Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
We’ve been traveling. A one
day trip to Washington, D.C.
took us to the National Zoo
where we saw the famed giant
pandas.
The whole afternoon was ours
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to roam the hilly area on a hot
day. We saw elephants, giraffes
and a rhinoceros.
One of the most interesting
places was “Amazonia.” Here
they had a tropical forest with
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birds and also tanks of giant cat
fish. We walked and walked
while many other couples our
age sat in the shade and waited
for the bus to come.
Earlier in the morning we
toured the National Postal Muse
um next to Union Station. Even
the train station was impressive
with its high vaulted ceiling. The
lower level had many types of
food stands and we had lunch
there. It was a good place to
watch people.
The Postal Museum told the
story of mail delivery in Colonial
times and the Pony Express. It
houses the largest collection of
stamps and has more than 13
million objects. Three mail
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planes were hanging from the
ceiling and there was a replica of
a railway mail car.
Then early the next morning
Allen and 1 headed for Atlanta,
Georgia with a load of finely
planed cherry boards for our son
to use in his house. We also have
a daughter living in the area so
we visited both of them for a
week.
As the trip was 1,600 miles we
made it in two days each way.
There were lots of stops at rest
areas along the highway. You
never saw as many big, big
trucks as we saw along Route 81.
Often the posted speed limits was
70 miles per hour.
On the way we stopped at Bilt
more Estate in Asheville, North
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Carolina to see the 250-room
house of George Vanderbilt. His
first forester was Gifford Pinchot
who later became the Governor
of Pennsylvania. It took hun
dreds of workers five years to
complete the house in the late
1800 s. We also took a self-guided
tour of their winery and azalea
gardens.
Fiddle , Acoustic
Music Mini Fest
WYOMISSING (Berks Co.)
Stroll on down to the Berks
County Heritage Center to enjoy
some toe-tapping, foot-stompin’
fiddle music on Sun., June 3, 11
a.m.-6 p.m.
Various acoustic in-
struments, including
banjos and fiddles, will
join together for the
I9th annual Fiddle
and Acoustic Music
Mini-Fest sponsored
by the James E. Fegley
Violin Shop, CD Ex
change and the Berks
County Parks and
Recreation Depart
ment.
Spectators may sim
ply sit back and enjoy
the music, join in the
musical fun and per
form on the open
stage, scheduled from
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
A concert featuring
The Gadjo Playboys,
Hot Club of France
Style-Swing Band, will
begin at 3 p.m. The
fiddle competition will
follow immediately at
4 p.m. There will be
two age groups com
peting: students to age
IS, and ages 16 to
adults, with cash
prizes being awarded.
Food and refresh
ments will be available
and a $2 parking fee
will be collected. Visi
tors are encouraged to
bring chairs, blankets
and their favorite in
strument.
The C. Howard
Hiester Canal Center
and the Gruber
Wagon Works will be
open for tours on Sun
day, from noon to 5
p.m.
The Heritage Center
is located on Red
Bridge Road in Bern
Township, one-half
mile south of Rt. 222
exit for Rt. 183 (one
mile north of the
Reading Regional Air
port).
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