In glorious weather, had a great last day of our trip exploring the full length of Cape Cod. Cape Cod is about 60 miles long and is shaped like a beckoning arm (see photo). It is generally flat and there are miles of sandy beaches and sand dunes on every coast. The Pilgrim Fathers first landed in America on the northern tip at the site which is now occupied by Provincetown, the major resort. They moved later to Plymouth where we are staying. We started our trip by driving along the north coast through many pretty villages and diverting occasionally to visit a few of the beaches. At Denis we climbed an observation tower above Lake Scargo and had magnificent views of the whole Cape, described to us by a group of very friendly Americans. We ... read more

The cloudless skies returned today and with very clear viability we had a magnificent time introducing ourselves to the Acadia National Park. The park was denoted to the nation by several rich families including the Rockefellers. It has a glaciated coastline including one of only two fiords on the east coast of America and several hills of over 1000’ with bare granite summits poking through the trees. The autumn tree colours were probably the best we have seen on the trip. In the morning we took a ferry trip which visited two of the outlying islands both of which seem to be millionaire hideaways. The views of the Mount Desert Island hills were great. The afternoon was spent driving around a loop road in the park guided by an audio cd, which made an amazingly scenic, ... read more

On another dull day which was also fairly cold, windy and at times wet we explored the North East of the White Mountains. The area is dominated by Mount Washington, at 6288’ it is the highest mountain in North East USA. Being exposed it tends to have severe weather conditions. We first went to look at the bottom station of the cog railway that runs up Mount Washington. This was followed by a walk from Crawford Notch, one of the passes through the mountains to Mount Willard. The view from the summit gave us excellent views down the pass, but we were once again disappointed at the lack of colour in the trees. Our final expedition was to drive up the road leading up Mount Washington. The notice at the tollbooth at the bottom informed us ... read more

We moved from Vermont to New Hampshire today. During the trip we visited Woodstock, a small town with many fine buildings and the Queche gorge, one of the more impressive geological features in Vermont. We are now staying in Wolfeboro, a delightful small town on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee in the lakes region of New Hampshire. ... read more

On a glorious sunny autumnal day we left Massachusetts and headed North into Vermont. Our first stop was at small village called Jacksonville where we bought delicious apple and blueberry pies from a stall set for Columbus Day up by the local Womens’ Guild. A drive into the Green Mountains on what I expected to be on minor tarmac roads turned out to be on tracks. However after a couple of hours of adventure with quite difficult navigation but glorious situations we eventually made our way back to civilisation. Our day finished with a ride up the Gondola to Killington Peak, one of the major ski areas here. ... read more