Hi Friends and Family, Dave and I are heading out again. This time we are driving to Alaska, leaving Raynham on May 16. We are really excited about our 2-month trip to the "Last Frontier". We will be driving through Buffalo, Chicago and on up into North Dakota before crossing into Canada. We are leaving the fifth-wheel at home and taking the van once again. For this trip though, we have bought a tent that attaches to the back of the van and becomes part of it. Instead of sitting in the van at night to watch movies, we will be [View Full Entry]

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Dave and I left Maryland around 8:30 am. We drove over the the Delaware Memorial Bridge, into Pennsylvania, up the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, into New York and over the Tapanzee Bridge. We then went through Connecticut, into Rhode Island, and finally into Massachusetts. We drove over the Braga Bridge in Fall River, up Route 24 and onto Route 44 and then we arrived home at about 4:45 pm. It was great to be home. We were met by Jessica, Keith, Sammantha and Brooke. Jessie had cleaned our house for us and also cooked supper for us. What a [View Full Entry]

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We decided to stay at Michelle and Paul's house with our granddaughters, Rachel, Renee and Anna. It was a well deserved rest after the long days' drive yesterday. The girls kept us busy, on the swings and then taking a walk. It was great for me, it was the first time we saw TV in 6 weeks and I got to see the Patriots beat Buffalo in the football game. Go Pats! We went to a Japanese Hibachi Grill for supper and had a chef prepare our food in a grill at our table. There was a huge fire and the [View Full Entry]

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We are getting spoiled with this hotel stuff. However, we have decided to head home because of Dave's leg. We don't want to take any chances and will have it checked as soon as possible. We decided to drive to my daughter, Michelle's house in Maryland - 665 miles away. It was a lot of driving, but we stopped every few hours so Dave could walk around a little. We left Lebanon, TN and arrived in Sykesville about 12 hours later. It was beautiful country here, green rolling hills and mountains on the horizons. We saw some jets flying into formations. [View Full Entry]

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We spent one horribly hot, sticky night at Red Rock Canyon State Park in Hinton, OK. We didn't get much sleep. Also the bathrooms were filthy. We decided to have breakfast on the road and stopped at the Gavin Family Restaurant in Hinton. I had pancakes and coffee and Dave had a bagel with egg, cheese and ham with coffee and the bill came to $7. We stopped for gas at the shell and got 2 coffees to go and they cost $.54 each. It was a very hazy,hot morning and again not much to see along the road. We stopped [View Full Entry]

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After a great night's sleep in our Ramada Inn hotel room, we had breakfast in the lobby and loaded the van and headed east once again. We drove into Tennessee and through Memphis. We stopped to see our friends Leroy and Betty Jane in Huron, TN. They moved here last year from Appalachicola, FL. After a tour of there 11 acres, we had a delicious lunch, Borsch soup, sandwiches and salads. Plus muffins and cookies for dessert. Betty Jane is quite a good cook. After our visit we followed Leroy and Betty Jane into Lexington, TN and we headed north on [View Full Entry]

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We slept in this morning, getting up at 7:45, had breakfast and a walk and continued on our eastward journey on Route 40. The scenery was mostly flat, a few hills, a mesa here and there, and power poles and towers. There was one straight section of road where I saw a tower at the horizon and I counted the miles that we could see ahead of us - it was 14 miles. We past two distant wind farms to the south of the highway while in New Mexico. We crossed over the state line into Texas. This was our first [View Full Entry]

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Woke up to a very chilly morning, low 30’s, but it warmed up very quickly. The sun made the hillside in front of the van a beautiful gold color. We walked this morning, we have both put on about 10 pounds in the last 5 weeks and want to reverse that as soon as possible. Well we are heading east and really not stopping after today until we reach Tennessee. Today’s destination - Petrified Forest. As we travel along Route 40 there is not much to see, but trains. We saw train after train, some that seem miles long, a lot [View Full Entry]

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After a great, cool night’s sleep we had breakfast at our campsite. We were up early because we came back into Arizona and are now on Pacific Time. At 6:00 am here is actually 7:00 am for us. We caught an early shuttle bus to the west side of the canyon, which is the only way to see this side. Dave says they eventually want to make the Grand Canyon accessible only by shuttle bus. The system here is very good, the signage is good and the shuttles are easy to use. We took the shuttle to the first stop, and [View Full Entry]

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We had a major upset this morning - the shampoo leaked all inside Dave’s bag with all his stuff in it - and it took him a half hour to wipe everything off. Looks like I was the last one to use the shampoo - ut oh. We went over to the Ute Mountain Casino to have breakfast. This was our first stop in a casino this whole trip and we didn’t go in to gamble, just to have breakfast. It was great - all you can eat buffet for $6.95. I had an omelet fresh made to order at the [View Full Entry]

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