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| Tony M in peaceful Palmyra |
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Palmyra, the Queen of the Erie Canal (why queen I don't have a clue), has a welcoming dock with complimentary power and water in a man-made basin. This town of about 8,000 had an abundance of tour buses that intrigued us until we found out about the strong Mormon influence and history connected to it. In 1820 John Smith had a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ in a grove beside his family home near Palmyra that led to the founding of the Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Palmyra was hosting the world famous Hill Cumorah Pageant, an outdoor theatrical production accounting the rise and fall of the ancient inhabitants of the North American continent and the visit of Jesus Christ It has a cast of over 600 performing on a seven-level stage; hence, the bus loads of folks coming to Palmyra to see this free performance. There were lots of Mormon related souvenir shops with tons of Mormon Tee shirts and books but Pete declined.the Tee shirt I wanted to get for him.
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| The original print shop for the book of Mormon |
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| Some residences along Main Street |
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| More Mural Madness!! |
On the main intersection of Main and Church Streets in the Village is a Ripley's Believe It Or Not. The four corners at this intersection each have a church on them- a Presbyterian, a United Methodist, a First Baptist and a Zion Episcopal. Its supposed to one of the most photographed spots in rural America and we added to that fact!
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| The Village is very proud of Palmyra Village Hall built in 1867 |
There were four museums in Palmyra but since we were getting museumed out by this time, I chose to only go to the Alling Coverlet Museum (notice Pete didn't choose it) for its collection of hand woven coverlets from the early 1800's. It was interesting until we got asked to leave because they don't think dogs enjoy looking at coverlets- they never asked Buddy what he thought!
With that, we moved on to Newark, NY who pull out all the stops for boaters. Not only do they offer free dockage with power, water and WiFi but they have a FREE washer and dryer for boaters' use. I wonder if the taxpayers know about that? We were the only one there - is anyone else cruising?
We did sneak in another museum-this one the Hoffman Clock Museum we found in the town library. Beautiful clocks were plentiful with many from CT-made us a little more homesick.
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| Tony M on wall in Newark |
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| Buddy cooling off-he thinks he's swimming |
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| a Newark park |
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| More churches but this one is without a steeple |
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| Newark Visitors Center |
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| Detailed mural that goes from Visitor's Center to under bridge |
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| and around the bridge's embankment |
Their generosity is appreciated.
Onward to Lyons...
Wish I could have joined you at the coverlet museum. Can't wait to sew with you again. Finally the oppressive heat has lifted! Following the Tony M's progress with a smile. Thanks and love to you both from us both.
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