Cheesesteaks to Lobster

Warning: Our trips seem to have a pattern of finding the best food instead of the best sights. We apologize, but food excites us.


We left Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Aug. 26 headed towards Philadelphia. The drive was fairly easy and we arrived around 5pm. We stayed in a campground in Clarksboro, NJ, Timberlane Campground, about a 15 minute drive to the city. When we arrived we had one thing on our minds... Cheesesteaks! After years of watching the Food Network and the Travel Channel and witnessing every TV show host shoveling massive delicious looking cheesesteaks in their mouth, we had to make a decision for ourselves; Pat's or Geno's. Well folks, for us the winner was Pat's Steaks, hands down. We ordered one wit whiz, cheese fries and a soda at both locations.

Side note: for those not familiar with the philly cheesesteak, Pat's and Geno's are right across the street from each other and supposedly have the best cheesesteaks in philly. There is a process to ordering and you can not mess up or you will pay a penalty filled with dirty looks and large sighs from staff and customers. Imagine the "soup nazi" and you'll understand. Megan ordered at Pat's and Matt at Geno's. After Pat's, Matt was a pro. Yes, Megan struggled a bit.

Anyway, we marked eating Pat's and Geno's off of our bucket list and moved on.

We decided to move on quickly from Philly because the monstrous Hurricane Danny was coming and we wanted to get some more sights in before the rain came down.

Our mission: Cape Cod, MA. According to Google Maps, it was a 6 hour drive. We plugged it into Layla and stepped on the gas. 1 hour later, traffic across the George Washington Bridge in NYC, 3 hours later, traffic, 6 hours later, traffic and 9 hours later, Cape Cod! We found a campground, Shady Knoll in Brewster, MA and settled in for the night. Our camp host was from Dallas! After checking in he informed us that it was nice to speak to people he could understand. Not sure what that meant but heck yeah!

We spent all day Friday in Provincetown, MA. It was great. We ate a lobster roll, chowder, and fried clam strips. Provincetown was a lot of fun and full of friendly people. It is very LGBT friendly and makes everyone feel so welcome. Provincetown is also where the Pilgrims first landed before Plymouth Rock. They were shafted in the history books. We know now though and will spread the word.

After Provincetown, we headed to Boston. Our goal was to continue camping, but we knew the weather would not permit it. Rain was coming and their was no way around it. We found a pet friendly Motel 6 in Danvers to spend the night last night. NEVER, and I repeat, NEVER STAY IN THAT MOTEL. It was rough to say the least. We were frustrated and miserable. We didn't budget having to stay at a hotel near Boston, but we had no choice. We found a local Fridays near by and ate our frustrations away. After a shower with our shoes on this morning, we left to find a better place to stay. It's been pouring rain all day and it is pretty cold out, at least for us. Massachusetts has made it nearly impossible to get on a freeway easily by they way. We are accepting donations now to have permanent ear muffs implanted on Daisy. When Matt drives... Virgin ears beware.

We found a pet friendly Holiday Inn Express in Waltham near Boston and are loving it. We have spent the day indoors because of the horrible weather. We are staying 2 nights here and are going to see the sights of Boston tomorrow "Where everybody knows your name".

Rain Rain Go Away! We are going up through Maine tomorrow and planning on camping in Lake Placid New York. Matt's mom is visiting Cleveland this week so we are making it a goal to get there before she leaves. We miss her and need a free place to stay! We love you Juanita =).

FYI: Our computer is not letting us upload pics for some reason right now. We will get to the bottom of this sooner than later.