Category: Historical Travel

• Pictures Inside Yaddo’s House Tour

  Did you have the opportunity to visit Yaddo during one of its multiple house tours last Saturday or Sunday? Located in Saratoga Springs, New York, the mission of this famous artists’ community which has hosted Truman Capote, Flannery O’Connor, Sylvia Plath, Mario Puzo, Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein is to provide artists the peace and…

  kimsswidler

  September 20, 2011

  General, Historical Travel, I Love New York, New York Travel, Saratoga Springs, Senior Travel, Senior Travell, Stories

• Classic Planes, Air Shows and Biplane Rides: Great Time At Nearby Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome!

    With gas prices rising and long distance travel becoming less and less enjoyable for some of us, I’ve been looking for fun and unusual places that are relatively close to our Capital Region area.  So when I heard about the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, with its extensive collection of nearly 70 classic planes from the 1900-1940 period, its air shows, and its exciting biplane rides over…

  kimsswidler

  August 4, 2011

  Aeroplanes, Air Shows, Airplane stories, Antique Cars, General, Historical Travel, Hudson Valley Region, New York Travel, Senior Travel, Stories