oh what a beautiful day!

we left jeans at 11am, ate an early lunch and got back on the road. the trip to johnson city, ny was incredible. we had blue skies, puffy white clouds, cool and low humidity! a couple stretches of toll roads but it's not bad considering how well maintained and clean they are.

the trip up here goes through the most beautiful mountain and farm areas imaginable. it's also green up here, we can only imagine what it must look like in the fall.

we are having a wonderful time, it's a great trip and we are so glad we are doing it. a few frustrations but they have a way of working out.

tomorrow we will go to the corning museum of glass in corning, ny. i've been there, actually took mom back in the 80's. it will be fun taking carole there this time. i'm sure it's changed since then. we decided that we'd forgo niagra falls. it's amazing how fast time flies when you get on the road. we probably average 300 miles a day but it goes fast.

we've posted pictures on www.flickr.com/photos/cnjfrogs for your amusement! if you can't open it let us know and we'll send detailed directions.

the car is awesome, the satellite radio is awesome but the best is the navigation system! it's extremely accurate. i like to argue with her (it's a female voice) but she's always right. well, once she was wrong but the nice cop in saugus, ma told me i couldn't turn left on this one street as they'd just brought in a backhoe for some work. i told him i was using a nav. system, and we had a good laugh. he gave me detailed directions to get back on track which i promptly forgot. got just out of sight from him and let the system catch up with me and we were heading the right way once again. if you like to travel, hate to get lost (even in town) you need to check into getting yourself one. we're sure you will all hear more about it from us.

ok, i'm going to post a couple pics here, for more go to flickr. the one of carole and her critter has been labeled " Lobsta at Glosta'!, the scenery shot is at great smokey mountain national park, we loved it so much that we knew mom would too. there is a shot of jean, our friend in stonehan, ma and some pics of caroles grandkids and a great grandson, corbin. he's a cutie and we are glad we don't have to chase after him.

love to you all, carole and julie, the intrepid travelers