NY Trippin' - Putzing around PA, NY, and NJ

Sunday, July 22

What a beautiful day! Started the day with a delicious breakfast of blueberry pancakes. After breakfast we headed into Milford PA to soak up some local color.

We went to have lunch at the Black Bear Cafe. Had mexican food.....in Pennsylvania! At a place called Black Bear?? Go figure. And it was good! I had enchiladas, rice and beans. Not tex mex, but good!

Then we checked out an art exhibit downtown. It was full of local(ish) artists.

Then we walked across the street to a little park and there was a jazz band playing and kids making their own art. I'm not kidding! It was like something you'd see in a movie.

Afterwards, we went to see the home of the most popular governor of Pennsylvania. I, of course, can't remember his name. But, the estate is called Grey towers. AMAZINGLY beautiful!

 Then we crossed Dingman's bridge-an old metal bridge. Finally, we checked out Dingman's Falls. Because of a storm a couple of years ago, unbeknownst to us, the road was closed because of damage. So we had to walk a LONG way to see the falls. There is more than one set of falls, but I put a photo of the biggest one below.

 



We had a wonderful day. Then we went to the grocery, picked up chicken to grill for dinner. Charlie lit the torches on the deck and we enjoyed dinner on the deck.

The next day we went with Charlie to work in Katonah, NY. It's a 1 1/2 hour drive! It took us longer longer on Monday because we drove into a bunch of rain. Here's where we crossed the Delaware river into New York.

Charlie's job is a restoration artist for antique lawn art. I'm talking expensive lawn art. Like, thousands of dollars for an urn expensive. This business is owned by a lady who owns like 3 or 4 houses, this house being their farmhouse. It's unbelievable.....

 

Below is Charlie's workshop at the farmhouse.

That night, when we returned to Charlies, there was a big storm. The wind blew, the rain fell. The trees were swaying. Big limbs fell. It was a little scary. That night the electricity went out for a bit. Didn't matter to me though. I hit the pillow and I was out.....

Next: Leaving Charlie's and spending time down in southern PA in amish country. And we saw a covered bridge!