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Time to move again. Only this time it’s 47km down the road and across the water. Stephanie took a very long early morning walk. Crushed the fit bit today. A simple breakfast and pack up in the drizzling rain. Only 3 miles to the toll bridge. With the larger camper the toll was $22. We arrived at First Landing at 10:37.

First Landing and most of Virginias state parks are changing their reservation policies. It used to be first come/first served or reserve a non specific spot on a loop. Well, that has changed here. We hoped to stay for 7 nights, but we can only stay until the weekend. (Friday). We settled for site 202 that is mostly sand and next tot the dunes. It will be great for 2 nights. We parked and set up the basics before we set out to the Lyndhurst Mall and a book store for John.  We strolled through the other store and had Chik-Fil-A for lunch. A quick stop at Walmart for groceries and then we checked out Trav-L-Park Campground to see if they had availability for the weekend.

The air was very thick when we arrived back at First Landing. Thunder and lightening in the distance. John got dinner off the grill just in time before the heavens opened up. John choose to fill up the fresh water holding tank incase we lost power. The rain continued into the night so we hunkered down and were able to watch Survivor.

A nice little park on the edge of Chesapeake Bay. We spent 2 nights at this park. During the our stay we visited the beach, St Charles, and a diner made out of an old rail car. One of the first things we discovered on our first night were the ghost ships. They are concrete boats that were scuttled to form a breakwater to protect a ferry port in the day. you can read more about them at Kiptopeke Concrete Ships. The weather has been very humid with temperatures up to  28c. Tomorrow we hope to reach First Landing State Park.

We spent the day in the rain today. But that’s ok. We are moving on to Virginia in the morning.

Boston bound….at least for the day. We were originally challenged to find a parking at a subway station, but third time a charm. On the Red Line to Downtown Crossing. We walked to the the Boston Commons and to the visitors centre. We purchased our passes for the city View Hop on, Hop off Trolley. Stopping at the Boston Harbour, we visited the Quincy Market and enjoyed lunch at the Ned Devine Irish Pub. Back on the trolley to hear more history of the area. After doing the full loop we wondered towards the place that inspired the TV series CHEERS. With pictures and souvenir shopping done we walked to find the 2017 finish line for the Boston Marathon. We both “crossed” the finish line. Actually we jay walked across the street at the painted pavement. Back to to the Red Line for a veery “squishy” trip back to North Quincy where we parked the truck.

Off to Cape Cod. All the way to Provincetown at the very tip of the Cape. A great day to explore the town and places in between. The last time we were here was during our honeymoon – 20 years ago! On our return we witnessed a cruise  ship, the Viking Sky as it was transiting the canal between the island and mainland. The ship was just commissioned in February 2017. It is apparently very rare to see a vessel go through the canal. The bridges in the area have little clearance for such cruise ships. There have been collisions before with masts scrapping the bridges…..as we were told by the locals.

We wanted to extend another day but it meant moving sites….A quick call to the Boston / Cape Cod KOA and we were on the move. An easy travel day arriving around 15:00 . We were assigned site 245. Before a spaghetti dinner we took a walk around the park. Lots of campers watching their Sunday football games….

Woke to rain this morning. We had a nice breakfast and went to explore the area. We started at the Sugarbush Farm. Sampled cheeses and maple syrup. Then to Billings Farm and museum. The farm is historic. It was quite the modern farm in its day. We went through the visitor and the 1890 farm house that had all the modern amenities including hot water, indoor plumbing and hard (from the lake) and soft water (rain water stored in the cistern). John attempted the modern version of bobbing for apples. We both participated in, and received “Pumpkin Bowling Champion” ribbons. We toured QueChee, Taftsville and Waterloo. Enjoyed a fantastic steak and cheese sandwich at Jake’s Market before returning to Price Choppers to get dinner. A great day but overcast. Tomorrow should be sunny and warm. We are contemplating spending an extra day.

After a night at the OAPC Gala and getting home at 01:00….A few hours of sleep before we hitched up the trailer, packing the last few items for our 3 week trip to who knows where. We met our goal of being on the road by 10:00…..just. Our border crossing was at Ogdensburg, and we travelled some familiar roads while travelling through the Adirondacks, passing Saranac Lake and lake Placid. We entered Vermont at Chimney Point, drove up and over the Green Mountain Forest to just outside White River Junction. The trailer bumped around as we navigated many hills and curves. Everything survived. We set up at QueChee KOA, site 91. After setting up we went for dinner at the Public House. Awesome food! John had the fish and chips. Stephanie had the chicken schnitzel. Did some grocery shopping at the Price Chopper in New Hampshire. Tomorrow we will explore the gorge and the rest of the area.