Another Week Gone By

Note to self: we must find an Internet connection more often in order to update this blog. Way too much goes on in one day and it is impossible to remember all the craziness that happens.

We left off last week in Boston during cold and rainy weather. Sunday ended up being a gorgeous day, which allowed us to see the sights of Beantown. There is so much history in Boston so it would be impossible to see everything in one day. We narrowed it down. We decided to see one historical and one food landmark. We took a tour of the USS Constitution and the museum. It was pretty amazing to see an old naval ship and see how sailors used to live on the sea for years at a time. We learned all about Scurvy, a disease you get from a vitamin C deficiency, so ever since we have been drinking OJ everyday and concerned that our teeth will fall out if we don't eat veggies.

After the USS Constitution, we were going to drive by some historic landmarks on our way to Fenuil Market for food. Unfortunately we ended up in 3 wrong tunnels, paying an extra toll and getting completely turned around in a city where the roads do not make sense. It was hard for Megan to admit that the Boston city streets had defeated her because she prides herself on her map reading skills and good sense of direction.

We did make it to Fenuil Market where we ate at the "Cheers" replica and enjoyed some relaxing time for about 30 min. Afterward, we both agreed to go back to our safe house, The Holiday Inn Express.

We left Boston Monday morning and headed North on Highway 1A along the coast. We stopped in Salem, MA to see where the Witch Trials took place. We then went through a small portion of New Hampshire and into Maine. Maine was absolutely gorgeous. A lot of the cities we drove through on the coast were a bit run down but once you cross the bridge to Maine, it's a whole new story. We went to eat in Wells Beach at a place called "The Maine Diner". It was a small diner that we had heard had the best food. They have a garden in the back where they grow there own produce to serve. Everything was fresh. We had some She Crab Soup: amazing, and a hot lobster roll with butter. We shared both, got filled up and continued our scenic drive.

We decided to stay in Vermont for the night and drove across New Hampshire. It started to get dark after we crossed the border into Vermont, so our popup Stevie, decided it would be a good time to stop the lights from working again. Fanfreakintastic. We drove up the Green Mountains to Woodford State Park. Relieved we had arrived and we were alive, we were immediately greeted by the scariest, most horror movie looking man on the planet. He greeted us by turning on the light on the building and staring at us from inside. Matt went to talk to him and he simply stated, "we are closed". Matt ran back to the car and we debated. Our lights were out again, we didn't know where else to camp, we had been driving for 9 hours, it was cold, dark and we were on top of a mountain on a curvy road.

Long story short, we went down the mountain, decided to suck it up and drive to a KOA northwest of Albany, NY (2 and a half more hours away). We got pulled over on I-90 and were kept on the freeway for 45 minutes while the cop made jokes about his own state. He then informed us we had to pull over and not move until our lights were working. Great, midnight, on the side of the road, threatened our trailer/home would be towed if we can't fix it.

Luckily, the amazing Matt had bought some magnetic lights at Walmart and wired them to work til we could get to the campsite. Thank the Lord!

The next morning we woke up not knowing where we were and all we could hear were horse shoes on the ground. We walked out to the most amazing view of Amish Country, complete with a horse and buggy passing by. We were in Cooperstown, NY. The campground was so peaceful and all we could see was rolling hills and farmland around us. The campground host/owner, helped us all day fix our trailer lights and after several hours, all lights were working and we didn't have to pay a dime. The nicest man in the world. We stayed for one more night because we needed the rest and it was so peaceful. We got some free Amish Sweet Corn and chowed all night.

The next day we headed to Niagara Falls and stopped on the way at a Cidar Mill for some NY smoked cheese and Apple Wine tastings. Very good! We saw Niagara Falls the next morning and took off for Cleveland where Matt's mom was still waiting for us to arrive.

We stopped in Buffalo, NY at the "Anchor Bar", home of the original Buffalo Wings. We had never tasted wings so good and could probably eat 100 of them at a time. We made it to Cleveland and have been spending the past 2 days here with John and Juanita. Yesterday, we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and had a blast. It was amazing and they had some very extensive exhibits. We finished yesterday in Medina County at a "Rally in the Alley" where a Deep Purple Tribute band played all night to middle aged bikers. Very interesting and overall a good time.

Today we are going to Pokana State Park in Indiana to spend 2 nights for the Holiday weekend. We are then heading towards Chicago for a short stay.

Despite all the trials and tribulations thus far, we are having an amazing time and have already learned so much about our Country that we never knew. Daisy is doing great and enjoying herself.

Checking out of Cleveland and moving on!