It was a much crisper morning, and after months of hot weather, it was exciting to be wearing our Cotopaxi down hooded jackets again! Michael sometimes doesn't like it because we are matching, but these jackets are so colorful and comfortable, and are the best option for this kind of weather! Downtown Portland Since we […]
We left Maine and New Hampshire behind, and in the morning crossed over to Massachusetts, state #42! Our plan was to spend most of the day in Salem, a city northeast of Boston that's famous for its the witch trials in 1692, where locals were executed after being accused of practicing witchcraft. On our way […]
While we'd left the touristy spots of Salem to sleep in the Target parking lot, we were still in the city, so our first stop this morning was Proctor's Ledge Memorial, which is believed to be the site of where the accused witches were executed back in 1692. Since it's a bit out of the […]
While we'd experienced our first chilly night in months in Salem a couple of days ago, we were pleasantly surprised to have temperatures warm enough to be wearing t-shirts again in Boston, with the sunny skies perfect for exploring the city on e-Bike. Since we've been to Boston before, we decided that we'd see some […]
Years ago, Ocean Spray, a company known for its line of cranberry juices, aired a TV commercial that made it to Australia, with two men in a cranberry bog. Lisette had no idea that cranberries were harvested in this way, and was in complete awe. Fast forward to this trip, and while we were in […]
At the northern tip of Cape Cod is the charming seaside town of Provincetown, also known as P-Town. This little coastal town has most of its attractions clustered around Commercial Street, although it's a so teeny that it's exceedingly difficult to find a place to stop or--should we daresay--park, around here. But it seems that […]
Leaving the Walmart that sold no fresh produce or alcohol the next morning, we drove closer to Providence to the Federal Hill neighborhood so that we could explore the city on our efficient e-bikes. When Michael went to pay at the meter, it wouldn't let him enter his license plate, so we didn't have much […]
Fortunately we'd ridden our e-bikes through Newport yesterday afternoon, because we woke up the next morning to a grey and overcast day. Our plans to walk around the neighborhood were unlikely, with threats of rain for the entire day. Leaving our coastal parking spot where we'd spent the night, we drove to Easton's Beach where […]
It's rather nice to stay in an RV park during the off-season! Not sandwiched between RVs. Not awoken by noise from neighbors early in the morning. Not suffering from stifling heat or teems of mosquitos buzzing around in the sweltering sun. Having the facilities to ourselves. We took full advantage of it all, checking out […]
Did you know that PEZ, the iconic little candy that comes out of toy dispensers, is headquartered in Connecticut? We didn't either--but the largest, most comprehensive collection of PEZ memorabilia on display is at the PEZ Visitor Center, in the town of Orange in Connecticut. PEZ was first sold as a compressed peppermint sweet in […]
Because we used to live in California, Lisette was getting Stamford (the city in Connecticut) mixed up with Stanford (the university in northern California) when she was referring to the former! Our first visit in the morning was in Stamford (with an M), checking out the outside of the Avon Theatre Film Center, a historic […]
We woke up within the Applegreen travel stop and realized that the forecast for the entire day would be cold, windy, grey, and rainy, so we took advantage of this by catching up on work and other indoor errands in the RV. It's tough to juggle "adulting" priorities on the road, and even harder to […]
Since we'd parked at a pullout overnight, as soon as we lifted the curtain inside we were immediately greeted by...peak hour traffic! Cars, vans, and trucks were in a long procession, with some folks occasionally driving along the shoulder to attempt to cut through (which we felt before we saw in the morning). But...we were […]
We got up bleary-eyed from a disruptive sleep (cars, sirens, trucks, people talking, even train horns), but were excited to explore Manhattan for our first full day in the Big Apple! We've both been here before, so our plan was not to over plan, and not run around doing all the touristy things. So this […]
Despite the full day that we'd had yesterday, all of us --Sheila included-- had a very disruptive sleep, thanks to the cars passing by, the bigger cars shaking the RV, the random train horns, and general street noise that occurred all through the night. But, it is Manhattan, after all! This is not the city […]
Goodbye, Manhattan! We had a ton of fun, and were so grateful to have such a convenient spot to have parked our RV in the city for the 3 nights we stayed here. As we drove out of the city, however, we were reminded of the stress associated with getting into the city, with busy […]
While we've packed a lot into our US road trip, we also need to include downtime, or else it can get very tiring! Today was one of these days, where we spent the morning hanging out at the Walmart parking lot before focusing on just one stop today, the largest Hindu temple in the Western […]
Michael had a call around lunchtime, so we had a relaxed morning, with Lisette and Sheila getting a chance to go for a trek and explore Turkey Swamp Park. We'd parked there overnight, so the next day we walked along some of the trails by the water, seeing ducks swimming on the surface, and a […]
While we'd had some icy ocean gusts whack our RV throughout the night, we'd had a decent night's sleep. Although oddly enough, in the morning before we got up someone drove past and dumped a bunch of rocks not far from us? When we saw it in the morning it seemed like they'd been arranged […]
We were still about 20 minutes away from downtown Philadelphia, so we left our peaceful spot in Manayunk, the nice neighborhood in Philly. We arrived first at the Wagner Free Institute of Science. Founded in 1855, it's a rare surviving example of a Victorian-era scientific society, with a natural history museum, research center, library, and […]
How lovely is it to wake up in the morning and see a bright, sunny day awaiting you? It was perfect for exploring Philadelphia for a second day on e-bike, so we got ready and looked around the outside of the Eastern State Penitentiary, a former prison that was opened in 1829 to hold 250 […]
Despite having to move to a second place to park overnight after getting kicked out of Walmart for the first time, the rest of the night at the Biden Welcome Center was peaceful and uneventful. But we did wake up in the morning to use the restroom, only to learn they had no running water, […]
Delaware may be the second-smallest state after Rhode Island, but it is the seat of a lot of US history, being the first US state. And our first stop would be Lewes, the first town in the first state. Lewes began as a colony by the Dutch West India Company in the spring of 1631. […]
We woke up at our friends Kait and Brandon's home, and it was a rather chill day, walking around the neighborhood and catching up on errands. Since they live in a resort town, it's now much quieter as most visitors have left after the summer holidays. We used the time to clean up the RV […]
We spent yet another night at a Cracker Barrel, and so far, they've been great places to stay at in this part of the country--there are always dedicated RV/bus lots, and they've been safe and quiet spots to stay at. It probably won't be the last time we stay at a Cracker Barrel, so at […]
While we'd had a fairly heavy downpour overnight, fortunately the rain stopped during the day so we could explore sans umbrellas and wet weather gear. It was soon off to Fell's Point, which we'd driven past when we first arrived in Baltimore, a historic, waterfront neighborhood with cobblestone streets, which was once a bustling shipbuilding […]
Despite our less-than-restful sleep due to a couple of trucks pulling up next to us in the middle of the night and noisily transferring goods, we were up and ready to head to Washington DC today, a city we had been excited to visit for a while--it is the capital, after all! Lisette had been […]