We had understood that the American Revolution was unwanted by most of the people living in the colonies, and that only a small percentage of people supported it. What we didn’t realize was how much the truth was stretched and how much propaganda drove the forces that started this country. On our tour of The […]
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Boston, July 3rd DCR Hatch Shell 4th Rehearsal
We barely had finished setting up camp at Wompatuck State Park and quickly then found our way to the Quincy Adams train station. For old Bellinghamsters, figuring out a big city train can be intimidating, but thanks to a sympathetic and super-helpful Bostonian, complete with accent, we got the Inbound Redline to “Chahls.” Feeling this […]
Boston, here we come! July 3rd – 8th
We are excited to visit, what we think is going to be a really cool area, we are settled at Wompatuck State Park Campground. What a nice campground, lots of space with electric hookups. The drive took about 3.5 hours lots of traffic on the 3rd. The blue dot is where we are at. Temperatures […]
Heading to Boston with a 1 night stop at Camp Overflow, Otis, MA
We decided to break up the drive, we are spending one night at Camp Overflow. Then onto Boston for 5 nights.
Lesson learned, bike bouldering in the Promised Land
If the map says “hiking only,” don’t take that trail with a bike. Even if the other trails marked the same were wide, abandoned roads and even if the first part of the same trail was an easy old road, don’t take that trail. We thought it was peculiar that after the road we were […]
Promised Land State Park, PA
The land that became Promised Land State Park was once hunting grounds for the Minsi Tribe of the Wolf Clan of the Lenni Lenape American Indians (Delaware). The Shakers, a religious group, purchased land in the area. They tried to farm and build a life on the rocky land. Their attempt to build a partnership […]
Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh”, Lake Kandle Campground, NJ
How many songs about the summertime can you conjure up in your mind? Here’s a few for you. Be careful…they might become ear boogers. Mungo Jerry https://youtu.be/yG0oBPtyNb0 Sly and the Family Stone https://youtu.be/32inwlWSRpY Alice Cooper https://youtu.be/XH4JL42iWLI Neat King Cole https://youtu.be/IOV96BCAvZc We realize with each new place we go that summer means so many different things. In northeast Florida, people […]
June 24th – “What are the five freedoms in the First Amendment?”
Wait…there are five? I thought it was just about freedom of speech. Apparently I’m not alone. The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum recently found that 22 percent of Americans could name all five Simpson family members, compared with just one in 1,000 people who could name all five First Amendment freedoms. Can you? (And I won’t […]
Washington DC – (June 19th – 24th)
A tour of the Capitol Building was arranged with our Senator Patty Murray’s office. It was a great tour with only 5 of us compared to other tours if you just show up, the groups were around 20+ in size. We looked into a White House tour (Fred wanted to wear his RESIST shirt) but […]
Scotland, Last Day Edinburgh (June 18th)
By now we are pretty much ready to move on to the US and continue our travels there. We miss being on a closer time zone with our family and friends. We have decided that we are liking the big cities less and less. Europe’s bigger cities are looking more and more alike and less […]