What a trip! Hard to believe we started this two weeks ago. So many states, towns, back roads, sites to see and the endless amount of road kill. Ya really can’t prepare for that. One day it’s nothing but raccoons. Next day it’s possum looking things. Then back to raccoons. Deer. Lots of deer. There…

Thursday night we stayed in Farmington, New York. We got parked next to a raucous young family. They had so many Halloween decorations that we could barely extend our slide. On Friday, we drove south into Pennsylvania around Harrisburg to the southern part of the state to Gettysburg. We were able to visit the Gettysburg…

Rene here. Thursday morning we woke to 32 degrees. We visited Fort Ticonderoga. It was windy but the temp rose to 50. (You recall how much Darc hates wind.) It was amazing to see the construction of this Revolutionary War fort. The variety of cannons, munitions,  and firearms was something to see. The foundation does…

This is Rene. Wednesday was drive day across four states. We left the KOA in Maine around 7:45, crossed into New Hampshire and then Vermont , and eventually made it to New York. It rained heavily for approximately three hours, and then the sun burst through. The mountains were glorious, the fall colors vibrant. Jeanne…

Playing a little catch up this morning. Two nights in Bar Harbor were spectacular to say the least. The weather was perfect. Our campsite was about 50 yards from the ocean. We walked on the rocks and looked at all the shells and just took a deep breath. Dusty figured out quick that ocean water…

We left VT around 8:20 a.m. and were in New Hampshire by 8:35 a.m. I drove the whole day while Radar O’Reilly, I mean Rene, ran the directions. Thing of beauty on her end. Drive 9 miles turn right, her right, turn left at the circle thing, head due north by ten clicks then crank…

Beautiful day here with a high of around 85! We did wake to fog but then someone fanned the forge. Drove to the Vermont Country Store and it was great. They have everything, including, but not limited to, large quantities of English Leather and Jean Nate’. I did pause to open the JN to take…

Day late again. Beautiful drive to Vermont yesterday. The tree colors along the way are nothing short of spectacular. Orange, reds, light and dark browns and different shades of greens. The raccoons seem smarter out here. Not as many dead ones. Every town we go through, seems like everyone is selling mums and pumpkins. The…

Easy drive to NY today. Absolutely beautiful. So many colors in the trees right now. The KOA where we are staying is over 100 acres of amazing. This trip is about so much more than seeing the colors. The last year, and especially the last 3 months, have been rough. But in that rough have…