Honk on your way around 695, hon.

Thank your wife for the pics. I'm sure that stockade pic will come in handy someday! 

BTW, if you happen to see a pod that smells like Old Bay® on 695 next week, it's us on our way to or from the annual family crab feast. Pass another ear of the queen, hon.

fred

Our only real problem with weather was during our Philly visit.  A storm front came through while we were touring the Mint, right when we needed to get to Independence Hall for our tour, about 3 blocks away.  We finally just did it and got soaked, oh well.

Slept in at the campsite this morning and then made it home mid-afternoon.  Another trip in the books.

My wife has updated the blog with more pics.

Today we went to Thomas Edison National Historic Park - geek heaven.  Made it to French Creek State Park in PA (where the annual winter campout is held) tonight so we can go into Philly tomorrow to see the Liberty Bell and a few other things.  We'll be back here tomorrow night and then on to home.  The original plan was to spend a night at Elk Neck State Park MD but we can't get an electric site (think heat and humidity) and since it is so close to home we might as well get an extra day to chill on the couch before work slaps me in the face on Monday.

A fun few days.  We rode the cog railroad, spent 2 nights at Acadia in ME, then worked our way down to southern NH to visit with a distant cousin of mine, then on Plimoth (one of many old-time spellings).

fred

Watch out for the Ben and Jerry's. Rumor has it, that it can be addicting 

fred

Ha!  Yeah pics have been scarce on the blog since internet access has been either very bad or non-existent at many of our stops.  I'm only barely online tonight.  I'll tell her you are looking for the stockade pic!  Good time at Williamsburg, we were there from open to close.

Then a night at home (laundry, oil change, resupply the camper, nice long hot showers), then on to a state park near Steamtown, then a day at Steamtown including a train ride and museum tour.  On to a state park near Niagara (4 Mile Creek, I would come here again) and a full day around the falls today.

fred

So you really did do the Everglades in July?! Wow, you are a brave group! Skeeters didn't have toll booths setup along Tamiami Trail (41)? Not surprised you had campground to yourself!

Did you get to Shark Valley? Airboat thing is fun, especially for kids like you and me. At Billy Swamp Safari you can watch the alligator wrestle. Is kinda depressing cuz the alligator wrestler only has four teeth and the gator two.

Stop beating your head against the wall. Don't want to hurt the wall!

Keep on keeping on. By the time you get back crab prices should be coming down.

Have fun!

fred

We had a great trip down to the Everglades and back.  We took an air boat ride (great) and swamp buggy tour (meh).  We literally had the campground to ourselves the 2nd night - Midway campground run by the NPS.  No more idiots on the highway.  Just an idiot in the driver seat, more on that in a bit.

We made our way up to Little Talbot Island State Park east of Jacksonville.  Very neat place, lots of seclusion between sites, definitely want to go back again.  Just watch out for the killer branches.  Until now I've always had my girls spot me as I backed into our campsites, but this time it was a pull-through and it looked like I had a ton of room.  But I needed another inch or two on the left side apparently since a branch drug down most of the left side leaving a long dent and then caught on the rear corner trim and ripped a whole section of siding off of the back wall.  Yeah, not a happy Doug.  I spent some time banging it back into shape and doing a temporary duct tape fix.  Today I got a roll of white Gorilla tape (after hearing about it for years) and I'm sold, I will never be without it.  Super sticky, very thick.  Covered up all of the open edges nicely and I'm not worried about water intrusion or it ripping off on the highway.  When I get home I'm going to have to look up RV siding and corner trim and I'm sure it will be most of a Saturday getting the rear wall back in shape.  Not hard, just will take some time.  Excuse me while I beat my head on the nearest wall.  Oh, and we've had problems with our fridge.  The freezer is staying very cold, down to 12 F, but the fridge got up to near 60 at one point.  Deja-vu, same as last year.  Let me beat my head on that wall again.  I think the problem has been with the temperature sensor and I've been playing around with it.  Tonight I finally saw it down to 38-40 so I think I'm on the right track.  I also fixed the baffle behind the fridge since it was falling apart.

Don't get me wrong, we are having a great trip.  Tomorrow we are off to see Magnolia Gardens and Fort Sumter in Charleston.

Oh ya enjoy dim lobsta's

From a true Bostonian  

That is so true! After spending 25 years in South Florida where every street, avenue or terrace runs due N, S, E or W; I find driving around Boston impossible! I think it comes from turning every cow path into a highway!

fred