Re: now PA was- happy birthday Noreen!
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: now PA was- happy birthday Noreen!
  • From: D* <g*@sbcglobal.net>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:36:03 -0400
It has been maybe 10 years or so since we have been there. 

I would prefer to see something new. If I recall right, there were other
places I didn't have time for the last time I was there. I have a friend
in the area so hoping to get a chance to visit.


Donna


On Sep 14, 2010, at 9:53 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:

> When did you last visit Biltmore? They add things continuously. 
> 
> B 
> ETN Zone 7 
> Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911. 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> 
> To: gardenchat@hort.net 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:37:02 PM 
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] now PA was- happy birthday Noreen! 
> 
> Yes it is an amazing place. Spent many hours there today seeing it all. It 
> really is off season but there was plenty to see. They are expanding also. 
> In many ways it reminded me of the Chgo botanical gardens. It must be a zone 
> diff as some plants wouldn't survive my zone 5. But so many of the praire 
> were the same plants. I was supposed to be in Michigan for a convention this 
> week, but it was changed at the last min, so opted to get in the car. I think 
> I would have preferred to be in this area a few weeks later.... 
> 
> Spent the afternoon ar Witnterthur. Amazing trees planted there as well as 
> the historical house of the duponts. I must resemble the person that feeds 
> the koi. Those guys followed me all the way around the pond.. yet could care 
> less which way John went. 
> 
> tomorrow will tour a few amish stores then off to the toy train museum, By 
> tomorrow night I should be in Fort Royal Virginia and back to hiking /driving 
> along the blue ridge parkway and end up in a couple of days in North Carolina 
> Ashville area. Already seen the biltmore etc, so not sure if we will just 
> starting heading home from there or what.... 
> 
> Oh Daryl, John said we are not going near Philly due to the traffic jams so 
> ..... 
> 
> Donna 
> On Tue, 9/14/10, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote: 
> 
> 
> From: james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> 
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] now PA was- happy birthday Noreen! 
> To: gardenchat@hort.net 
> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 4:19 PM 
> 
> 
> I second that. I went there once in winter; they had sweetpeas blooming in one 
> of the greenhouses. You could smell it farther than you could see it. 
> 
> 
> On Sep 14, 2010, at 1:43 PM, Pam Evans wrote: 
> 
>> LOL - Longwood Gardens down near Kennett Square is an amazing thing to see 
>> as well. 
>> 
>> On 9/14/10, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote: 
>>> 
>>> Stairway? Sheesh! How citified. We used to climb all around it, and swim 
> in 
>>> the flat part. 
>>> 
>>> d 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> 
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net> 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:57 AM 
>>> 
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] now PA was- happy birthday Noreen! 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Not much in Dingman other than the falls. Now they have a stairway (240 
>>>> steps) up to the top to view down as well as a wooden path to see it from 
>>>> ground level. Way to restricted for my taste, but nice to see anyways. 
>>>> 
>>>> Bonnie, I am very diverse. I do just about anything. I like to see 
>>>> things in 
>>>> natural settings, appreciate craft/arts too. I like history also. I 
> also 
>>>> can 
>>>> spend a day shopping looking at unique things. In my younger years, I 
> was 
>>>> a 
>>>> backpacker. Now I enjoy the comforts of a hotel room at night. 
>>>> 
>>>> Donna 
>>>> 
>>>> --- On Tue, 9/14/10, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote: 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> 
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] now PA was- happy birthday Noreen! 
>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net 
>>>> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 12:16 AM 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Dingman's Falls? What a small world. 
>>>> 
>>>> When I was a camper, and then a counselor at a Y camp, we used to go to 
>>>> Dingman's all of the time. There was nothing there - just primitive 
>>>> camping 
>>>> (no campground, no outhouse, just meadow and woods) and the falls. 
>>>> 
>>>> I still have the scar on my leg from one adventure. When I was a junior 
>>>> counselor, I was showing the kids how, when climbing the falls, you must 
>>>> always watch where you put your hands because of snakes. Just as I was 
>>>> about 
>>>> to put my hand on a ledge, I spotted the rattlesnake sunning itself, 
>>>> whipped 
>>>> my hand back, and fell about 15 feet. 
>>>> 
>>>> What's there now? I don't suppose that they let anyone climb the falls 
>>>> anymore. That was in the 60's. 
>>>> 
>>>> If you can arrange to see Chanticleer while you're in the Longwood area, 
>>>> it's 
>>>> well worth it. 
>>>> 
>>>> d 
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> 
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net> 
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 9:48 PM 
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] now PA was- happy birthday Noreen! 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Been in the northern part of PA for awhile traveling down Rt 6 hiking 
> and 
>>>>> site seeing. Earlier today moved south. Stopped at the dingman falls 
>>>>> and 
>>>>> currently next to longwood gardens which I plan on touring tomorrow.. 
>>>>> After 
>>>>> that will tour the dupont gardens and homes. Then off to Lancaster and 
>>>>> 
>>>> then 
>>>> 
>>>>> south to the blue ridge parkway areas.. I want to do one of those zip 
>>>>> line 
>>>>> things. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> No definate plans, just kinda going where ever. Although in a week I 
>>>>> need 
>>>>> 
>>>> to 
>>>> 
>>>>> be back in Illinois unfortuately. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Got a suggestions of where I need to go? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Donna 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
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>> 
>> --Pam Evans 
>> Kemp TX 
>> zone 8A 
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