Monday

Today was at travel day for us. The only "touristy" thing we did was bop up into Vermont, 10 miles into to be exact. It was a first visit to the state for all four of us.

We began the morning in Portsmouth, N.H., leaving the Hampton Inn (which has become a favorite of ours it seems) by 8 a..m. From there we went south then hit the Mass Turnpike to the west. We continued west on the pike which turned into the NY ThruWay. At Schnectady we cut down on I88 to Binghamton, had dinner in Horseheads, NY (just past Elmira). From there we had a two-hour drive to Jamestown where we are spending the night. It took us almost 13 hours to get here, Erie, which was our original destination was still another two hours. Don't know what made us think it would be doable (is that a word?) distance.

Tomorrow we will check off three more states. We'll leave here go through Erie, Pa., Cleveland, Toledo on I80/90. The interstate runs along the border of Ohio and Indiana to the south and Michigan to the north. At some point, we'll jaunt up a couple of miles and touch Michigan which will be a new state for us. Don't know how far we'll make it tomorrow but hope to make it to Elkhart or South Bend, Ind.

From there it will be to Chicago, turn north until we get to Wisconsin, turn around then head south.

The scenery going through New Hampshire, northern Massachusetts, and across New York was absolutely gorgeous. It seems like since we got to Arkansas and east, all we have seen is trees. Becky says she doesn't know what the tree huggers are complaining about. Obviously they haven't been to the northeast!!!

That's all for now....later.

Oh, BTW, Jennifer reminded me that it was my second time in the Atlantic and she's correct. I was there in North Carolina when she and the girls came down there when we played there. We took a boondoggle to the beach.

PS - sorry no pictures on this post, for some reason nothing would upload.