Hemlock Hall, Blue Mountain Lake, New York

"Great Fireplace", Hemlock Hall
A secluded Hunting Lodge with private beach on beautiful Blue Mountain Lake in the Central Adirondacks. Fishing excellent!
A friendly place at the end of the road surrounded by forest and lake. American plan at reasonable rates for a carefree vacation. Open May 1st to December 1st.


A September view from a bedroom window of this beautiful lodge. Glorious Autumn Coloring!
Comfortable rooms with private bath. Separate cottages on the lake. Boats and Canoes. Excellent fishing! May and June for top trout catches. Delicious food - informal atmosphere - pleasing service. Open May 1st to November 1st. AAA recommended.


This personally owned and operated vacation resort has acquired an enviable reputation for its quiet, congenial atmosphere; immaculate housekeeping and excellent home style meals. These services appropriately supplement its superb and secluded location in the unique Adirondack Mountains Forest Preserve.
A perfection of relaxation and recreation is experienced on the surrounding lake shore, islands and mountain slopes which are so pleasingly covered with ferns, flowers and trees; notably canoe birch, white pine, hemlock, spruce and the fragrant balsam.


A September view from the porch of this beautiful lodge. Glorious autumn coloring! Comfortable rooms with private bath. New Motel Units, efficiency cottages, as well as larger cottages on the lake. Boats and canoes, excellent fishing. May and June for top trout catches. Delicious food - informal atmosphere - pleasing service. Open May 15 to October 20th. AAA & Duncan Hines recommended. One mile from highway, secluded and quiet.

View from "Hemlock Hall's new Motel and Cottages on Birch Knoll".

These beautiful lakeside accomodations, nestled in a forest setting of white birch, balsam and pine trees, have everything the experienced vacationist is looking for; comfort, unspoiled beauty, seclusion, quiet. Appetizing home-type meals. AAA recommended. This is in the midst of 2,500,000 acres of Forest Preserve, Lakes & Mountains. Our many friends and guests know that such a paradise does exist!!

Early reservations are always advisable. Included in the reasonable rates are attractive social quarters, recreational and library facilities, boats, canoes, motors, diving float etc.

Weeki Wachee, Florida

I don't recall ever having been to Weeki Wachee, but it looks like fun. They have mermaid shows in the spring, a riverboat cruise down the Weeki Wachee River, and animal shows. Perhaps it will have to be an upcoming trip. They still seem to be open and you can visit their site at http://weekiwachee.com.

The Weeki Wachee Mermaids pose for photographers with the Mermaid Statues which adorn the newly decorated front of Weeki Wachee, just north of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, on US19.

New York City, New York

Interior of the Radio City Music Hall, New York City

Municipal Building

Located at the junction of Park Row and Center Street, opposite City Hall Park. The largest structure of its kind in the world, as it contains all city departments and occupies two city blocks, one of the streets running through the building. It is 5880 feet - 14 stories - high, and rests on 116 caissons sunk 260 feet below the street level. The statue on the tower, "Miss Civic Fame", is 30 feet tall.

Tampa, Florida

Gasparilla week opens with a full scale invasion of Tampa by the Pirates of Ye Mystic Krewe Of Gasparilla in Tampa, Florida.
(I remember going to the Gasparilla Parade when I was a kid. It was fun because they threw all kinds of crap off the floats into the crowd.)


Rainbow Pool at Fairyland in Lowry Park "Children's Paradise"
Tampa, Florida


Bridges across the bay and Bayshore Drive to Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida.
(This has to be the most fabulous postcard ever. If I saw this in the store I would buy dozens and send them to everyone I know. Everyone needs a postcard of an overpass!)

Administration Building

University of South Florida

Tampa, Florida

Sierra Blanca - New Mexico

Sierra Blanca (Old Baldy)

On Scenic Highway 70 situated in the Mescalero, Apache Indian Reservation in Southern New Mexico, this Scenic Drive is one of the most beautiful in the southwest. This view is between Alamogordo and Roswell and only a few minutes from Ruidoso, year-around mountain resorts.

Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico

Visit Carlsbad Caverns National Park website at http://www.nps.gov/cave/index.htm.

Totem Pole
This TOTEM POLE is 42 feet high and is found in the BIG ROOM, where the ceiling arches to 150 feet high. It is near the trail in the world's largest caverns.



Lunch Room
Every day, hundreds of visitors can be served each hour, in the mammoth underground Lunch Room, 750 feet below the surface. Box lunches with hot or cold drinks are served.


Bat Flight From Natural Entrance
The bat flight is one of the park's greatest attractions. Flying from the caverns each evening from April through October, bats in incredible numbers spiral upward out of the entrance and fly southward over the rim of the escarpment to feed in the valleys of the Black and Pecos Rivers below.


Rock Of Ages
This large formation is found in the BIG ROOM. Its height is approximately equal to a five story building. The orange coloring is caused by iron oxide stain. The caverns are open the year 'round.


Queen's Chamber
One of the 4 beautiful scenic rooms, it contains the largest drapery formations in the Caverns, along with the rare root-like helictites. Carlsbad Caverns National Park is open every day in the year. For complete tour information, write the Superintendent, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, N.M.


Veiled Statue
Located in the Green Lake Room, the first scenic room to ve entered on the cavern tour, this huge column forms a striking picture. Standing alone on a huge block of debris it justifies its name, appearing like a huge statue ready for unveiling. Carlsbad Caverns National Park is open all year. For complete tour information write the superintendent, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad, New Mexico.


Crystal Spring Dome
Located in the Big Room, the Crystal Spring Dome is Carlsbad Caverns' largest active stalagmite. Recent studies indicate that its present rate of growth will add the thickness of a coat of paint to its surface in 80 to 100 years.

The Breakers

To find out more about The Breakers and the other Newport mansions visit their website http://www.newportmansions.org/.


Cornelius Vanderbilt Mansion
"The Breakers"
Newport, Rhode Island
Built in 1895, it is situated on Ochre Point Ave., off Bellevue Ave., sometimes referred to as "Mansion Row". It faces famous "Cliff Walk" and offers a magnificent view of the Atlantic Ocean. the symmetry of design, opulence and lavish use of alabaster, marble, mosaics, and antique woods makes a visit to this Newport mansion something that will be long remembered.


The Morning Room
The Breakers
The Morning Room, designed by Van der Boyen and fashioned in France, features Italian Renaissance paintings of eight of the muses done in oil on silver leaf. "The Breakers", built for Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1895, is opened to visitors under the auspices of The Preservation Society of Newport. Guided tours - Admission charge.

The Great Hall

The Breakers

The Great Hall rises over forty-five feet through two full floors. The grand staircase divides at the landing and rises in a graceful sweep to the upper level. "The Breakers", built for Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1895, is opened to visitors under the auspices of The Preservation Society of Newport. Guided Tours - Admission charge.