Early Fall Color

I sit here tonight in southern Vermont at the Nordic Hills Lodge with a slight chill in the air. You can hear the fall crickets outside. When we checked in we heard that there might be a late night visitor, a black bear. I would love to see that, but of course from a very safe distance!
All along our trip this weekend we are seeing that the leaves are starting to turn color. The Inn keeper says that the color change is a little early this year with peak color being mid to late Sept. and early October. So, we will have to plan our weekend excursions accordingly and will hopefully be able to capture the northern color at full peak.
In the next few days, I will be posting an Osprey sitting on it's nest, so be sure to come back often to see those pics.

Stay tuned....................

Lake Champlain from the Vt. side

The sun shines over Lake Champlain. This picture was taken from the Vermont side of the lake.
Ferry from South Hero, Vt. to Plattsburgh, Ny. The fee for Gina and myself was $13.80.
This ferry had an ambulance and semi truck as passengers. Hope the person on the ambulance wasn't too sick!
Another passenger on the ferry took our picture after I took a picture of him.
The sun sinks low over Lake Champlain as we approach Plattsburg.
Plattsburg is about 30 miles from the Canadian border, eh (pronounced "A" in Canadian slang!)

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Hope everyone has a safe and happy Labor Day holiday.

More new stuff coming very soon. Stay tuned.................

Scituate Lighthouse, Mass.

I heard at work that they are looking
for another light keeper for this
lighthouse. Gina says she might be
interested !!


The house is private property.


Plaque on the side of the lighthouse.


Lighthouse as seen from off shore.


Back of the lighthouse.
Check out those floats!

Thru Boston

Heading north throught Boston on Route 3.



Tip O'Neill Tunnel (Former Speaker of the House
of Representatives) .


Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge


The Bunker Hill Bridge carries eight lanes of
traffic and crosses the Charles River.

Dinner by the Sea

Saturday after checking out the Cape Elizabeth
Lighthouse we decided to have dinner by the sea.
The Lobster Shack Restaurant was just across
a parking lot from the lighthouse.

It was very nice to have dinner by sea.

Cape Elizabeth Light

This light station once guided mariners with two
lights as seen below. One light was fixed and the
other flashing.


The two lighthouses seen above are located
in the Two Lights State Park in the southern
Portland, Maine area. The above picture was
actually taken while visiting the Portland Head
Lighthouse.

Clarification of 8/23/08 Post

Please see the August 23 post on Nubble Light house for clarification.

Portland Head Light and Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse

Portland Head Lighthouse is located in Fort
Williams Park in South Portland. It's 80 ft.
fieldstone tower was completed in 1791 during
George Washington's third year as President
of the United States.


The Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse is located
about a quarter mile offshore of the Portland
Head Light. It is 72 feet tall and made with nearly
3,000 tons of granite completed in 1905.








Lobster boat passes by Ram Island Ledge Light.
This lighthouse replaced a beacon shining from
atop a wooden tripod dating back to 1873.

Cape Neddick Light aka Nubble Light and York Beach

Cape Neddick Lighthouse is known by the local
fisherman as "Nubble Light". Cape Neddick
Lighthouse is on a barren island known as the
"nubble". This lighthouse has warned mariners
of the deadly rocky island since 1879.



Crowded York Beach, York, Me.


York Beach with Nubble Light in the distance

What do you think this is?

Moby Dick?

Gina took this video in 2006 on our trip to Maine.

We went out on a whale watching boat from

Boothbay Harbor.

It is a very cool video of a Humpback Whale.

Not much going on here in Brockton today, just

saving lives. I will have new stuff to post next week.

Differences

No you won't see this in Brockton, Mass.
This photo was taken in the Red River Gorge, Ky.

Now, about some of the differences between Mass.
and Cali.
1. You won't seen bicyclists in the quantity that you
see in Cali. in Mass. Reason: These people here in
the Brockton area are maniacs with their driving.
If you hesitate for even a half second at a stop light
the on coming car will cut you off.
2. People are not as friendly in Mass. as in Cali.
3. There are no recylcing programs here in Brockton.
4. Brockton is no where near as nice as Alameda.

Well, that is all I can think of right now.

My main computer has crashed, which has all my pics.
from Plymouth, Mass. on it. I was going to post more
pics from there. Hopefully, I will get it going again soon.

Plymouth, Mass. Landing

This is the Mayflower II which is a replica of the
original ship.




This is the rock that the pilgrims landed on in 1620.
I was really surprised at the size of the rock. I
expected the rock to be much bigger.


This is supposed to be a "pilgrim's" hat. Looks
more like a party hat to me and NO, I didn't buy
the hat.

First Day @ Brockton

Sorry no pics on this post. There was a server error that prevented the upload, I will try again later. Now, let's talk about Brockton. Today was my first day at Brockton. It went very good, definitely better than my first day at Oakland. Oakland did get better though after a very rough start. The apprehension was there this morning, the jitters of not knowing how you will fit in, how the supervisor will be to work with. The technologist that I worked with today was great, so friendly and very helpful. The supervisor was very friendly and easy to talk to. He has over a terabyte of music saved on his hard drive and has the music on the computers in the exam rooms. He asks the patients what their favorite music is and he plays it for them.
I think this will be a very good assignment. My advice for first day jitters............. JUST DO IT !

Yesterday, Gina and I went went to Plymouth. In 1620 the pilgrims landed at Pilgrim and the first Thanksgiving was celebrated there. I was disappointed in the size of the rock. Seriously, we have dug up bigger rocks in our back yard in Lexington !
I will post pics from Plymouth as soon as the server will allow.

PS....... It was really nice to have Gina here tonight after my first day to talk about it. She cooked dinner for us, we had tacos and brownies for dessert. It was great having a real home cooked meal and not a microwave dinner.

Stay tuned.........................

New Jersey Sunrise

We left Bethlehem, Pa. at 5:30 am and made
it to New Jersey before sunrise. We arrived at
our apartment around 12 pm. No elevator, so we
carried all our stuff across a parking lot and up
to the third floor. We were exhausted to say the least.
The hospital is about 3 miles from our apartment
and easy to get to.
The apartment here is a little smaller than the one I had
in Alameda and no stream out the back door like in
Alameda.

On our way out of town.......

Current gas price in Ky. $3.73 with diesel at $4.13.
So much better than Cali. gas prices.
Gina and I stopped in Grayson, Ky. to re-fuel for
both the vehicle and ourselves. We met my Mother,
Sister and Niece at McDonald's for breakfast and
enjoyed a short visit with them before heading on.


We stopped at a rest area in western Maryland.
Everything is so green. Such a stark contrast
to the way it is in California. I hope and pray
that you will get rain soon.


This shot shows you where we have been !!! LOL
Tonight we are in Bethlehem, Pa. A long day of
driving. Tomorrow we will have about 6-7 hrs. of
driving to arrive at our destination.
We are scheduled to have our internet and cable
installed between 2 and 5 pm tomorrow so I will
try to be there by 2pm.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Stay tuned.................

Leaving on a jet plane...not

Well, tomorrow we start our journey to Mass.
The time here at home has gone by so fast.
It is now time to start making money again!
This will be a two day trip. We hope to arrive
at our Mass. destination by early afternoon on
Saturday.

NOTE: There may not be a post for a few days
due to traveling and getting internet set up at our
apartment.

Stay tuned................

21st Birthday

Today my oldest son turned 21. Seth, the one
with glasses. I am very proud of Seth, he has
done well. He has graduated from technical
school and is working full-time here in Lexington.
Blake, my other son in the driver's seat, turned
18 back in June. Some days it doesn't seem like
I could have children that are their ages.
I am very proud of both my boys. Blake also works
full time here in Lexington.
Dad loves you so very much.
God Bless you both!

Larry and Kathy's Backyard Birds

Downy Woodpecker


Tufted Titmouse



Can you see the hummingbird's tongue?


Male House Finch


Close up of Downy Woodpecker

Death of a family member

Today when I read online about one of the arches collapsing in the Arches National Park I was a little sad. I love the National Parks that Gina and I have visited. It is a wonderful thing to have so many places to visit in this great nation of ours. I encourage you to visit as many of the National Parks that you can. I am puzzled why so many people travel to the same places year after year like going to the beach and never doing anything new and exciting. Live life and put some adventure in yours, you will be pleased that you did.

The arch that collapsed today is not the one pictured above, unfortunately I did not get a picture of that arch. Arches National Park is or has preserved over 2000 natural arches. The park is near Moab, Utah and is 119 square miles.

This Friday, Gina and I will travel to the Boston area for my next assignment. We will try to visit as many new areas as we can while we are there. It is wonderful to be able to go and do and see whatever your heart desires in this the "Land of the Free".

Happy trails to all.