This is a Thousand Trails park, and we were in a great spot! No hottub for Steve, but otherwise good. We met two couples who were motorcycle camping, with pop-up trailers designed for cycles. We used to have one, so we stopped to talk. We also had them over for a fire. Hope that Steve and Layne, and Rick and Sandy are having a great time on their travels!
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| Beach |
We started out with a trip to New Bedford. We saw the whaling museum and the wharf and a lot of neat homes!
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| High School Building |
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| Steve rides Moby Dick |
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| Whale Skeleton |
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| Sailor's Bethel (church) |
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| Hydrandeas!!! |
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| cool graffiti |
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| Whale weathervane |
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| neat house |
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| and another neat house |
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| another neat house |
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| Atheneaum Library |
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| Original Charter from England |
We took a trip to Providence, Rhode Island while we were here, and saw the State House, the Williams National Historic Park, and the Atheneaum Library, which was where HP Lovecraft (The Stephen King of his day) hung out. We also toured Benefit Street, where there were some neat homes.
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| Inside the dome |
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| Civil War Cannon with Stuck Ball |
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| State House of RI |
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| Steps in State House |
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| Cool Bank Building |
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| State Library |
People were playing volleyball in the sunken yard of the State House. It was a pretty nice yard for it.
On our ride to Cape Cod, we took in the National Seashore, Provincetown and the Pilgrim's tower monument, where Cape Codder's contend that the Pilgrims first landed!
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| Just across the bridge entering the Cape |
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| Nice house in the area |
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| Beach! |
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| Cathy relaxes on the beach |
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| Hydrangeas everywhere around here |
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| nice little home |
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| Rocky point beach area |
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| Pilgrim Monument |
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| Seals swim up the beach |
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| representative "regular" home |
We toured Plymouth, MA to see "The Rock", and the Mayflower II replica ship. We also came back on Wednesday night to listen to the live music in the park. It was a good time.
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| It may look like a castle, but it is the Salvation Army building |
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| The harbor |
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| Mayflower II |
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| The monument rock |
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| one of the cool homes |
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| a home built out of the old fort planks |
We took a trip to Mystic, Connecticut and Watch Hill, Rhode Island one day. That was a long trip, but we saw some neat homes and touristy areas.
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| nice little place in Mystic for sale |
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| neat home |
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| octagonal home |
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| yacht |
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| another cool house |
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| neat house |
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| paddle boarding with dog |
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| Ocean House in Watch Hill |
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| croquet yard |
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| Nice view |
We went to Hartford, Connecticut to look at their State House, and toured the Mark Twain Museum and saw his house there.
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| Interior of State House |
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| Tree with cannonball |
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| fountain where they filled horse buckets |
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| State House |
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| State House |
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| Cathy Relaxes on the State House Lawn |
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| Twain's home |
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| Twain out of Legos |
We also took a trip to Newport, RI, which used to be the summer place for the wealthy. We toured "The Elms" and "The Breakers" and gawked at the luxury for the 6 weeks per summer most of the families were there for. Nobody now can sustain that lifestyle, with 35 servants on staff and endless socializing!
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| The Elks Lodge in town |
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| Steve by one of the weeping elms at The Elms |
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| The Elms from the back yard |
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| The Elms front door |
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| The Elms back door |
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| from The Elms terrace |
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| The Breakers front gate |
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| Breakers from the front |
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| back view from upstairs terrace |
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| Breakers back yard |
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| Breakers view from the back |
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| another summer home |
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| view from Ocean Drive |
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