Another successful day trip of food and fun. Above: Craig even had a successful medical checkup. Made visits to the sites below:
Category Archives: Travel
NAGT Eastern Section Meeting 2015 – Beckley, WV
As co-conspirator to the Section Meeting May 14 – 17, 2015 I have the following links to resources mentioned by me at the Meeting or on my field trip to the New River Gorge.
Meeting
New River Gorge Field Trip
- Map of Trip – interactive Google Map
- Generalized Stratigraphic Chart for West Virginia (pdf)
- Geology of the New River Gorge – WVGES
- Hawks Nest State Park Map (pdf)
Magical Mystery Tour Union Canal Part Deux
Celestine Sample we got from Skip.
On November 17th the intrepid travelers completed an investigation into the canal which once connected Reading to Middletown which they began over a year ago. The stops included an investigation into the geology of Pennsylvania and beyond and treasures hidden away in basement caves. The following links help guide us.
Magical Mystery Tour – Princeton
Jolene attempts to buy a hot dog from one of the non-abstract sculptures on the trip
It was a Special Edition tour where our significant others were invited along and it wasn’t even a Monday!!! So we had our pick of “closed Monday” locations and traveled to Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey and just a few points of interest besides. Unfortunately while still one person up from usual trips we were only at 2/3 of what was planned since last minute circumstances prevented Craig and Sue from attending. Hard telling what additional trouble we may have gotten in with Craig’s camera and comments added. Anyways, we visited, in the following order:
- The Shipping Container House in Yardley, PA
- Grounds for Sculpture
- Triumph Brew Pub in Princeton, NJ
- Labyrinth Books in Princeton
- Uncle Dave’s Ice Cream back in Yardley.
Magical Mystery Tour – Boyertown
24 hour Bait Shop in Boyertown!
It was a wet, but enjoyable trip with light rain and mist most of the time, but not enough to dampen spirits. We visited:
- Courtyard Cafe on Main, Denver, PA
- Allegheny Aqueduct and Beidler House, Gibraltar, PA
- Reading Pet Cemetery, Douglassville, PA
In Boyertown we saw:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Rhoads Operahouse Fire Site
- Boyertown Bears ( a few)
- Funky Frets (where the owner was kind enough to open just for us!)
In and around Pottstown we visited:
- Ringing Rocks Park
- The Building formerly known as the “Cup“
- Pottstown Army and Navy
- The Brick House (where we enjoyed a late lunch and brew)
- Skies Unlimited (Telescope Store)
Maker Faire NY Followup Part II
First of all if you didn’t make it to the 2013 NY Maker Faire plan to go September 20 and/or 21 in 2014. You can even come with us one of those days. I hope to get a van or bus together again probably on the 20th. Email me for details as they unfold.
Secondly even if you weren’t there you couldn’t catch everything, so here’s a second chance at it:
Watch video presentations from the Innovation Stage here.
Or the Live Stage here.
Maker Faire NY Followup
The Robot and I wore red.
Here are some highlights from World Maker Faire New York 2013:
- More than 75,000 attendees visited the event — an increase of 36% over 2012
- Over 650 makers and presenters shared their projects, inventions, and creations
- More than 38% of makers were first-time exhibitors
- 56% of attendees were first-time visitors to the Faire
- U.S. attendees came from 46 of the 50 states; others represented 40 countries from across the globe
- More than 750 students and 100 teachers visited World Maker Faire onThursday, September 19, for Education Day and the Teachers meet-up to learn more about making and to witness the inner workings involved in creating World Maker Faire
- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed the second annual “Maker Week,” September 16-20, in honor of World Maker Faire
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) announced new legislation to create a grant program supporting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) proficiency for girls, minorities, and economically disadvantaged youth
- World Maker Faire saw a 60% increase in cardboard diversion and 35% increase in diverted food waste compost collected through the efforts of GrowNYC, Build It Green!NYC, and NYC Compost Project Local Organics Recovery Program (a program hosted by Build It Green!NYC). Build it Green!NYC also arranged to haul away leftover materials and structures from the Faire exhibits. Overall 11,057 lbs of items were diverted from the landfill this year.
Platen Press Museum in Zion Illinois
Not that I get in the area much, but would love to visit this museum. In lieu of getting on a plane and going there you can view a slideshow of many types (pun intended) of letterpresses in this guy’s collection. There ARE actually some models I could fit in my basement… or my pocket for that matter.
If you find you HAVE to see one in the flesh come on down to the corner of Oak and Main in Ephrata, PA on a Saturday morning between 9 am and noon and we might even let you take one for a spin.
Magical Mystery Tour # 5 – The Bear Hunt
We traveled to Hershey this time and found where all the bears hide out during hunting season. Our destinations in order of visit were: