It’s hard to believe we’ve reached the end of our marathon trip! We woke early in Hyannis and after breakfast packed up the car again for the last full day drive. ( As an aside, this hotel wasn’t our favourite. It was clean and spacious but a bit old and…
We were up bright and early and out the door by 8.30am for the short walk down to the dock for our cruise out to Nantucket island. More than 25 miles off the coast of Massachusetts and only 14 miles long, today it’s a very popular summer holiday resort (…
One thing about our holidays is that we always have a plan. Another thing is that things don’t always go as planned! After leaving Freeport today the plan was to head south towards Cape Cod with a stop along the way in Salem Massachusetts. You will probably know that Salem…
After the luxury of the three night stay in one bed we packed up the bags this morning and set out again. As we drove back off the island we passed one of the many “Lobster Pounds” that dot the area. These are places where fresh lobsters are prepared and…
We left Lincoln with a fairly long drive ahead of us, another of those “traveling” days. The first part of the drive was very scenic as we drove back through Franconia Notch and had an even better view of the peaks covered in foliage. After a few hours we crossed…
We continued to enjoy the fall foliage as we drove west from Stowe and eventually crossed into New Hampshire. We have visited this state before and these days would take us back to the area we had visited briefly in 2008. However this time we would be able to see…
Our next day was all about the drive. You might think our entire holiday is about the drive, but some days are focused on a particularly scenic byway as the “sightseeing” for the day. This was one of those days. We headed out of the hotel and on to drive…
We had an early start this morning as we needed to get Liam to JFK airport with plenty of time to spare before his flight to Los Angeles. The traffic leaving Manhattan was pretty appalling but we’d expected that, so about 50 minutes after leaving our hotel we were hugging…
When we originally planned this trip we planned to spend the beginning of our trip in New York to see a couple of sites that we had not seen on our last visit. However, when Neil realised that the Dallas Cowboys were playing the New York Giants here in the…
We left D.C. bright and early and crossed the river back into Virginia for a stop at Arlington National Cemetery. This was another re-visit for us but Liam was keen as his memory of the 2008 trip is a bit sketchy. There were many mor epeopl there than we remebered…
It wasn’t a long drive from Charlottesville to Washington D.C. so we were checked into our hotel by 11.30am. Luckily they could give us a room straight away so we dropped our bags and headed straight down to the National Portrait Gallery, only a few blocks from the hotel. We…
The Drive from Altoona to Shenandoah National park took us briefly through Maryland again. Last night Neil was looking at the route and discovered that in Cumberland, Maryland we could see a little bit of the George Washington 1753 Trail. This marks the young George Washington’s first diplomatic mission to…
