New England Trip

Denny and I left for New England on Thursday, June 1.

We drove 12 hours and stayed at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington DC on the first night. The traffic in DC was horrible! The accomodations at Bolling were fine - a living room, bathroom, and bedroom.

On Friday we drove to Boston up I-95. Traffic outside of New York was even worse than DC - it took 13 hours to get to Hanscom AFB! The room there was really nice - like a nice hotel. We crashed that night. While there, we accidentally ended up in some interesting places - like Concord, Massachusetts. We drove by the home of Louisa May Alcott and several others.

On Saturday we drove to Newport, Rhode Island. I went to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. It was so beautiful! There were grass courts - and a red clay court. The museum was wonderful. It was raining and cold so I did not get to see any grass court tennis - but it was a really special place.

On Sunday we drove to Portland, Maine. It was a bit of a bust. We stayed in a lousy Motel 6. We were not too impressed with the city. We had planned to go on a lighthouse cruise - but it was cold and raining, so we did not go. But on the way back we saw a beautiful light house in York, Maine and stopped in Kennebunkport - really quaint.

On Monday night we stayed in Boston again. That night Denny wanted to go to the club next door for a drink - but it was closed - so someone suggested a nearby restaurant in Lexington. We could not find the restaurant, but ran in to a VFW. Denny had been looking for American Legions to trade license tags - so we decided to go in. It was very small and rugged - but we met some nice people. On Tuesday morning for Orange, NJ for the Thinktank. More on that in the next post...