Back to Connecticut via ferry. It’s not cheap but so relaxing:

Will not be going here for lobster rolls. That would be like eating McRibs in Austin and then saying you’ve had Texas bbq!

The Cape:

Martha’s Vineyard:


My favorite part of the island was the blocks and blocks of gingerbread cottages that were built in the mid 1800’s by people coming to the island for religious meetings. These are only a few:

And seafood for lunch:

And Nantucket:

Nice sidewalk across cobblestone street. Especially troubling for someone who already has one broken wrist from falling:

And, finally, some thoughts on editing landscape photos. I’ve started noticing what seems to be more and more people editing landscape photos. It’s not so much individuals but it seems like it’s professional sites. Just want you to know I think it’s not honest to post landscape photos that have been edited. The only editing I do is cropping. Other than that, what you see is exactly what we saw!

Long Island is a beautiful place and it was fun to visit places we’ve heard about.

In my opinion, no one in their right mind would drive through NYC to get to Long Island in a car, let alone pulling a trailer. So that’s why we drove around the city to Connecticut. We took a ferry from New London, Connecticut to Long Island and camped in a beautiful state park for the week.

The northeastern part of the island includes many farms,vineyards and produce stands:

This is the beach at our campground:

We spent one day exploring the southeast side of the island which includes the Hamptons and Mantauk. I don’t think they like tourists in the Hamptons. Most of the beaches are either private or expensive. And there is hardly any parking available unless you are a local. Grrrr!!!! Here’s a few typical Hampton scenes:

While most of the time I pack a lunch for us, sometimes when we’re in an area that specializes in seafood we buy lunch. Some of my favorite things: a beautiful water view, mussels, spicy Thai red curry sauce, and a cold crisp glass of wine:

Montauk:


Freeport.
Another seafood lunch. Lobster roll and shrimp and grits with peas and lobster sauce. I’m obsessed with shrimp and grits. This was the best so far.


We had originally decided that we weren’t going to go to Manhattan since we had been there several other times. But once we got here, we decided to extend our time here by a few days so that we could take the Long Island Railroad in for a day. As the time got closer the weather got hotter and hotter. Since it was supposed to be in the 90s with high humidity we decided not to go into the city after all. We think it was a good decision. In the meantime I had decided I needed to have my wrist x-rayed. After six hours in the ER I found out it was broken. But being in the ER with New Yorkers was extremely entertaining. One young girl just wanted painkillers and when they wouldn’t give it to her she screamed and cussed so that everyone could hear her. She walked out in a huff! The elderly lady next to me was asked by the nurse who was going to give her some medication, if she was allergic to anything. “Yes, Ambien and salsa.” I kid you not. But it’s all part of the experience.

It hardly seems possible that we are in New England already. We went from 90 plus degree weather in Pennsylvania/New Jersey to 60’s in Connecticut in one day! We’ve had dismal weather here which makes for not so great pics but loving this area nonetheless.

When you paint your shutters to match your flowers:

Not your typical lighthouse:

We drove to the waterfront at New London to do a prerun for our ferry ride tomorrow with the trailer to Long Island, NY. When you are driving an rv, you do things like that! Didn’t know there was a festival happening. Enjoyed some great music overlooking the water!

And finally, the nautilus submarine:

We camped in the Delaware Water Gap which straddles the New Jersey and Pennsylvania borders. It was so beautiful. We love camping on grass. The Delaware River is behind the bushes.

We took a short hike on part of the Appalachian Trail. It takes about 5 months to hike the whole thing. Even though I would love to do the whole thing, realistically this is it. If the rest of it is only half as beautiful as the part we saw……

Beautiful countryside:

Waterfalls:

New Jersey and New York are famous for their diners. Driving through New York today we decided to stop at this one. Four old men sat at a table next to us in loud and passionate conversation. Topic? Hillary and Trump.

If you are like me, you’ve heard of the Poconos but don’t know anything about it. It is a honeymoon destination. But I don’t think there were too many newlyweds in Hickory Run State Park. But before that, we visited the Martin Guitar factory. Thoughts from John:
This was on my bucket list and I was so stoked. The museum had “authentic artifacts” from Roy Rogers, Gene Autry to Eric Clapton and Courtney Love along with detailed history of CF Martin himself. So cool! The factory tour displayed the precision with which each guitar is made. Only a picker can truly appreciate all this. Thanks to Diane for accompanying me.

And on to the Poconos.
Hiking:

On our way to another hike:

For six months we have been illness and injury free. On this hike, I rolled my ankle on a rock and down I went. Hoping this is just a sprain and glad it was my wrist and not my ankle. Ouch!!!