Washington DC

Here we are near Daytona beach  Florida at 80 degrees and we have yet to write about Washington and south.
We have had 2 weeks to stay in one place. We have been reading and relaxing in the warm sunshine.

We so enjoyed our visit to DC and wish we had planned a longer stay there.

Capital Building

DC is a beautiful and historic city. We did a bus tour of the city so saw of the important buildings, including the White House of course. The Smithsonian has several museums in the city. we went to the space museum and American Indian museum. One would need a few weeks to check out the rest.

                                                     Obelisk completed in 1884   555+ feet tall
                                                     commemorated US president George Washington

                                                 

                                                     Lincoln Memorial

                                               
                                                      Canadian Embassy DC

                                                       
                                           Air and Space Museum  Smithsonian

                                            Amelia Earhart

                                          Lunar Module  

                                             

                                           Space station

We seem to be lacking in pictures of DC  sometimes we get caught up in what we are seeing and miss taking pictures// we will have to return again!

New York Oct 23

We stayed in a RV park in Jersey city  set in a marina and across the bay from Manhattan. Tony got us through the freeway maze early on a Sunday morning....a freeway system we have not seen before in our travels!

                                   
                                                    Times Square  crowded.... we needed lots of help to figure out the subway and find our way through the city.. we found the people of new York helpful and friendly.
We took a bus tour around Manhattan, we could not believe how close the buildings are  and tall!  
The city is still very much affected by 911...one can tell by what you read and how people speak about it.

Walking around ground 0 makes one realize how terrible it must have been..  the tall tower in the background is  the new tower under construction  over half again yet to be built.

           This is what remains from the world display in front of the twin towers. It is now part of a memorial to 911

                                             There is a heavy police presence in he city  especially  in the financial district.

                                                WE went to the top of the  Rockefeller  tower at night...

                                        The statue of Liberty... we could see it in part from our RV park.




                             We had a tour of NBC studios got insight on how shows are produced...saw the set for Saturday night live and the set for sportscasts... blue screens are used a lot.
We went to a broadway musical which was great.

WE did a LOT of walking.

we took the subway to Coney Island   a cold day.

                                             


                                            The day before we left Oct 30 IT SNOWED!!!

                                           The following day the sun came out, we scraped off the snow and headed for Washington DC. 

Plymouth and Boston MA

We stayed in a somewhat non pet friendly RV park in Plymouth but was a convenient location.
.. we arrived in the dark after a sunset drive through Boston city...good old GPS routed us there instead of city bypass... an experience and as usual Tony got us through the mayhem of city traffic and multiple freeways.
Tony had to back through a grove of pine trees to our site....used the car headlights to guide him in.  crazy!

We toured Boston. Plymouth and Cape Cod from here

                                             An authentic reproduction of the Mayflower.

                                           I can"t resist taking pictures of doors and windows.

                                         
                                                 Plymouth Rock, at least a part of it it has been moved a few times

                                           Chatham Cape Cod on Tony's birthday

                                             
                                             Coastguard and lighthouse in Chatham
                           

                                             

                                         Unique architecture and beautiful homes, Chatham cape cod
                                         

                                                 a scarecrow contest in Chatham.

                                                   

                                         
                                       We had a day trip into Boston , took the train and the girls went to doggie day care
                                       This is taken in the harbor on a boat tour.
                                        Boston is an historic beautiful city.

                                        The US Constellation was in the harbor celebrating her 125 the birthday that day, fired her canons for us.                                                                         
                                                                           

                                        Naval ship in the harbor  

                                           
                                            Statue of Paul Revere.

         
                                             Home of the Boston Bruins ..........from the bus window.



                                   On to New York from here .......................                                

Maine October 2011

Past time to add to our blog... we have had many adventures since we last wrote along with internet issues.

Fall colors in Maine....deeper red than we see at home on the west coast.

We spent 10 days in Maine, we have a friend from RCB who lives in Monmouth Maine. Blaine showed us his beautiful state. Maine is quite rural and has an amazing and diverse coastline. We see such a small piece of everywhere we visit; We try to get a sense of each place we experience and we certainly have  renewed lessons in geography and history.

                                             
Near Bar Harbor Maine  we stayed at the summer home of Blaine's brother on the water

                                           we hooked up the MH here and had a great time, was so peaceful, the family had left for the winter

                                            .Blaine and his friend Shirley... they were so good to us....good to visit with friends after 2 months of just Tony and Fran.

Canadian Thanksgiving...happy hour on the beach.

                                           Sunrise on the beach in Trenton Maine where we were staying.

                                   

                                          Blaine's home which is very typical for Maine, the barn is part of the house.
                                       

                                   
                                         Above Bar Harbor and fall colors beginning

                                   Blaine has a summer home in Port Clyde a fishing villagewhere many notable people make it a retreat.

                                       The village of Port Clyde.

Blaine's cottage where we stayed

                                       

                                            Blaine cooked us lobster from Port Clyde fishermen  THE BEST.

                                            Lighthouse at Port Clyde

                                             
                                          I am worried,  I can't see Mom.
Susie and Mamie have been such good travelers.. we move every  3 or 4 days and they seem to adjust well ..of course they keep us in range at all times