We are now all together again in New Hampshire

Today we travelled 50 miles with Mel & Dee to South Hampton, NH. When we arrived Stan & Connie had already arrived and set up. They drove in from VT. We will be here 4 nights for some R&R plus some sightseeing AND we have to get NH on our travel map.

After we were rested we all went to the Old Salt restaurant that was highly recommended....real good chowder and fish but Gulf shrimp are better!

Return to Maynard....44 years later

Here's downtown Maynard and the old woolen mill where Judy & I worked in 1967 to 1971. It's still working now with several small businesses and Monster.com as the current occupants. During the Civil War it made blankets for the Union troops. It took a couple of us a year to figure out how to get into the clock tower.....but we did.

Everything has changes quite a bit, Maynard now has a McDonalds, Wendys & one way streets.

We moved into the duplex after Jody was born in 1969 because we needed more room. I could walk to work from here.

Our third residence was the left half of the now blue duplex in Maynard, the little garage held our 1969 Dodge Dart 340. All the restaurants we frequented were gone except the best place to get a grinder.

The place on the left was our first apartment in Littleton Common when we moved to Maynard in 1967. It's been seriously remodeled, we lived on the left side & it was a dump. We were the first renters in the brick complex in Acton, our second apartment was on the basement floor left of the front door.

Back to Massachusetts, one more time

Today Mel & Dee made the 107 mile drive with us to Littleton, MA in the rain. Stan & Connie were off to western Massachusetts for one night then Vermont for one night before the three of us link up again in three days in New Hampshire. They needed to get Vermont on their way north while Judy & I will stay there on our way back to Michigan in 3 or 4 weeks. The CG we are in with Mel & Dee has more trees & rocks than any we have been in before. No air conditioning today.....the heat pumps are running, it's 56, wet and dismal. Tomorrow Mel & Dee will tour Boston while Judy & I check out where we lived & worked over 40 years ago.

Narragansett Bay cruise

This evening we took a sunset cruise on Narragansett Bay on the Martha's Vineyard ferry. As you can see there was zero sunset, all clouds. Doesn't my Judy look nice & warm? That's not our campground but one on an island we saw from the boat. Prior to the cruise we stopped for a nice dinner at a cozy restaurant in Wickford. These "quaint" cities are not accommodating to one ton dually trucks.

Here's 4 (or what's left of 1) of the 10 lighthouses we saw on the sunset cruise.

Hope Valley, Rhode Island

This was at 6pm & you can see the 3 of us lines up at the right.

Yesterday we all made the 25 mile move into Rhode Island after going out for breakfast. The afternoon was R&R after Judy did some laundry. Today Judy did some grocery shopping then we all sat around for happy hour until a nice storm blew in.

A short cruise on the Argia

We started the day with a seafood lunch at a joint called Abbotts. We later passed it while on the schooner ride so I had the opportunity to get a picture from the water. The food was so so. My opinion was even lower. Give me Alabama shrimp any day!

Now this is a motley looking crew if ever I saw one! Is that rum in that thar mug matey?

Here's some pictures of the scenery along the Mystic River we saw during a 3 hour ride on the schooner Ariga. We all enjoyed the ride, especially when the diesel engines were shut off & we were under sail.

Winos on the Sound

This was our second stop of the day, on Long Island Sound. We talked with Mel & Dee to find out the casino was so busy they didn't stop and went home. So did we. Weekends out here seem to be very busy. Stan & I waxed our HitchHiker caps and Dee made us all a very good lasagna supper.

The days first stop was the Saltwater Winery near the campground. Here's Judy with Connie & Stan. All six of us stopped at the aquarium but when we saw how crowded it was we decided not to stop. Mel & Dee headed for the casino while we did the winery.