Tuesday, 23 June (Herkimer KOA to Lewiston/Niagara Falls North KOA): We left the Herkimer KOA quite early, around 7am. After letting the GPS get us lost right off the bat, we finally located I-90 West. It’s actually the New York Thruway! The drive of about 250 miles got us to the Lewiston/Niagara Falls North KOA before noon, but they checked us in anyways. This KOA is a bit smaller and the store is only open until 6pm, but it’s still nice, and the WiFi works! After unloading, we headed into the not-so-nearby Lewiston to eat lunch at Syrgos Greek Restaurant. Very little of the food was Greek, but it was good, plentiful, and very reasonably priced. Manoli had a strawberry chicken salad that she said was very good, and I had the Summertime Special, a sausage, ... read more

Sunday, 21 June (Littleton KOA to Herkimer KOA): (Sorry for the "Coopestown", but there was no Herkimer or close place) Before we left Littleton, we discovered a major discrepancy between the route to Herkimer KOA that the GPS had set up and the one I did using Google Map. I’d noted the difference in routes, but the distance difference of 100 miles was a bit of a surprise. We ended up using the shorter route from Google and let the GPS adjust as we went. Before leaving, we stopped by the well known Littleton Coin Company, but they were closed on Sunday. I’d made a list of interesting places we might like to see along the way to Herkimer, and even though our route changed, we ended up going near two of them. Pompanoosuc Mills was ... read more

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 for the day, so we jumped in their KIA Sportage and away we went, around 10am. We decided to drive south and east on smaller roads rather than the Interstate so we could check on ... read more

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 it was a bit early and I wasn’t sure just where it had been, so we decided to walk along the Oceanside towards the Faneuil Hall. After browsing the stores a bit and seeing all ... read more

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 girls way back when, then went to see Plymouth (or Plimoth) Rock. Plymouth Rock is actually just a medium sized stone with 1620 chiseled into it and no real evidence exists that it was the ... read more