Sunday 8 August 2010

Last Few Days in the USA




With the last days of our trip we had a variety of things to arrange. The bikes need stripping and prepped for shipping, motels for the duration and move our flights forward to suit. Whilst we were here we thought we would try out Baseball.

Sunday 1 August 2010

Wolf Sanctuary in Pensylvania





Today we visited the Wolf Sancturay in Pensylvania, this is a fanomanal place. The sanctuary houses about 40 wolves. They have a mixture of Timberland, Black, Arctic wolf and cross breeds with Huskies. For as little a 12 bucks you see a wolf pack, how cool is that? all the money goes to the support of the sanctuary, the tour takes about an hour and is worth every penny. The guides are fun and knowledgeable giving an insight into the breeds and psychology of these amazing animals. If you get a chance "go!" you can find their details on the net.

Centralia or Silent Hill





Years ago a game called Silent Hill emerged about a town that was deserted due to an underground coal fire, the town also hosted a range of ghost and gohuls that appeared following a siren. In the last few years a film once again tested your nerves about the same place: Silent Hill. Since we were in Pennsylvania we had to visit the town that inspired these genres.
In 1960's the towns garbage dump accidently ignited the coal seem that ran the length of the area. Over the following fifty years the town was evacuated.

Today less than twenty people still live there. The roads and streets are there, overgrown and abandoned. The ground is cracked and smoke and coal fumes exude.

A church on the hill overlooks, surprisingly in good condition ( a little like the film
). Following the old route 61, you can see the extent of the fires, the road is fractured as if ripped apart by an earth quake. As tit is a mining area you can here the odd siren off in the s
distance, but no ghost or monsters come forth at least not in the day light. Was it scary? no but creepy.At night it may be a little different.

Buffalo to Warren






After crossing the border back into America we passed through Buffalo, its a city like any other city and to be honest we got out of there as quick as possible. We found a motel and straight away it was obviously cheaper here, about a thrd cheaper than Canada.
The next day we headed south and on route we stopped to change my tires as the back one looked like a slick.
the further from the city we got the nicer it became. Small towns with friendly people, old style houses and bridges.

We both needed haircuts so gues where? WALMART, that wasnt the finished product.
The roads were great, tight winding roads through hlls and forests with rivers chasing our left flanks..