A-1 Motel Utica

... and the quality of the cars in the museum. Apparently Mr. George Staley rebuilt most of the cars in the museum and his brother worked on the antique tractors. It is definitely worth the price of admission. There are a lot of cars in there that you'd be hard pressed to find in the famous car museums around the country. And they even had more cars than the Prince of Monaco!!

... What kind of hotel charges to use the lift and airconditioner???

Wednesday afternoon was better, we went to the Borgese Gallery to see the Bernini sculptures... wow, I was really blown away and didnt really expect to be. The way Bernini somehow made the marble come to life was amazing... the marble looked like it had muscles and emotion and life... first time a sculpture has impressed me. Think I am doing sculpture this term... see if I have ...

... chose these easy meals as the plated meals seamed to be a bit more expensive compared to what we had come across so far. Anyway my burger was great and Cath's roll was ok. Back in the car and drive to find somewhere to stay.

The first place we stopped at the lady (Indian) came out and told us no vacancy this place looked a bit dodgy anyway so back down the road we headed. Next place we pull up to has a pile of empty ...

We were nervous. What could go wrong? Oh, just about everything. Pulling a camper is a bit different than packing a tent... what would we forget? What if we get a flat? Oh God - the sewage! What if we foul that up somehow?

Turns out I forgot the can opener. So we didn't have corn beef hash for breakfast the first morning.Not the end of the world ...

... level to stay warm, you are going to beat the luggage to the hotel. I had lunch today soaking wet, but the hot chocolate was the best I have ever had. Now I am in my hotel room with the heat on (drying my shoes that I will need tomorrow), the hot shower was also the best I have ever had. It's nice to be warm!

... for the kids to get ice cream. Then we loaded up and headed to Brooks BBQ. Imagine my surprise and total disappointment to find out that they are closed on Mondays!! After that we headed home - my vacation was over.

We arrived home and quickly unloaded and reloaded the camper in preparation of our next trip. Chris quickly made plans to go to his girlfriend ...

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As a side note, while admission to the was museum was only $10, after visiting Madame Tussaud's we were disappointed to see a limited number of was figures. And all of the wax figures were behind glass or had barriers set up so that you could have pose with them for pictures. We did enjoy reading the biographies of the players, though.

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... of Doubleday field around noon in preparation of today's game. The weather was very fickle - one minute very dark clouds were overhead and we were bracing for the rain; the next minute the sun was out.

I was invited into the dugout for the first few innings to take pictures - what fun! The boys started out slow going into the fourth inning behind 0-1.

My brother ...

This morning we traveled the last 35 minutes to Yogi Bears' Jellystone Park in Cooperstown, New York. We arrived and finished setting up right before the rain started. So we settled in to watch a movie - Night at the Museum 2.
The campground is very nice, with lots of amenities. The only downside -- NO CELL SERVICE! The boys are going through text withdrawal. I have to admit, I was ...

... road is, with nothing but a STEEP drop off the mountain on one side. I am so glad Rob was driving:) We started the long trip back after this and hauled over to NY. Passing through NH and VT, it was beautiful scenery, even in the rain. Makes little ole St. Clair MI seem so flat and boring. We passed the time with a Steven King book on tape that I cannot wait to finish listening to.