Spring 2009 - Houston - NYC

05/08/09 - Drove our suite cases to JFK & left them with a "left luggage" place in Terminal 4. Cost $20 for four bags. Drove back to our motel in NJ. Round trip took over 4 hours. Traffic was bad.

05/09/09 - Took a bus to Elizabeth NJ train station. Took train to Penn Station and from there took the A-Train to the JFK stop. From there transferred to the AirTrain mono-rail train that took us to the terminal.

Plane left at 5:45PM. Got into Dublin at Midnight (NY Time), but 5AM Dublin time. I will start another trip for our Irish travels.

05/04/09 - Spent the day in & around Lewisburg. We went to the Greenbrier and took the 'bunker tour'. A bunker, intended to work as a fall-out shelter, was build under a new wing of the Greenbrier. Its purpose was to shelter members of both houses of Congress in the event of a nuclear attach.

05/05/09 - Got away early to drive to Pottsville in Schuylkill County, PA. Ate at a pizza place in a small mall. It was good. I didn't get the name. It was on Highway 61 & close to the Days Inn.

The Days Inn took over the River Inn. Hotel is okay & cheap.

05/06/09 - Spent the morning in the Pottsville city library & the afternoon at the Schuylkill Co Heritage Society (SCHS) office. The SCHS was very helpful with our family research.

We found the property where the Doolings lived between at least 1865 & 1880. It was on Coal street (aka Coal Alley).

05/07/09 - This AM we went to the Schuylkill Co court house. We checked the deeds and found transactions with family involving the house on Coal Street that we had visited the night before. We didnot find any records of wills for any Doolings. Then we drove to NJ to get ready for our trip to Ireland on Saturday.

05/03/09 - Drive from Chattanooga, TN to Lewisburg, WV. About 400 miles and a difficult drive (in heavy rain). Left about 9:30AM and got in at 5:15PM.

Went to Patrick O'Flaherty's Irish Pub on Washington Pub. Being Sunday night it was an Irish session. About 13 musicians (and myself on the bones) played music until 10PM. Food is good. Had the Corned beef hash & Guiness (of course).

05/02/09 - Drive from Hattiesburg to Chattanooga, TN was uneventful. Drove the whole way on Interstates.

This is our second visit to Chattanooga. We were again impressed by the river area and night life in the downtown area. Walking across the river on the pedestrian bridge (Walnut Street Bridge, I believe) is nice.

05/02/09 - Drive from Hattiesburg to Chattanooga, TN was uneventful. Drove the whole way on Interstates.

This is our second visit to Chattanooga. We were again impressed by the river area and night life in the downtown area. Walking across the river on the pedestrian bridge (Market Street Bridge, I believe) is nice.