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*South Padre Island We checked the weather in the AM, thunderstorms and even possible tornados on our route so we chose to drive north, through St Louis then south to avoid them. Added 1.5 hrs. Roadfood.com is our go to site for out of the way local places, this was our first roadfood meal ofContinue reading “Driving To SPI* 02/15/2023 to 02/17/2023”

Sunday and Monday, July 24 and 25. Ate lunch with Will and Colleen at the Buttery, in south Boston, loaded up Will’s bike and hit the road, with no idea where we would sleep. Got as far as Middletown, NY. Boondocked in a Sam’s/Loews parking lot. The only noteworthy encounter was a stop for foodContinue reading “Home”

July 23, 2022 Woke up in the Walmart parking lot, started the day with a visit to a Tim Horton’s then to the dog park, and still got to The Cat by 8:00 AM. Although we arrived fairly early we were the very last vehicle allowed to drive on. But they had us back offContinue reading “Back to the States”

July 22, 2022 From the small park where we stayed in Antigonish we drove to Lunenburg, on the Atlantic side of NS. As soon as we drove in Peggy said “Now this is what Cape Cod should look like”. Narrow streets on a hill descending to the harbor, lined by brightly painted houses and shopsContinue reading “Lunenburg”

Tuesday July 19, Driving day, but since it was overcast and raining that made it a good day to drive since we couldn’t do much else. Started from outskirts of Halifax and drove to the Cabot trail, a road that circles Cape Breton. We didn’t make it to the Cabot trail until around noon. TheContinue reading “Cape Breton NP”

Sunday July 17. We picked two places, hike to Matthews point and the Sea Caves in St Martin. Matthews point was a fairly easy 3 mile round trip to get views of the bay. Then we went south to St. Martin to see the sea caves, short caves created by the tides. We almost gotContinue reading “Exploring Fundy”

Saturday July 16. Long day of driving. Google maps said 4 hr 20 min. but we managed to take all day. Finally arrived at this park around 5:00 PM but that’s Atlantic time, one hour ahead of eastern time. Ate lunch at a TripAdvisor recommended spot, Debi’s Diner in Patton, Me. Known for regional foodContinue reading “Fundy NP”

We left Dry River CG in Crawford Notch SP this AM. We liked the privacy of the sites, each separated from the next by 30 – 40 feet of forest. Restrooms and showers were clean, no hook ups but we don’t need them. No cell phone signal, and far from town, but again not aContinue reading “On to Maine”

July 8, 2022 I wasn’t planning to blog the first two days, after all they are just driving days. But Pleasant Valley Farm is worth a mention. Jim, the owner, who loves to water ski, bought it in 1994. Although there was no body of water on it, he had a vision. Here are someContinue reading “Oh! The Places You’ll go! The Things You’ll See.”

Got to Ochlockonee State Park yesterday 1/29 late, after dark and the gate was locked! Who knew they locked the gates to State Parks with campgrounds. We went back to the nearest town where I met a guy wearing hunter camouflage pacing back and forth beside his truck, which had two large dog boxes inContinue reading “It’d Make a Cracker Jack Deer Dog”