A white-knuckle driving experience into Jersey City.  Who would believe there is an RV campground within sight of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty?  It is basically a parking lot with RVs sandwiched in everywhere at $100 a night with water and electric hookups.  There is even some tent camping available on artificial turf. We […]

Oct 8 – Southbound, we head into Rhode Island, stopping in the fancy rich town of Newport.  Lots of tourists, fancy homes, yachts, and genteel neighborhoods.  A trolley tour takes us around the mansions of Newport.  These mansions were the summer cottages of the rich and famous and are now museums open for touring.  As […]

Oct 5 – Salem, Massachusetts, is a very popular town for the month of October.  It really plays up the witch hunt theme.  But first, we have to get there!  We get on the wrong highway heading into downtown Boston and have to backtrack, as the tunnels in this area forbid the transport of propane.  […]

Sept 4 – On to the Bay of Fundy area with its huge tides.  At Digby is the floating marina.  The tide is low so we see boats lying on the ocean floor.  The marina gangplanks are at a steep killer angle down and the boats are very far down against the wharf sides.  Boat […]

Sept 30 and Oct 1 – we find ourselves still in Maine leaf peeping!  We visit Fort Knox built in 1844 to protect the Penobscot River from British attack.  This fort has very thick walls compared to others we visited in Canada.  As well, the fort had 2 shot furnaces where cannonballs were heated red hot […]

Sept 26 – we cross over into Maine through Houlitan.  Of course, we are “randomly selected” for a border inspection… After a few more questions inside the building and an inspection, we are permitted into America.  We see lots of logging trucks and rural country roads with American flags everywhere.  A truck goes by with […]

Sept 17-22We are back on the mainland in New Brunswick waiting for fall and the autumn colors.  The weather is definitely cooler with some rainy days. In Moncton, we tried out Magnetic Hill.  You put your vehicle in neutral and it really does seem like you are rolling uphill.  Is it magnetic or an optical […]

Sept 13-16 inclusiveWe have been hanging out in PEI the last few days.  It has been sunny and warm so we have been lazing at the beach, hiking in the parks, and even biking on the Confederation Trail.  We continue to drive through farmland and along harbors.  Charlottetown is a lovely city with historic houses […]

Sept 7-12 inclusiveThe 12.9 km Confederation Bridge takes us to PEI.  The bridge is an awesome sight, stretching off into the distance and then curving off.  It is an engineering marvel. Prince Edward Island is 54% farmland; thus we have seen lots and lots of potato fields, as well as corn, and hayfields.  The soil […]