Days 11 - 13

Well today we have to start the trip home.  We decided that we were going to drive most of the day so as to get home in 3 days.  We got a late start because we enjoyed another breakfast out on the porch with the hummingbirds.  We had a brief conversation with two women who were staying at the same place and had taken the bus with us to the concert.  They asked how the walk back went and talked about how great the concert was.  They were headed out to the airport and were returning to Woburn, MA. 

So another decision we made was to take the more northern route, hoping it would be a bit cooler.  Scott ended up driving till around 11 that night and we slept in a very nice truck stop.  When I took Virgil for his morning walk it was amazing to see how many people had just stopped and were sleeping in their cars, in the driver seat no less.  We got an early start and while I was driving Scot made reservations at a campground on Lake Erie.  We had a great dinner at a Mexican restaurant. The owner had seen us drive in with the camper and came over and talked to us quite awhile while we ate.  The campground was very nice.  The next day we drove along  the eastern shore of the lake for quite awhile.  It is so vast, it looked like the ocean.  Driving so many hours in the day was very tiring and you tend to forget what state you are driving through.  Another insight we gained from this trip was that in the future we would rather drive a long time so that we could spend a whole day at a location to break the trip up.  Even with our shorter drives headed out to Colorado you don't really get a chance to explore your stopovers.  It was good to get home although with all the rain there was a lot of weeding and yard work to catch up on and alot of conversation of selling and moving to a condo. : )  Shady back on her spot on the couch.

Popular posts from this blog

Start of France trip - September 14, 2023

Image
It was hard dropping Virgil off this morning but he got the penthouse suite.  Felt especially bad because there was no Shady to keep him company.  Developed an eye infection, that required antibiotics.  They had sent the prescription to Naples Walgreens.  I got there at 9 sharp only to find out that new hours starting today was opening at 10.  So ended up going back home to take Virgil and leaving straight from there to Portland bus station.  It all worked out, just a bit more stress.  Ate at Legal Seafoods in Logan airport and now sitting in gate area with hour to kill before boarding.
Read more

Saturday, September 16 - Palace of Versailles

Image
My first draft somehow got deleted due to operator error.  I will attempt another but much briefer.  We walked from the hotel to where we thought the tour group was to meet but spent some time figuring this out.  Our tour guide Momo was quite a character, very engaging and personable. He gave a brief history of the palace and off we went by golf cart to explore the surrounding gardens and fountains.  There were four fountains depicting the four seasons.  Back in the time of the king there were whistle boys whose job was to turn on the fountains right before the king arrived and then run on to do the same for the next one the king would come to.  All the water used in the fountains and such had to come via aqueduct from Paris.  It was all very impressive. We then moved on to the bicycle portion of the tour that explored the outer regions of the palace grounds.  This included Marie Antoinette's getaway compound including her home, extensive gardens ...
Read more

Day 1 of travels to wherever.

Image
We started out on time.  Stopped by J & D' s on way out.  Shady (and Danielle) had a rough first night.  Can't thank them enough for watching her while we are away.  We made our first travel decision to take the longer but more scenic way to our first overnight location. It was well worth it. Beautiful areas of New York and Pennsylvania.  We arrived at The Promised Land State Park around 5.  Spectacular area, but very crowded camping. It was very interesting to watch the various large groups set up camp around us.  The group across from us was especially interesting to watch as there were too many supervisors and not enough workers.  Add to this it looked like they had never set up the tents before this and they didn't get to their evening meal until almost dark.  More conversation ensued on getting their tab...
Read more