Eastbound: Our 2006 Adventure

DAY 2 (IN DAVE DAYS)

We started bright and early at Linda Vera's (10:30 or so), and drove out to Newstead (or Clarence) to visit the old Squire Howe homestead on Howe Road (photos to be posted soon!). We found Howe Road with no trouble, and the first house we looked at on that road turned out to be Darius' (Carey Howe's brother) place! What luck we had! Squire's (Carey's father) place is across the street.

We lurked around the house for a bit, then got up enough nerve to ring the doorbell. A nice elderly lady named Norma answered, and though she was a bit reluctant at first, she warmed up to us and invited us in to look around. She had an amazing collection of "Boyd" teddy bears (sorry, no photos). She told us what she could about the history of the place, and, after about an hour, we said our goodbyes.

We then ventured across the street to Squire's house (built in 1831). Unfortunately, the county crews were doing tree trimming, so it was very loud and distracting. But we persevered, and made it to the front door, where a pleasant young lady invited us in to look around. She showed us an old music player (we don't know what it was called, but it is similar to a music box, but uses a large metal disk). Sorry, again, no photos.

We were most impressed by the wide plank flooring on the second floor (newly refinished). Most of the planks were 18-23 inches wide, made of pine (we think).

Photos will be up soon... Sally is really hungry and is dragging me off to breakfast! ;-)

posted by David Howe @ 6:46 AM