Hershey, Pa to New London, CT September 23, 2009

Today we have arrived in New London, CT.  We had hoped to be here much earlier, but we needed to make a couple of stops and traffic going around the North end of NYC was heavy and slow.  It was a long day of driving.  We covered 311 miles.  Heavy traffic makes me nervous.  Just take deep breaths, Judy!

Tomorrow Rick is going to take us to some of his old hangouts from his Navy days.  I think we will see Old Mystic Seaport.  Some of the activities available to us are Lobstering out of Noank, Setting sail on a fishing schooner, Fish-split, Songs of the Whalemen, Finding your way ( exploring navigation activities.)  Help make a rope, From “Whale Ho?” to “Fin Out”, Gerda lll: The rescue of the Danish Jews, 1943, Music of the sea and shore, Help raise a cask, Jupiter and the Fall stars, Dogwatch and Power for a new century(Hercules engine demo.  These are all programs held at Old Mystic Seaport and Rick wants to experience them all!  It should be a very informative day!

I’m going to add some pictures from todays drive. Hershey,PA Thousand Trails/Naco

 

If you look really hard you can see the NYC Skyline.  We are crossing the Tappen Zee Bridge.  Cost us $23.95!!  Ouch!

 

The next time we have a good wi fi signal I am going to ditch this blog and make a new one.  I can’t get rid of the picture of the purse!  I have tried everything and it still wants to be on the top of every post!  Grrrrrr.  So Keep a look out for a new blog.  I don’t know what I will call it, but will post the notice here.  TTFN

From Ft. Polk, LA to Natural Bridge, VT

On the Road Again!

We are movin and a grovin and hoping for sunny weather!

It has been raining since we left Janet and Shawn’s on September 12, 2009.

I am going to attempt to insert a map of our travels.  Wish me luck!  This is my second try to do this!

At the beginning of the Natchez Trace Parkway.

We met these three bikers who were riding from Liberty, NY to Redemption, Brazil!  They estimate that it will take them about three months to make the trip!

They were very interesting to meet and we wish them well!  They have a blog at http://libertytoredemption.wordpress.com/.

 

A few pictures of our first days on the trace.

At the end of the Natchez Trace Parkway we visited some friends in Lenoir City and had a wonderful supper at their house.  It was good to see them again and enjoy their company for a few hours.