Taking the Northern Route
This is the final segment of our No-fly Trip to Paris. We disembarked from the Queen Mary 2 in New York, reclaimed our car, and drove back to California.
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Our first stop was the family farm in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. We rested up and celebrated the Fourth of July. |
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Driving west near the Canadian border, we reached Alexandria Bay, New York where we took a tour of the 1000 Islands and Boldt Castle. |
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We drove south, across the state of New York, along the shore of Lake Cayuga, to Corning, NY, home of the Corning Museum of Glass |
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Hopewell Furnace, Pennsylvania, is an 18th century blast furnace. There was a whole community supporting the cast iron business. |
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Williamsburg, Virginia was important in the early years of the country, and has been recreated to allow us to better understand life in colonial America |
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Shirley Plantation, Monticello, Blue Ridge and the Greenbrier. |
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The Midlands: West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois |
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Galena, Illinois was the home of Ulysses S. Grant. The city grew prosperous as a lead mining center. |
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Into the West: Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota |
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The Black Hills of South Dakota |
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Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and home to California |