Sep 4-7, 2024 – Chatham, MA Each year our good friends, Janice and Kevin, rent a house in or near Chatham on Cape Cod for a family vacation. Happily, they also invite us and some other friends to join them. This year the entourage included son, Graham with his wife, Heather, with children, Delilah & … Read more

Aug 31, 2024 – Hingham, MA Our drive to Hingham, MA, and Wompatuck State Park was smooth until we got to the Boston area. There we hit traffic tie-ups in the northern suburbs and the tunnels. For once, though, we pretty much breezed through the Braintree split which is pretty much always a problem. The … Read more

Aug 29, 2024 – Quechee, VT Breakfast was at a Skinny Crepe located half a mile from the park. They even offered gluten free crepes! We then drove into West Lebanon to pick up a couple of travel journals Sandy had ordered from Amazon, shopped for a few groceries and got in a bit of … Read more

Aug 27, 2024 – Quechee, VT We moved to Quechee, VT, today but there was no hurry to leave since it was just a two hour drive and we were welcome to stay at Amy & Lindsay’s as long as we wanted. Bill posted five episodes to this blog, which is a record number of … Read more

Aug 24, 2024 – Wolfeboro, NH After showering we broke camp and drove into Wolfeboro. Parking is an issue when we’re towing the car, especially since you can’t back up. We finally found several parking spaces in a row that would work. Casting about for something interesting to do, Sandy remembered seeing something about a … Read more

Aug 22, 2024 – Tamworth, NH The weather was cool and cloudy when we pulled up stakes at Ellacoya SP to head to White Lake SP on the other side of Winnipesaukee. Stopping in Meredith, the folks at George’s Diner did a great job preparing and serving breakfast for us. That afternoon we found a … Read more

Aug 20, 2024 – Gilford, NH Rain this morning and chilly. On our way north we passed through New Hampshire’s Lakes Region and decided that would be a good place to return to and explore for a few days. Campgrounds are very full, but we secured a two night reservation at Ellacoya State Park, just … Read more

Aug 18, 2024 – Salem, MA Getting ready to leave Ernie’s the steps suddenly decided to work again … BACKWARDS! They extended when we closed the door and retracted when we opened the door. Bill assumed that the connector plugs he’d checked were polarized. It turned out they weren’t and he’d inadvertently reversed the polarity … Read more

Aug 15, 2024 – Essex, MA The six-hour drive from Seneca Falls, NY, to Essex, MA, turned out to take nine hours. What with stops for a fast food breakfast, to pee and refuel we were doing OK. Then, as we approached our destination near Boston the I-90/I-95 portion turned into beep and creep. Fortunately, … Read more

Aug 12, 2024 – Seneca Falls, NY We decided to move east and spend some time in the north end of the Finger Lakes region. Cayuga Lake State Park near the north end of Cayuga Lake seemed like a good place to base ourselves so we headed that way. But first, yes first, we would … Read more