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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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'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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]