Peachy's View of the World: 06/01/2006

The Italian Fisherman

Lunch was excellent at the italian Fisherman, scrumptios food and floating band entertainment on the lake, Frank Sinatra, LIVE!!

The band is under that huge, white tent you see out there..

Phil took a long shot of the table, we are missing a few here....

Bemis Point, Lake Chautauqua, NY

This shot was taken from the bridge over the lake on our way home.

Imagine living here, and the lake is just outside your front door....

What is winter like here?? Glad I live in Monroeville, I think!!

Our parking line up here, it was every man for themselves let me tell you! This place is hopping.

That is Dar and Mike walking down the sidwalk on the left.

More Rt 474

The cows came over to wave us on...

More country side...

OOOOOPS! Should of made that left at Albuquerque!!

See the Amish buggy going up the road??

Wattsburg PA Rt 474

Now this was a very nice road, Rt 474 coming home from New York to Rt 8.

A bit of Amish country side, among the horse do-do!

Panaramic vista's.....

Getting ready to rumble...

But, of course she needs a spit shine....

This was Rt 403 South from Rt 22. The day started out kinda cloudy, a tad sunny...

So, I'm partial to barns.....

Thunder in the Valley

Needs no comment...

Welcome to Johnstown

Imagine a rainy day on May 31st, 1889.....

2,209 lives are snuffed out as a wall of water 30 ft. high and a 1/2 mile wide, 20 million gallons of water almost wiped the city of Johnstown off the face of the earth at 3:10 p.m.

Imagine the sounds.............

Thunder in the Valley

More of the same, crowded streets..

Wells Fargo Stage Coach coming down the road.....

The Scotish Bag Pipe band was first in the parade.....

Thunder in the Valley.........

No Parking ANY TIME

So the sign said......

Boss Hoss.. it's huge.

I put the camera as high as my arm could put it.. this is what layed ahead of us....

They just kept on coming.............

They just kept on coming down the road....must of been over 50 in this group headed for Johnstown...

I'm just partial to barns....

Rt 711 - Ligonier.. anyone know what over the hill on the left side of the road???

Fort Ligonier.....

Welcome to West Newton, Rt 136

Ya gotta admit, this is some nice panoramic views...Rt 136

Chief Cornplanter

Curious about Chief Cornplanter now that my good friend, Pat Steele has enlightened me about him. I found his headstone online as it was BEFORE they built the Kinzua Dam in 1965. Chief Cornplanter was the son of a Seneca women and a dutchman. His father left him and his mom at an early age. George Washington gave Chief Cornplanter a land grant for his efforts with him during the Revolutionary war. He gave him about 10,000 acres of land, known as the Cornplanter Grant. Where the Seneca nation was to have the land as long as the sun and moon shined and the waters flowed. The Army Corps. of Engineers relocated all the graves in the Kinzua valley, including chief Cornplanter. This picture was taken before his grave was moved across the Pennsylvania border into New York. Now I just have to find where his grave is today, go there and get a picture of it! Anyone have any ideas?? I think he may be on the Allegany Indian Reservation in New York. Will keep you posted.