We return to Steamtown to watch a coal fired steam locomotive in action. It was a sight out of history. The Clouds of smoke and steam accompanied by an unforgettable sound of steam power came from the 4-6-4 locomotive. This brought back memories of the steam locomotives I saw when I was a kid. Yes, I’m old enough to remember them. I can only imagine what the sight and sounds would have been if this were one of the big behemoths.
I created a couple of movies and placed them in a separate directory in Picasa.
Milford is a town advertised as a historic place. It was a disappointment.
We stopped at the Wal-Mart in Middletown, NY to get the oil changed in the Roadtrek and stock up on supplies for our 4-night stay in the Catskills.
We were planning to stay in the Catskills tonight and driving down to the Hudson River to tour the Franklin D. Roosevelt estate and Vanderbilt Mansion tomorrow but decide to stay the night nearer to the Hudson River tonight. The visitors’ center in New Paltz, NY gave us the names of a couple RV campground that weren’t too far away. We chose Creekview Campsites in Rosendale, NY. It’s a nice little place to overnight.
Tomorrow’s drive to the two estates will be much easier and I wont have to drive again for several days once we reach the Catskills tomorrow afternoon. We both are looking forward to having a few down-days where we can just relax.
I left the tracker off all day so there will be another hole in our track. This is the second time I’ve done that on this trip. Some of the other holes in the track are due to poor coverage of the APRS network.
