Day Two (7/31) Titusville

If the blog title didn't clue you in, this vacation isn't like our others.  We're taking it easier and not so focused on getting to the next destination.  I did do some planning, but there's plenty of time to look around and we're far more flexible than before.  I'm still getting used to it.

First, a couple of old photos at the hotel that I mentioned yesterday:

After breakfast at the hotel, we drove to the nearest Tim Hortons in Meadville.  To my disappointment, the one in Franklin is closed.  To my surprise, the door to the one we stopped at was locked--you had to use drive-through.  I'm sure they are all that way, but I asked if they sell cans of coffee that way.  They do, and since I'm sure all of them use the drive-through, we'll get a can in Erie.

We drove around Meadville a bit, but soon we headed to Titusville.  

Didn't know this was here:

Ida M Tarbell House

The Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad was next.  No train rides due to you-know-what, and the store was closed, but you could still look around some.  And the Caboose Motel was open.  It looked like an interesting place to stay.

Caboose Motel

Caboose Motel 2

OC&T RR Boxcar

Passenger Car

Fe's been workin' on the railroad.

After this, we headed to the Drake Oil Museum.  This was also officially closed--so no museum or gift shop--but you could walk around and picnic.  We saw quite a few people enjoying the place.  Unfortunately, we did not see Drake's well (!) but we did see a few other interesting things.

Oil Well--not Drake's

Small Pumps

Yo Yo Drilling Rig

The rest of the day was driving around--through Oil Creek State Park, down through Oil City (to see the current District 1-0 office), lunch, and then back to Franklin.

Still no concrete plans for dinner, since lunch was a bit late.  I hope to go to the hotel restaurant--don't worry, I won't go hungry.

Tomorrow we head for the big city of Erie.