Our first day on the road was a sunny and pleasant drive from Poughkeepsie New York. We managed to make it to Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water house in Bear Run Pennsylvania after it closed so we stayed overnight nearby. The next morning was a light rain which made the gorge at Falling Water look very green and misty. The water was running high and fast. I have viewed many drawings and photographs of this building over the years but was far more impressed than I had expected. It is a nice looking building in a stunning natural setting but I was surprised to find the interior spaces to be just as awesome.
The budget that the Kaufmans gave the Architect was $30,000. A stately sum during the depression to pay for a weekend getaway. The actual final cost of the building was $150,000. I would have loved to hear that conversation.
Julie has acquiesced the window seat to my Dad and seems to be very content to put her head on my dad's leg. She has had plenty of exercise during our trip and just snoozes during the drive until she hears the truck slowing down. The old man has been good company despite the fact that he misses his girlfriend.
The truck, a.k.a. the Paddy Wagon, the Roach Coach or the S.W.A.T. mobile has used about $100 of gas a day. Although the blue beast struggled up and down the steep hills near Bear Run, it bombs along quite nicely on the highway.
Tonight we are staying in Bellafonte Ohio at a Super 8 motel that does not allow dogs so I'm afraid Julie has sentry detail in the truck tonight. Tomorrow we are heading to Auburn Indiana to the Duesenburg auto museum and then onto South Bend Indiana to the Studerbaker auto museum.
We have heard of the failed bombing attempt in Manhattan today. My sister Susan and her daughter Meagan were in Manhattan and planned to go to a movie in Times Square but changed their minds last minute a went to a theater in another part of town. We are greatfull that they are safe and that nobody was hurt.
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