Clarion Collection 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!!

... alive.... geeez!

In between the Colosseum and Forum it poured with rain and we bought yet another umbrella.... we are building a collection :-)

We had a great night with Jenny and Andrew and swapped adventures since Russia and had cool gelati in fancy cone. Hmmm feel sick now......

Tuesday

We had a fantastic day today!!! We went to Vatican City with Andrew and Jenny and took part in a fabulous guided tour of the Vatican ...

After seeing the bridges we took a leasurly pace and headed towards Buffalo New York State

We were traveling the back roads admiring the small townships but this slows down your traveling so stopped at a great looking diner all chrome and art decorated about 7 pm. This turned out to be a modern reproduction which even served alcohol I had a burger and Cath had a roast beef roll they called it something else but I forget ...

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 ...

... Mastbaum chain of theaters. The theatre was named for Stanley, one of the Mastbaum brothers. The design of the theatre is dubbed "Mexican baroque" because of its unique blend of styles. The terra cotta and tiled mosaic exterior shows the Mexican influence, while Hapsburg lions, Indian faces, and a multitude of angels and putti (cherubs) grace the lavish baroque "gold leaf" interior of the theatre. The Moorish ...