Cuties, I wanted to share a few photos with you and tell you want a nice time I had, while away. I must add though, it was busy days and sometimes late nights.

Someone counted we went through 16 states! We even got 'lost in New York'...isn't there a movie named that?-lol-I've always heard of the Bronx and Yonkers and there we were-lol-
We took in a lot of sites. Look in one photo, at Boott Cotton Mills Museum in Massachusetts, how would you like to wind those bobbins? Marsha & I bought a piece of their towel fabric.We ate that night at UNO Chicago Grill (food was delicious) in Haverhill, Massachusetts and found out when we left, just a block or two over, we were in New Hampshire!
At Portland, we took a lighthouse boat tour around four lighthouses,Casco Bay, & other points of interest. Beautiful homes along the shoreline. I really enjoyed this, as I love the water anyway. Included is the Portland Head light house from the water, but it was partly cloudy, so kinda dark.
We went to Pineland Farms where we enjoyed a personal guided tour, of the farms. It was in New Gloucester, Maine. We visited the Equestrian Farm and met an Olympic horse named Gus (-lol-my youngest g-son is Gus) and also the dairy and saw cheese being made and put into molds. We had to bring some home for Ty, even though they told us if we had a Krogers, we could buy their Pineland Farms cheese there.
We also toured around Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, Maine. We were able to see Presidents Bush estates (#11summer homes) at Walkers Point, from a distance. I have also included a photo I took. In one photo there, I took a couple on the beach walking. I don't know who they are, but I love this picture. It looks so peaceful. Maine lobster meal.
I got interrupted so I just hit the submit button early.
The fall foliage was gorgeous! The photos just don't give them justice. When I reminded my husband I always wanted to go up the east coast, in the fall to see the changing colors of the leaves, he said, they change here too!
Lunch at DiMillo Floating Restaurant in Portland,Maine. I must not leave out Lookout Mountain mile high railway in Chattanooga,Tennessee and Marsha here, at the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, Alabama. Glorious plants!
I can't show you all the places we went, but I want to say, God has made beautiful natural places for us to enjoy, appreciate and take care of. I loved the rolling hills of Virginia, Tennessee. I love the Blue Ridge. I loved meeting people.period. We met a couple on a 3 weeks vacation, coming from France. They were originally from Holland. We met them at one of our hotels, at the end of their vacation, but they said they really enjoyed their stay here, in the USA. Of course, we all ate too much, but it was good to come back and eat home cooking.
If you look in Projects, I've started the next gifts for the next trip. It will be to Colorado, so it's the elk.
Hope you enjoyed some of my photos, with me. God Bless the USA!-Toogie
added#14 for tgaston of the Boott Mills in Lowell, Mass