Recently, Polly #2 went with Debbie for a visit to her hometown of Mechanicsburg, which is located about 8 miles west of Harrisburg, Pa. in Cumberland County. It’s the home of Jubilee Day, which is the largest and longest-running one-day street fair on the east coast. It’s estimated that as many as 60,000 people attend [...]
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Moundsville, West Virginia was named that because at one time there were a lot of Indian burial mounds in this area. Visitors can see the Grave Creek Mound at the Grave Creek Archaeology Complex which is about 10 miles south of Wheeling W.V. Admission is free and includes not only the mound, but also a [...]
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Check out some of the murals I saw during my visit to Cape Cod: This mural on the side of the Kid ‘N Kaboodle Building in Orleans, Massachusetts was painted by Catherine Clark. The 30′ X 50′ mural shows Beltane and her calf, Cats Eyes–two real humpback whales that the artist observed in nature. 2 [...]
Polly #2 was quite pleasantly surprised when she came upon this cute little church on a drive through West Virginia. It is located in Horse Shoe Run in rural West Virginia, which is south of Deep Creek, MD on Rt. 219 at Silver Lake. It is a Roman Catholic Church. It is called “Our Lady [...]
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Located in Cumberland, Maryland, this mural created by John P. Alderton is painted on the side of the Cumberland Times-News building. Located a short hop, skip, and jump away from the Western Maryland Railroad Station, we checked it out as soon as we got off the train. [...]
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I guess I could start off by saying that the signs in England shouldn’t be too much different from what we’re used to in the USA. But when you see this picture, I think you’ll agree with me that you’ve never seen a name of a town that looks quite like this. I almost missed [...]
I think I’m becoming obsessed with signs because I didn’ t realize until recently how many signs I see every day. It’s really fun looking at the signs in other countries to see if I can figure out what they mean. When I went on the ferry to cross from Ireland to Wales in England, [...]
I recently went on vacation with Debbie and her family to Bonaire. It’s a Dutch Island and is part of the Netherlands Antilles. Dutch, English and Spanish are some if the languages spoken there, so you see signs in different languages all over the island. I can’t believe all the different signs I saw there. [...]
Today, Polly found a wonderful little restaurant/gas station/general store that’s off of the beaten track and far from the maddening city crowds. She broke out her trusty GPS and navigated as we took I-68 to the Fifteen Mile Creek Road exit, drove to the top of Green Ridge Mountain, and turned left on the road [...]
