Hitting the road:
And seeing the sights along the way:
At a rest-stop in western Massachusetts:
US Post Office 40 miles west of Albany, NY:
It gets hot out here on The Road:
I reached The Rockwell Museum in Corning, NY at 4:40. I have been here twice before (Sept 2013 and May 2015). In 2013, it was MY FIRST STOP on my first cross-country road-trip (in the 21st century). In 2015, The Rockwell Museum was named a Smithsonian Affiliate, the first in New York State outside of New York City.
I love their collection, and the camera in my new iPhone 11 WORKS GREAT!!!
Albert Bierstadt - "Mount Whitney", circa 1877:
Thomas Moran - "Green River", 1877:
Thomas Hill - "Yosemite", circa 1908:
Bought Ellie a nice "art postcard" and mailed it at their "classic" Post Office:
An hour-and-a-half later I was going past the exit for Olean, NY. I went to a wedding here, back after graduation from Penn in May 1975. The groom and I were in the frat together, but I can't remember his name right now (Bob ?). Frank somebody (Penn, frat) was also there, and I remember the groom coming up to both of us at the reception and saying HOW THANKFUL he was that we were there/that we were his ties/anchors back out to the "real world" (he grew up there, went to Penn, and now had a wife and a good engineering job back here in Olean):
It was good putting today to rest:
WOW - Thank you God for this wonderful adventure day! Good to get back out on The Road.
Music for today was albums from an mp3 cd I burned back in 2001:
Randy Newman - Lonely at the Top - The Best of Randy Newman, 1987
the Miles Davis Quintet - The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965, 1965 live album
December 22, 1965 — third set (69:19)
the Miles Davis Quintet - The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965, 1965 live album
December 23, 1965 — second set (65:55)
Poco - The Very Best Of Poco, 1975, their first "Greatest Hits" album
To quote wikipedia: "The first in a long line of compilation albums". The 18 tracks have some gems, some flats.
various - VH1 Storytellers
the 5th Dimension - Greatest Hits, 1970
A nice collection of very nice songs from a long time ago.
The Beach Boys - All Summer Long, 1964 sixth album
Hey, it's August 24 - that's still SUMMER to me!!
T. Rex - Electric Warrior, 1971
A real fun album to listen to while driving down the highway with the windows rolled down!
Love - Forever Changes, 1967
wow - only 1 good song on it: "Alone Again Or"; but that one is Excellent.
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston, 1975
Sam Cooke - The Gospel Soul of Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers, recorded 1951-1956, released 1965
Hall and Oates - The Atlantic Collection, 1996 early-years-compliation
Of course I'm a big fan of their song "Fall in Philadelphia".
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