We always enjoy getting out this weekend of the year. The cool nights and the trees changing. We had planned on staying in Hyde Park, NY but when we arrived the campground was full. We ended up higher in the hills further north but it was a nice peaceful place to camp with full hook-ups. Problem was we weren't sure where we were so our plans changed a bit.
A rare photo of Sandi and I together. Not that we are never apart, it's just we never set one of the cameras up to take a timed photo.
Part of our original plan was to get to Rhinebeck Aeridrome which we did. It has been fifteen years or so since my last visit and nothing had really changed all that much.
The old planes were still flying and the Black Barron and Sir Percy will still at it fighting over Trudy True-Love, dropping bombs on each other and getting a little dog-fighting in.
One change was that they now have two 1949 Specials flying so plenty of folks were able to take to the skies for a ten minute flight.
Standing along the flight line, many of the same planes were on static display. They still have the original 1920's cars and did get a few of the early replica aircraft up in the air which still sport the original motors.
Traveling around in the fall is always a wonderful experience each year. Part of the fun is not knowing where you are going or when you are goin to get there. You suddenly find yourself really enjoying the simplist of things.
And of course you never know what you will find when you get there. Almost Twilight Zone, in the middle of no where passenger cars from the long ago Connecticut Valley Rail System. These cars were in really great shape and perhaps someday they will find themselves back in service.
I had often thought wouldn't it be really cool to refurbish one of these old cars into an apartment on wheels complete with a kitchen, bath and living area and just piggy-back your way around the country. They certainly are big enough.
Fall produce is always great, green tomatos, pumpkind, squash and such. Just a wonderful time of year to fill the cellar for the coming winter months.
This is one very serious pumpkin cannon. The barrel is over thirty feet long and it's powered by two 500 gallon air tanks!
Good farm stands are easy to find the further away from cities you get.
