September 24-October 8 From the last post I was in North Dakota, and from there heading east, I visited with multiple friends in SD, MN, IA, IL (Chicago area). Then as I traveled further east I met up with photographers friends, Gary and Barbara, in Erie, PA. They took me to their favorite photographic sites.…
The photos will look better on a computer screen. Click on the email link. Sept 12-20, 2024 This post will show few photos as I follow Route 66 and I-40 through Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Then I continued on I-70 and I-90 to Brockport, NY. I have visited many of the sites previously,…
August 15-September 13, 2021 The photos will look much better in the blog rather from your email. We embarked on another 30 day cross country trip across Mid-America encompassing 15 states and 5600 miles in our Mercedes Sprinter RoadTrek RV van. The photos in two parts are the highlights of the most photogenic places. We…
October 20, 23, 27: This is the last foliage report from our October trip. We continued to have cloudy rainy weather, but decided since our trip was about over to try one more place. Mendon Ponds, a county park, southeast of Rochester, NY had brilliant leaf color, which was helped by the light rain that…
October 16 and 18. The first set of photos is from the ride down and back on Route 19 from Brockport to Belfast, NY. I am always partial to barns in my photos especially if they are painted red. This is probably because I grew up on a farm near Brockport, NY. I came across…
October 15 The Erie Canal was built across New York state from the Hudson River at Albany to Lake Erie at Buffalo (1817-1825). It opened up the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and was the second longest canal (363 miles) in the world at that time. Many locks were built to raise the canal…
Ophardt Photos 