Friday, June 19 (White Mountains Day 1): We got up early enough today, but having noticed a Jeep dealer nearby, we’d decided to have an overdue oil change done and the tires checked. The mechanic said the tires had some wear left on them, but that the front brakes were in need of replacement, with 2mm left. I told them I’d like to get it done now, but that we were on vacation and didn’t want to lose the 3 hours or so it would take to do. Happily, the service guy told us they’d left us have a free loaner [View Full Entry]

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Thursday, June 18 (Boston KOA to Littleton/Lisbon KOA): We left the Boston/Cape Cod KOA about 9am, heading towards our next KOA in Littleton, New Hampshire, with stops along the way at Laconia and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. We stopped in Laconia to visit my mother’s grave, then on to Wolfeboro to visit the town where I was born. I can’t say I was born and raised there, since I only lived there a couple weeks after I was born. Wolfeboro or Wolfeborough depending on where you look, is America’s oldest resort town. Although still quite small, it does have a certain charm, [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday, 17 June (Boston): Again, we got a late start and headed to the commuter train station for our ride into Boston. Even at 9:30am, they had plenty of parking available at $4.00 a day. You just shove four ones into the little slot below your space number and you’re good to go. Our train was pretty neat, with a second level with lots of windows. The trip cost $7.50 one-way from Middleboro to South Station, Boston and took about an hour to get there. We’d planned on eating clam chowder at the same place we had many years ago, but [View Full Entry]

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Tuesday, 16 June (Minutemen & Butterflies): We were a bit lazy this morning and didn’t leave the KOA until after 9am. Heading up I-495 to avoid the Boston-bound traffic on I-95, our first stop was Concord. After checking with the visitor’s center for maps and handouts, we walked up Monument Street to the North Bridge, where the Revolutionary War was started with “the shot heard round the world”. Although not the original North Bridge, it was a neat site with a reconstructed bridge and the famous Minuteman statue of a colonial farmer with a plow in one hand a [View Full Entry]

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Monday, 15 June (Plymouth & Cape Cod): We drove the 15 or so miles to Plymouth, after a rather long trip to get our morning coffee since the KOA store doesn’t open until 8am. Parking in one of the free parking lots near the ocean, we were surprised again at how desolate the place seemed. Apparently, this time it was due mostly to the early hour and chilly weather (a high of 62 I think), because by 11am things had picked up people-wise. We only peeked at and took photos of the Mayflower II, since we’d toured it before with the [View Full Entry]

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Sunday, 14 June (NYC KOA to Mystic & Boston/Cape Cod KOA): We left the NYC KOA around 9am, heading for Mystic, Connecticut before our next home base at the Boston/Cape Cod KOA in Middleboro (or Middleborough depending on where you look). The trip to Mystic was pretty much uneventful, not even getting GPS lost. Our first stop was Mystic Pizza for lunch at this famous eatery from the movie by the same name. Mystic is very picturesque, but doesn’t offer much in historic or other sights, although the traffic was pretty heavy. We shared a Greek salad and a Mediterranean pizza, [View Full Entry]

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Saturday, 13 June (Empire State Building): We left the KOA today basically just to go up the Empire State Building and jog in Central Park. After driving the 15 or 20 miles to Beacon to catch the train to NYC, we parked and ran for the train, that left just seconds before we reached the platform. The next train wasn’t due for about an hour, so we headed back to the car. On the way, a guy stopped us to ask if we had tickets. Being stupid tourists, we thought the two tickets marked $15.50 each that he’d sell us for [View Full Entry]

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Friday, 12 June (Philadelphia KOA to NYC KOA via Statue of Liberty): We left the Philadelphia/West Chester KOA a bit after 8am , and after another couple of glitches in the GPS routing, arrived at Liberty State Park in New Jersey. Parking was $7.00 and the final road in was made of cobblestones and VERY rough! The ferry terminal is attached to an old railroad terminal and kind of neat. They have snacks, drinks, restrooms available both in the terminal and on the ferries. We had bought tickets online for the noon ferry, but arriving at 10:30am we asked if we [View Full Entry]

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Thursday, 11 June (Hershey & Lancaster): Today was our day to visit Hershey and the Amish country around Lancaster. After our morning coffee, we headed for Hershey to visit Hershey’s Chocolate World. We had no trouble finding it, although it seemed a lot further than I’d thought. We came into Hershey from the east on Hwy 322 and found signs directing us to the “Hershey Attractions” in the north central edge of Hershey. Besides Hershey’s Chocolate World, they also have a big amusement park (Hershey Park), a stadium (Hershey Arena), the Hershey Trolley W [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday, 10 June (Philadelphia Day 1): Since it had stopped raining during the night and the forecast called for possible light showers in the late afternoon, we decided to spend the day in Philadelphia. After my 6:30am run to the distant Landhome Foods store for coffee, we drove to the nearest train station at Thorndale. It was probably only 10 or 15 miles away, but on narrow, winding roads. We parked our car in the “daily use” lost, paid the four quarters (no bills please!), and hopped aboard the train to Philadelphia’s Market Street Station near the Independe [View Full Entry]

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