3,200 mile Trek to Maine
Blog Entry #1 Wednesday August 27 to Sunday August 31, 2014 – North Carolina to Oneida
This afternoon Jean and I departed Cary, NC on the start of our one month trek to New England. Farewell Party at Cary, NC On the 750 mile trip from Cary to our first official …
Blog Entry #2 Monday September 1, 2014 – Ticonderoga
I am writing you from Fort Ticonderoga on the western bank of Lake Champlain in eastern New York State. Jean felt I could use some history learn’n so we elected to visit the Fort and …
Blog Entry #3 Tuesday September 2 to Wednesday September 3, 2014 – Ticonderoga to Bar Harbor
It might be hard to believe, but it is 9-3-14 and here we are in Bar Harbor, Maine adjacent to Acadia National Park. We arrived midafternoon after spending last evening in the town of Bethel …
Blog Entry #4 Thursday September 4 to Saturday September 6, 2014 – Adventures in Bar Harbor
Motel in Bar Harbor, ME On September 4th we arrived at a “quaint” motel on the outskirts of Bar Harbor, ME adjacent to the east side of Acadia National Park. The motel provided a fitting …
Blog Entry #5 Saturday September 6 to Sunday September 7, 2014 – Bar Harbor to Portsmouth
The morning of Saturday, September 6th we loaded up the Jeep and left our mid- 50’s Bar Harbor motel for the trek to Portsmouth, NH for the start of the Antique Automobile Club of America …
Blog Entry #6 Monday September 8 to Friday September 12, 2014 – The Antique Automobile Club of America Sentimental Tour
Duesenburg in Front of Portsmouth Country Club Been a whirlwind week attending the 2014 Antique Automobile Club of America Sentimental Tour based in Portsmouth, NH. They kept us pretty busy each day with trips to …
Blog Entry #7 Saturday September 13 to Sunday September 15, 2014 – Portsmouth to Worchester to Little Compton
Left Portsmouth, NH the morning of September 13th on a journey to the home of my nephew Jim and his wife Jen in Worcester, MA. We selected a back roads route that gave Boston a …
Blog Entry #8 Monday September 16 to Friday September 19, 2014 – Bedford and Mystic and Groton, Oh My!
On the 16th of September Rusty’s wife Gail and I took a driving tour of the Little Compton, RI region while Jean and her brother Rusty got caught up as they sorted through some circa 1950 …
Blog Entry #9 Saturday September 20 to Wednesday September 24, 2014 – Middlefield, Connecticut and Conquering the Barnegat Lighthouse
Let’s see, we left the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, CT the afternoon of Friday, September 19th after a tailgate lunch in the museum parking lot and made the trek further west in Connecticut to …
Blog Entry #10 Wednesday September 24 to Friday September 26, 2014 – The Long Drive Home
Crossing into Maryland The afternoon of September 24th we made a successful crossing of Delaware Bay on the ferry from Cape May, NJ to Lewes, DE. We then drove south to spend the evening in …
Blog Entry #11 Monday September 29, 2014 – Home Again!
It’s the evening of Monday, September 29, 2014. Life is just about back to normal after our 30 day, 3,500 mile trek. We stayed in 15 different locations; 5 of which were the homes family …