So a continuance or our Land Cruising

Renne' and I had planned to fly Space Available on a military flight from Andrews Air Force Base to California on the Monday (October 10) after the boat show, but didn't realize it was Columbus Day - no one flying that day.  So we waited for the flight on Wednesday, and that flight was cancelled.  So as we were driving out of Washington to head back to the boat in Charleston, I looked at Renne' and said, you've always wanted to see Niagra Falls - let's go!


So off we headed NORTH!  5 hours later, we were in New York.  We decided to stop in Cornwall-on-Hudson, near the Military Academy at West Point.  So Renne's wanted me to see her house there.  So we drive by and Renne' wants to knock on the door!  So she announces that she built the house, and the owner invites us in!

After 2-1/2 hours, they had invited us for dinner and to spend the night!  We had other plans however, and left to find Renne's friend, Brenda.

her friends, Raelyn and Charley

and Pamela J

(Renne's smiling as I put this together!)

While she stayed there, I headed farther north to Rochester to see my Uncle Dean and his lovely lady friend, Sue.  Haven't seen Dean in 12 years since my dad's funeral.

 While in Rochester, I ended up crossing the Erie Canal at least 5 times, so I decided to stop and take a few pics. 

 This is lock #32 - the Erie is pretty much used only for recreational traffic right now.  Not much commercial can fit through the locks anymore

 The trees, as of October 13th had gotten to this point in their color change between New York City and Rochester.  It will be a late fall color bonanza this year!

Got back to Washington and Andrews Air Force Base on Saturday and finally caught a flight to Travis Air Force Base via Washington State on Sunday.

 this is a pic of the C-17 we flew from Andrews to McCord to Travis

 Now this actually was the aircraft we flew out - actually we were not supposed to take these pics

 This is Renne after about 4 hours of flying - still had 2 hours left to go - the cabin was so large, it was difficult to keep it warm.  So the temp - at 30,000' was about 54 degrees.

So Where Else Would You Expect Renne'?