar, went through St. Louis, Chicago, & ended up in Buffalo, (they met us there), then we spent the
day at Niagara Falls & Canada.
They work in Montrose Pa, & his 'old stomping grounds' are just over in NY state.
They took us all over the area, State Parks, Syracuse, Ithica, up into the Adirondacks, the Herkimer diamond mines, we saw
quaint little villages, & some beautiful country, (found a few small Herkimers), he also took me to a shale pit where we found a
few small Trilobites. (fossils)
The stone walls in the area are (Pa Bluestone), thin pieces of stone perfect for stacking.
You folks up there sure have some beautiful country, & I hope to visit again someday.
My computer has been down, but thanks to this great couple, (they sent me a refurbished one), I am now back in action.

Fossis..................

Mental Granny · Nov 28, 2008

Carl, great pics I bet you all had a blast. You did see some beautiful sites, do you have more?

ashleen · Nov 28, 2008

Fossis,

Great pics! Thanks for posting.

We loved Niagara, did it several years ago

We've done quite a bit of upstate NY. We loved the St. Lawrence seaway trip 3 years ago.
And had some good luck at the Herkimer diamond mine. Found 1 perfect one in mine #1, then hit a great little pocket in mine #2.
Did you see the museum upstairs in the jewelry store?

Yarrum · Nov 28, 2008

Gorgeous scenery and awesome pics, thanks for sharing them with us.

fossis · Nov 28, 2008

Evy.......
We sure did enjoy the trip, hope to go back someday & spend more time, so much we didn't see yet.
I'll try & put up a few more, kinda rusty, & this system is different from my old one.
Ashleen ........
Yes it is georgeous country, we saw some folks from a Maryland rock club that found some good Herkimers, but we really didn't
have that much time, & no I didn't get up to see the museum.
Yarrum........
Glad to share with you.

scotto · Nov 28, 2008

Awesome pics buddy, looks like you had a great time! :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing!

fossis · Nov 28, 2008

Thanks Scotto

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packerbacker · Nov 29, 2008

Yep, looks like a nice trip fossis. I lived near Ithaca for a while as a kid. (Trumansburg to be exact) Lots of memories there. Thanks for the post

fossis · Nov 29, 2008

packerbacker said:
Yep, looks like a nice trip fossis. I lived near Ithaca for a while as a kid. (Trumansburg to be exact) Lots of memories there. Thanks for the post

You're welcome, they even drove us by the old (gun factory) in Ithica.
I remember going thru Trumansburg.
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fish4walleye · Nov 29, 2008

" they live in montrose,but old stompin grounds just over border into NY" hmm,maybe I know him am just north of Susquehanna,Pa.,love all the areas you travelled to.went to Herkimer twice this past summer with small finds

rmptr · Nov 29, 2008

GREAT pictures Fossis!

:thumbsup:

packerbacker · Nov 29, 2008

fossis, my grandfather and my great grandfather both worked for the Ithaca Gun Co. Together they made one of the first single-trigger, double-barreled 12 gauges to come out of there. One of the barrels was modified and it fired first, the second barrel was a full choke and fired second with the thinking being, if you missed the first shot, the target is now farther away and requires a fuller choke to reach it. It had some neat checkering on the stock and they engraved geese on the sides of the gun. They "obtained" it and it got passed down to my father. When my father passed away, it got passed down to my older brother. My brother didn't have any sons and his daughter wasn't interested in hunting so my brother passed it down to one of my sons. A few years after my son got it, his house was robbed and that shotgun was one of the items stolen. Thanks for making me think of that again. >:(

..............lol. Anyway, none of the family knows about the stolen shotgun except my other sons. (The first time I fired it I was about 8 years old, I think, at my Grandpa's house in Spencer, NY.

rmptr · Nov 29, 2008

Ithaca made a great pump gun, also.
Ejected out the bottom, if I recall correctly.

fossis · Nov 29, 2008

fish4walleye said:
" they live in montrose,but old stompin grounds just over border into NY" hmm,maybe I know him am just north of Susquehanna,Pa.,love all the areas you travelled to.went to Herkimer twice this past summer with small finds

We needed bigger tools at the mines, maybe a large sledge & crowbars.

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fossis · Nov 29, 2008

rmptr said:
GREAT pictures Fossis!

Thanks rmptr.

Fossis................

fossis · Nov 29, 2008

packerbacker said:
fossis, my grandfather and my great grandfather both worked for the Ithaca Gun Co. Together they made one of the first single-trigger, double-barreled 12 gauges to come out of there. One of the barrels was modified and it fired first, the second barrel was a full choke and fired second with the thinking being, if you missed the first shot, the target is now farther away and requires a fuller choke to reach it. It had some neat checkering on the stock and they engraved geese on the sides of the gun. They "obtained" it and it got passed down to my father. When my father passed away, it got passed down to my older brother. My brother didn't have any sons and his daughter wasn't interested in hunting so my brother passed it down to one of my sons. A few years after my son got it, his house was robbed and that shotgun was one of the items stolen. Thanks for making me think of that again. ..............lol. Anyway, none of the family knows about the stolen shotgun except my other sons. (The first time I fired it I was about 8 years old, I think, at my Grandpa's house in Spencer, NY.

What some 'great history', I have owned an Ithica before years ago, loved those old fancy engravings.
So sad the world has thieves, (sorry for your lost treasure), I had a 10 year collection of old bottles, Indian Artifacts, stolen,
plus a $1,000.00 bill (Confederate) , listed at the time for $600.00- $1,000.00, this was 30 some years ago.

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