MarilynandJim

We left our RV park last Saturday morning. Glenn and Glenda headed toward northern Indiana to get some adjustments on their coach. Charlie, Ruth, Phyllis, Rich, Jim and I headed toward Illinois. The first night we stayed in Pennsylvania. I took a picture of my first open-air laundry. I don't know what happens when they get a lot of snow. Of course, many campgrounds close in the winter. Sunday, we made it to south of Cincinnati. When our daughter, Rayna, went to college at Miami University, which is north of Cincinnati, we became acquainted with The Montgomery Inn which is famous for its ribs. So, Jim had to make a stop at the Montgomery Inn for ribs. We all had a delicious dinner there Sunday night. Monday we arrived in Mt.Carmel around noon. Then the fun ... read more

I am a little late with this blog as we visited West Point last Thursday. I had the blog all typed about West Point, then lost the internet. Gave up until I could get good coverage. We drove to West Point, which was about 30 miles from our RV park. We tried several gates, (West Point has lots of acreage). Finally , we found the visitors center and took a tour. Our tour guide was very good but talked so fast. Hopefully, I managed to get some of what he said. I also did some research on my own. West Point's history dates back to the Revolutionary War. General George Washington considered the high plateau on the west bank of the Hudson River to be the most important strategic position in America. He had the fortifications ... read more

In my previous blog I said that we went to Providence Rhode Island. We went to Newport Rhode Island. I was in a hurry because in the RV park where we are, you have to pay for the internet for 24 hrs. at a time. I was afraid that I wouldn't get the blog done before I ran out of time. Also, wanted to add that Jim thinks that the downfall of some of these large mansions came in 1913. This was when the United States permanently imposed income taxes.... read more

Yesterday we went to church near our RV park in Carver, MA. It was in a store in a shopping center that looked like part of it had been closed. My first experience with a shopping center Catholic Church. We got there an hour early as they had changed Mass times. The priest told us that there was a nice coffee shop across the parking lot. So, we went there for breakfast before Church. Very good. After Church, we drove toward Cape Cod. We drove to Woods Hole to get tickets for the ferry to Martha's Vineyard. We then drove to Hyannis. We saw the JFK Memorial. We didn't drive to the end of the Cape as it was so foggy. It rained after we go back to the RV park. We had a nice dinner ... read more

Today was a beautiful day. A little cool but sunny. We spent most of the day catching up on laundry, etc. Sometimes when you are travelling, it is good to have a day that you can just rest a bit. And, like I mentioned the other day, it seems like there is always some kind of maintenance to attend to on an RV. It is just like a home..it is always something. This afternoon we drove to Bar Harbor. It is really a nice little town. I believe that the population is around 5,000. I think the Bar Harbor area covers about 63 square miles. It has several large older homes. Some of these have been turned into Bed & Breakfasts. The downtown area near the harbor has lots of shops and restaurants. We walked down ... read more