We left Lee in Columbus and were only two easy days to Rochester, but we had no desire to arrive before the end of April. There were a couple of places on our bucket list that had always been out of the way, out of reach because of lack of time. We have had an affinity for Frank Lloyd Wright homes and I mentioned earlier we decided to tour Falling Water and Kentuck Knob. The easiest place to camp for these turns out to be a Yogi Bear Jellystone Park. We have often stayed at one called Shangri La by the Creek between Rochester and Charlottesville and know how busy they can be in season. Late April in PA is not in season. 

This place is huge, with half mile between entrance and exit on the main road. We are located next to the Ranger Station (!). When I was exploring I found the golf cart rental center, there must be 100 golf carts waiting to be rented. There are 3 swimming pools. The closest large city is Pittsburgh which is an hour and a quarter away. 

The one sight we hadn’t planned on is Flight 93 National Memorial, about an hour away over mountain roads. We went there this morning. The field in Shanksville is just that an open field. If Flight 93 had not crashed there, it would still be just another open field. 

The Visitor Center was crowded with 3 school buses of children for whom this is ancient history and older people remembering what they were doing when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. There are memorabilia, and there are voices, the recordings of the phone calls made from the plane in the 34 minutes after it was taken left me in tears, again. We did not walk out to the memorial itself we did make a final stop at the Tower of Voices. It is 93 feet tall and has 40 large wind chimes, all different voices.

In the afternoon we went to Kentuck Knob a wonderful Unsonian home by FLW. The original owner lived in it for over 30 years and the current owner converted it into a museum with many of his own collected items in the house and. It was delightful visit with ice cream made by the dairy the orginal owner owned in the gift shop. The road is not suitable for any RV. The house is built into the top of the Knob.  For better pictures than I could take go here.

More tomorrow,