June 7 - A dream come true

For as long as I can remember I have wanted to see Fallingwater. I was just sad that I was not able to have my brother with me. He is an architect and I still remember him studying Frank Lloyd Wright’s works when he was a college student. I was surprised at how small the rooms are and how low the ceilings hang. The house is suspended over the stream of Bear Run, just before it tumbles over a waterfall. I felt it was too high above the falls – I would have liked to see the bottom level of the house at water level. There are six decks, which more than double the living space of the house. The main house has only four bedrooms. Many doors are very narrow and there are stairs everywhere. Albert Einstein stayed there at one time. After taking many photos I finally agreed to leave.

We discovered a wonderful bike trail system. The Great Allegheny Passage from Pittsburgh, PA to Cumberland, WV. It in turn links up to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath which continues from Cumberland to Washington DC. Much of the PA route follows old railway routes. It seems fairly common out here that when railways were no longer in use – bike trails have been developed along those routes.