So to get our RV suspension fixed, we need to stay an extra day in the Cape Cod area, so today we did a day-trip to Boston. Traffic into Boston, even though late-morning was pretty bad, but that gave us a chance to take a bunch of side-roads that Google Maps suggested. We parked near… Continue reading Boston, MA
Cape Cod, MA
Today we visited the Cape Cod Bay area. We intentionally drove on the secondary roads, to the extent possible. The rea has a lot of marshes along the coast, so there isn’t really a road that follows the shore for most of the area. Other than driving, we did three things: We went to Sandwich,… Continue reading Cape Cod, MA
Charlestown Breachway, Rhode Island
Today we traveled a short distance to Rhode Island, so that we could add that sticker to our map. Our campground was another “dry camping” one, at the Charlestown Breachway, essentially at Charlestown Beach which technically faces Block Island Sound, but in practice is actually open to the Atlantic Ocean. We discovered that a breachway… Continue reading Charlestown Breachway, Rhode Island
Mystic, CT
Today we traveled just a short distance for a one-night stay in Mystic, CT. We aren’t big shoppers, but we enjoyed walking around the “Olde Mistik” shops, and even purchased a few Christmas decorations, in what has to be one of the nicest stores of this type we ever visited. From there we headed out… Continue reading Mystic, CT
Relaxing day at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Not much done today other than a walk along the beach at the campground. Spacious campsites, and stunning sunsets
More ferries…NY-CT
I guess we liked using the ferry enough that we decided to do that a second time to go across the Long Island Sound into Connecticut. We saw two benefits in doing that: 1) avoid hitting the NYC-area traffic again; 2) getting to drive across the northern branch of long island. Along the northern branch,… Continue reading More ferries…NY-CT
Long Beach, NY
Today, we visited a business acquaintance and friend of Claudette at her Long Island home in Long Beach. We took the scenic route to get to her place, had good conversations, took a walk along the long beach boardwalk right around sunset, and ended our visit with a nice dinner at a local Mexican restaurant.
Montauk,, NY
Today was a big driving day – more than 4 hours of driving, including driving around New York City via the George Washington Bridge. I chose a park that had high ratings, and those were well deserved, but that park is at the far eastern end of the south branch of Long Island. Predictably, traffic… Continue reading Montauk,, NY
Philadelphia, PA
We did not sleep in PA during this trip, but we planned to do a day-trip to Philly, since we have fond memories of the couple of years when I worked there, mostly for Comcast. We parked the truck and Philly and did a lot of walking, hitting places we previously enjoyed, including City Hall,… Continue reading Philadelphia, PA
Driving New Jersey Backroads
Today is a repositioning day, to bring us closer to Philadelphia so that we can revisit that city where we stayed at for several years while I worked at the Comcast Head Office. We drove though small country roads, that were nevertheless part of our “truck safe” routing options. Once we were set-up, Claudette did… Continue reading Driving New Jersey Backroads