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October 1, 2023. Essex to Cooperstown, NY.
I haven’t written anything about it up until now because there wasn’t anything to report. But today, the start of October, was our first fall “leaf-peeping” day of the trip so far (albeit probably at least a week or so off from the peak) as we travelled from Essex to Cooperstown, NY. Cooperstown, renowned for…
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September 30, 2023. East Haddam, CT.
Today, we ventured north about 20 minutes next to the Connecticut River to the town of East Haddam where an ancient ancestor of mine helped to establish the town many years ago. I’ve been to East Haddam before back in 2014 but I’d wanted to show it to Lorna since I first saw it. Nicholas…
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September 29, 2023. Nantucket to Essex, CT.
We had a leisurely morning at the inn (checkout 11) before departing Nantucket on the 12:30 fast ferry back to Hyannis. We walked downtown to do a little more shopping and came across the usual funny items for sale that one often sees in tourist hotspots like this. Fortunately, in Nantucket, we were able to…
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September 28, 2023. Nantucket.
The Martin House Inn was originally built in 1803 for Captain Edward Gardner and later became a bed and breakfast in the 1970s. We get the impression that people were smaller – and lived in smaller spaces – back in the day when the Martin House Inn was built. Our room is on the top…
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September 27, 2023. Mystic, CT to Nantucket, MA.
Today, we made our way to Hyannis, Massachusetts to take the high speed ferry over to Nantucket, a place that Lorna has wanted to visit for a long time. But first, we wanted to walk around the historical downtown of Mystic. It was a beautiful morning. Many shops were not yet open as we needed…
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September 26, 2023. Fredericksburg, VA to Mystic, CT.
Today, we awoke in Fredericksburg to cool and overcast conditions with some light drizzly rain. Our view… The Hampton room was quite nice and included your standard buffet breakfast downstairs. Part of our room… After breakfast and packing up the car, we were on the road by 8:20. Originally, we’d planned to stop for the…
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September 25, 2023. Clemson to Fredericksburg, Virginia.
As we left Clemson this morning, it was the start of 3 straight road days up the East Coast. But first! A mother-daughter Clemson pedicure at the Aloha Salon and Spa! Interstate 85 (I-85) stretches approximately 666 miles (1,070 kilometers) from Montgomery, Alabama, in the south to Petersburg, Virginia, in the north. It passes through…
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September 24, 2023. Anderson and Greenville.
We awoke this morning with a light fog encircling the forest outside as viewed from our “treehouse” bedroom aerie. In speaking with the owner Bill, he has owned this property for over 30 years during which he has built everything entirely himself including his main home, the workshop, this Airbnb cottage and all of the…
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September 23, 2023. Clemson Gameday.
Today, we were fortunate to get awesome tickets to the football game between #4 ranked Florida State University and unranked Clemson University. A friend of our daughter has grandparents who wanted to sell a couple of their seats for this game. Kindly, they sold them to us at face value and also invited us to…
East Coast Road Trip: From Clemson to Montreal 