Where we were
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Gloucester and Whale Watching!
We woke up on Saturday excited that we were going to go whale watching. We packed up and made it almost 50 miles to Gloucester before we found a place to stop for breakfast. The restaurants that we found online had large lines waiting to go in. As we drove around exploring, Tammy spotted a…
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Newport, RI and Plymouth, MA
We started our day at the Middletown/Newport Days Inn. After a quick continental breakfast and coffee, we found the Cliff Walk. We parked at the end of Narragansett Ave. Tammy, and I walked down the 40 Steps. Back at the top of the steps, we had to follow the sidewalk around the block, because the…
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Norwalk, CT and Travel to Newport, RI
We headed out from Philadelphia, and aside from stopping at nearly every service plaza along the way, we drove straight to Norwalk, Connecticut. Our first stop was a dinner stop at Harbor Lights. It was a perfect setting on the Norwalk harbor for my first lobster roll of the journey. Our waiter suggested we check…
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Philadelphia
We got to Philadelphia and stayed at Motto by Hilton in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. We booked the hotel because it was inexpensive and it looked like a decent neighborhood in downtown. We drove down 19th street and could not miss the orange building. Figuring out where to park was another thing. We went around…
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On to Philadelphia
We left Ocean City and made it as far as the Fenwick Island Lighthouse. It is the oldest lighthouse in Delaware. We stood on the line between Maryland and Delaware. This was a disputed location that was ratified by King George III in 1769 and created the boundary between the Penns in Delaware and the…
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Ocean City
We stayed at the Plim Plaza Hotel. The hotel has an excellent location, right on the boardwalk. The Plim Plaza was built in 1963 on the location where the Plimhimmon Hotel had burned down the previous year. The Plimhimmon Hotel had been in operation since 1894. The restaurant and bar closed on Labor Day this…
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On the road to Ocean City MD
We woke up in Thornburg VA at Tru by Hilton and realized that Dominion Raceway and Entertainment was right out our hotel room window. After an excellent complimentary breakfast with pancakes, eggs, sausage, bagels and more we got on the road and headed for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. It was most impressive. We were anxious…
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Long travel day and Lanterman’s Mill
Here we are in Virginia on our way to Maine. It was a long day of travel yesterday. According to Google Maps we traveled 485 miles. We spent time in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia. Our route through Virginia was inspired by an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies where it was revealed that…
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Put-In-Bay
We started the day with breakfast at Dianna’s Deli and Restaurant and then we took the Miller Ferry to Put-In-Bay. We caught a bus ride in to town and picked up our rental golf cart at AB Cart Rental. What happens at Put-In-Bay stays at the bay, but suffice to say, the Beer Barrel has…
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Auburn and Catawba Island
We started the day with breakfast at Jeannie’s Diner in Coldwater. The food was excellent and we had three employees check on us to make sure we were happy with our food and service. The diner is a neat place with over a century of history. We continued on to Auburn Indiana. The Auburn Cord…