Oops!

Nuts! Forgot to get something at our friends house before we left. I did not discover it until after lunch 30 minutes away and was ready to hook up the car. I had to drive back to Bethel and pick it up. So we lost about an hour of travel time today. However, we did go about the same distance we had planned. Now we are in South Williamsport, PA at the Nittany Mountain KOA for the night.

Thanks, Danbury! California Here We Come!

We had a great week in Danbury. Caught up on some doctor appointments - Ellyn's semi-annual bloodwork was great and she got another shot of artificial cartilage into her trick knee. Our dear friend (and Rabbi) Lynne was visiting Danbury from Dothan, AL with her husband and it was almost like old times to attend Shabbat services with them and our other UJC friends. Ellyn had a great Rosh Hodesh Group outing on Mindy's boat - so glad the lightning almost held off 'til we were back on the dock. While, Geoff hung out with Jim and Rob. We had a wonderful dinner at Patti's and Gerry's and it was so wonderful to be parked (and neighbors for a week) at Debbi's and Peter's. They were terrifically gracious about welcoming our RV to their driveway and we greatly enjoyed their new shower!

And now the time has come for us to start our big trek to California. Our target is to be in the SF Bay Area on September 2nd. In the meantime, we are excited to be seeing many sights, having many experiences, and visiting with many long-time (and some new) friends. This entire journey, including wintering in the south is scheduled to end up with return to the Northeast for Passover. It should be really something special to be on the road (yet still be in our home) for that long. We really appreciate the support from our friends and family. We look forward to you keeping in touch and keeping us up-to-date with what's happening in your lives while we're on our journey!

Back in the Soup

We have been in Connecticut for a few days now and it has rained every one of them.  

After we were in Maine we went to Cape Cod for a few days. We stayed in Camper’s Haven RV Park in Dennisport. They had a nice little beach right on Nantucket Sound and we hung out there a couple of days. I tried to get my kite up in the air again there but it was too gusty. I am going to see if I can convert it from an aerobatic kite to a regular one to see if it will fly better. If that doesn’t work, I will find a kite store and get something new. The beach was teaming with shells,which we later discovered were Atlantic Slippers.

From the Cape, we moved to Rhode Island to Fisherman’s Memorial State Park near Judith Point. From there we took the ferry to Block Island to visit with Norm and Shelly Topf. Norm is the brother of a good friend of Ellyn’s, Barbara Uziel, from NCJW. Norm and Shelly are also RVers and members of the Chai Chapter of FMCA. We met them in Brookville, FL this last winter when we attended the FMCA Rally down there. They have a summer home on Block Island and we went to visit with them. They took us out for a day of clamming and kayaking (I paddled around in one of their kayaks and Ellyn got a clamming license). It was good clamming there and Ellyn and Norm raked in enough to make a really good snack of stuffed clams back at the house. Norm cooked them up on the grill and Shelly stuffed them. Afterwards, we spread the clam shells on their driveway and stomped them down to make paving. It is going to take a lot of clams to finish the job.

We came back to Danbury to do some Dr. appointments and pick up our mail. From here we head west to Indiana, Chicago, St. Louis, Boulder, et. al. Watch here for more news as our travels continue.

Beautiful Wonderfilled Maine

It had been 18 months since our last trip to Maine (with Nicole and Pieter that time) and as soon as we were back here, we were quickly reminded why we love Maine so much. It's the seacoasts, little harbors, the lobster bouys and boats, the lighthouses, eating the lobster, the little craft shops everywhere, etc. etc. And now we can add something new to the list....the numerous lightning bugs right in the field near camp site.

Geoff has started posting the Maine photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoff0522/ (Note: the link is always on the left on this blog page)

We had a nice time last night joining the German tourist family at their campfire last night. They're spending two weeks in a rented RV traveling from NY to Bar Harbor and are now on the return trip back to NYC. They had never seen lighting bugs and it added to the fun to watch their daughter's joy and delight as she caught them.

Oh yes - and another highlight of our stay in Maine was the day at Logan's in-law's "camp" on the lake with the whole family....Maureen's whole family including her Grandfather and our whole family including Brian's girlfriend, Katherine. That day was quite windy and we found kayaking on their normally mirror-like lake quite choppy. Even so, it was great fun to be out kayaking with Logan and Brian using Marc's and Diane's kayaks.

We're here for 3 more days (including today) with hopes for another kayak outing, some beachcoming, a visit to Boothbay Harbor and I'm sure more surprises!!

Much Better Now

We have been in Massachusetts now for about 5 days and the weather has improved a lot.  After one day of mostly rain, we got a half a day of nice weather, then a full day, and then, on the 4th of July, it was nearly perfect.

The fireworks in Boston went off without a h itch and we enjoyed them very much.

On July5, we had a BBQ party at Logan and Maureen’s house, and it was really nice, bordering on hot.

Today, it was hot. Ellyn and I went kayaking while our RV was in the shop and it was a scorcher until the clouds moved in. The water in the lake was very nice however.

It was Lake Rico in Massasoit State Park, in Taunton, MA.

Now we are at the Boston/Cape Cod KOA in Middleborough, MA. Or is it Middleboro. It looks like they are actually the same place. It can be spelled either way? Weird.

New Dampshire

Yep, we're here and, yep, it's been raining. The north east has been getting pounded with the wettest spring on record, and now we are in the midst of it. We got to Brookline, NH yesterday and visited with Ellyn's cousin Philip and his wife Vicki, and Ellyn's Uncle Lou was also visiting. When he heard we were on our way, he stayed over a day to see us. It was our first visit to their home and we got to see all of the adding on and remodeling they have done. The house is about twice the square footage it was originally and they are still making changes.
But today is a soaker. I think the weather people have given upon predicting all day rain because they said just a chance of thundershowers and it has rained pretty much all day here. I did get out and flip the kayaks after pulling out extra stuff we had stored in them with tarps on. Now that stuff is back in the car and the tarps are off. I like the configuration better this way.
Off to the Boston Minute Man Campground in Littleton, MA tomorrow for four days and to spend part of the 4th of July holiday with our sons.