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We have finished finding the places on our I-90 list. We saw 14 of the 47 places on the list. 8 more sites we had already been to and the rest were in places that it would be difficult to maneuver the truck and 5th wheel. (We missed Willoughby Ghost Walk, Willoughby; OH, Birthplace of Superman-Cleveland, OH, A Christmas Story House and Museum, Cleveland, OH; Washington Park Beach-Michigan City, IN; Pokagon State Park, Angola, IN; Second City, Chicago, IL; Legoland Discovery Center, Schaumburg, IL; Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch, Pingree, IL; Lake Kegonsa State Park, Stoughton, WI; Pink Elephant, V, WI (We have seen the pink elephant in Seattle many times.) Witches Gulch, Dells, WI; Mill Bluff, Camp Douglas, WI; Pearl Ice Cream La Crosse, WI; Cowboy Town, Sioux Falls, SD; the State Historical Society; Pierre, SD; Minuteman Missile Site; Buffalo Gap Grassland, SD; Mount Rushmore; Chapel in the Hills; Art Alley; Garnet Ghost town, Old Prison Museum, Deer Lodge, MT (been there before); Our Lady of the Rockies; Garnet Ghost town; Old Mission Park, Cataldo, ID; Crystal Gold Mine, Kellogg,ID and the John Wayne Trail. We went to at least 3 additional sites that were't on the list. (Woodstock, Hyde Park, Sturgis)
We noticed that many of the town names ended in "kill'- (Catskill, Fishkill, Plattekill). Thanks to our cell phones, we looked up a "kill" and read its meaning. A kill is a small stream.
We got on a country road with very few signs about Woodstock. (I could have missed the sign, perhaps?) The roads were narrow and hilly making driving a challenge. When we finally did arrive at Woodstock, we found others who had followed the right directions, They did't have the experience of being on the narrow road. We did have nice scenery. There were many neat, clean yards around stately old homes.
We spent several hours at Woodstock which is now called The Museum at Bethel Woods. Woodstock is actually in another spot. 2 weeks before the festival, permits were pulled by the City Council and construction stopped. The town had great fears about so many people descending on their town. Yasgar was an out spoken advocate on the issues of the day so he offered his land. Organizers moved all the staging and equipment to Yasgar's farm and that's where the festival really happened.
Our tour guide was working the lights and sitting on top of the staging during the 1969 festival. There was a thunder storm one night and he had to scramble down while high on whatever was being passed around. He admitted to being high for the extent of the weekend. He is now over 65 and we were happy to have a guide who was actually there. The museum has several small theaters where we could listen to music played that weekend and even sit in a bean bag chair which Sonny could get down to the floor and back up! There were posters of all the bands and musicians. The building was new and the grounds well maintained. In September, the museum hosts a Farm Festival every weekend.
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| The logo of Woodstock these days. I especially like the flute playing person. |
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| This is back stage at the musical festival looking towards the field of concert goers. Over to the Right is a monument to Woodstock. |
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| Grounds map. The festival field is the large green area in the middle and the stage is the gray area near the road to the right. There were a few mysteries around the photos taken over the weekend. Thousands wanted to attend but there was very little parking even if you could get close. Facilities were few and the food ran out quickly. One popular photo was of the long line of walkers. One of the walkers was wearing a Nike shoe which wasn't introduced to the public until the 1980s. There is also a rail road sign in the photo and in reality, there is no crossing there. |
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