Part 17 here When we went through New Milford, we noticed a giant yellow ball near the school. Intrigued, we decided to stop and learned that McCarfy Observatory was located here. They placed a scaled Solar System in the public…
Sabbatical 2016. Barton Garnet Mine
Part 14 here Today we are pretending we are treasure hunters and will go to the garnet pit. The garnet mining started here in 1876. One of the versions how that place was found is that Barton came to the…
Sabbatical 2016. Museum of Glass
Part 13 here There is a wonderful Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. It is interesting not only of the all information you can learn there – there are lectures and tours there, so it is easy to spend…
Sabbatical 2016. Cave Day
Part 12 here As you have probably figured out, today will be the cave exploration day. We saw a lot of different types of caves for the last several years, some of them had smooth concrete floor and others were…