October 18 & 19 — We’ve joined Kelsey at several of her Wisconsin Rowing regattas over the last three years, but this one takes the cake – literally – it’s the largest two-day regatta in the world. We were so excited she got to make the trip with her UW team as that meant we …
October 17 — We are up in Boston this weekend for the Head of the Charles regatta and have the opportunity to walk The Freedom Trail. Both of us have been to Boston countless times in our past pre-Charley-on-the-road lives and we have walked on parts of it, but this is the first time either …
October 10th — While this NHP wasn’t on our radar screen initially, we learned that our campsite was about 30 minutes from here, so we headed to New Bedford on another lovely fall day where we learned all about the rich whaling history for which this town is known. New Bedford was the world’s foremost …
“A Man May Stand There And Put All America Behind Him.” HENRY DAVID THOREAU October 9th — Our first National Seashore, and what a great one this is! Neither of us have been here before, so we were happy to be in this part of New England so we could visit. Of course, I as the CLO …
October 8th — We arrived in Cape Cod this morning and have three nights to enjoy the seashore. Neither of us have been here before, so we will do some exploring. First stop: Plymouth Rock. I guess I was expecting something a little more grand and/or impressive. What is impressive is the history of this hunk. While the …
Walden Pond outside of Concord, Massachusetts, has been on our list of must-see places since we conceived of this road-trip five years ago, and while we’re in the vicinity to visit Lexington and Concord and other important places from early colonial times, we were drawn to this tranquil place on a lovely fall afternoon. I remember …
October 7th – We’re here outside Boston visiting the Minute Man National Historical Park (a.k.a. Lexington and Concord) and also Walden Pond. Jackie calls me a week ago and lets me know she’s going to be in Boston. When? October 5-7. Turns out we are overlapping our time here! It is one of those ‘couldn’t have planned …
Long-simmering tensions between American colonists and British regulars finally came to a head on a day that would forever change history. The day began in the middle of the night, actually, with the famed rides by three brave revolutionaries out into the countryside to warn that the British troops were on their way. It ended some 20 hours later …
Sunday, October 5 — With nighttime temperatures consistently in the 40s now, it’s time to think about heading south. Mornings are definitely chilly in Charley until we get the furnace kicking off a little bit of heat, and, having hit peak fall color in the way north (near the Canadian border) we are now hoping …
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