We're off to see the USA..! Page 2
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6/05/01 Rain and wind since we left Fargo, one night camped in Wisconsin dells. Tonight we're in the fabulous Motel 6 Toledo OH (fixed income ya know!). Got to have my Internet fix! Arrived in Manassas Virginia Wed. evening and made our trek into Washington DC this morning (Thursday). More rain dampened us during the commute but cleared by noon, we took a few good pictures. American History museum was awesome, Air and Space tomorrow. |
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in Washington DC and walked the Smithsonian Museums until our feet are
screaming "uncle"! First day we visited Lincoln Memorial,
Vietnam Memorial, and National American History Museum. Second day we
spent most of our time in the Air and Space Museum and some time in the
National Art Museum.
Today, Saturday, we toured through Northwest Virginia to see a winery, lots of antique shopping and a great drive through the Shenandoah mountains. Deloris found some real jewels! Antique Amethyst stick-pin and a beautiful Garnet ring. We'll need to come back and see more of Virginia. Monday was spent in Prince William Forest National Park. Very near Tracy's home, Prince William is a beautiful park and we had it to ourselves. Unusual noise sounding like thunder proved to be artillery firing at Quantico weapons training center not far from the park. Tuesday we departed for Cape Cod MA and made it as far as the coast of Connecticut just south New London. The traffic jams of the Capitol beltway and NYC just ate up our time, so I am posting from our motel tonight. |
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The drive to Massachusetts was beautiful! I wish we had the large forested areas on the west coast that are found on the east coast. We skirted Boston on the east side and exited to look at Cambridge. With Deloris' excellent map skills we managed to drive the coast north from Revere beach and find an excellent camp at Salisbury Beach State Park. High temps and humidity came over the area and we were glad to have the ocean breezes. |
Thursday we drove to Lynn Massachusetts.
and spent the afternoon and evening with my cousin Donna and her husband
Bill Connolly. They
drove us up the coast to see all the historical and fine homes in the
area and treated us to a 'New England Clambake', super dinner. We
spent lots of time chattering about family history. |
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Very picturesque and scenic, we
spent Friday driving north into New Hampshire We noticed an
outdoor temp sign and were shocked to see 101 degrees! Upon
returning to the State Beach at Salisbury it seemed as though everyone
in Boston had come north to escape the heat. I've never camped in such
crowded conditions. This morning we left for Cathy Neri's home in Dover New Hampshire. We had a great afternoon visiting with Cathy, husband Phil and talking about family. All agreed we should do this again. As one of my heroes once said "I'll be back" |
 Deloris and I agreed either of these homes would suit us just fine, on the coast of New Hampshire! |
Maine!
After another good night in New Hampshire we drove the scenic back roads
to East Boothbay 'Haba' to see long lost cousin R.J.Secor and wife
Melissa. Dick is a well know for his watercolor depiction of the Maine
coast and the southwest and Melissa is an accomplished photographer. |
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06/21/01, Just a
quick up-date! We are in Wisconsin tonight after a week of camping New
England and headed for Fargo to do a few more chores for Deloris's mom.
Some family record searching in NH and MA turned up nothing but we had a lot of fun looking. The new truck (Baja Croozur) just turned 9000 miles so I guess we've got it almost broken in! Page 3, heading west, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York State to California will be ready in a few days! (8/23/01
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