Mystic, CN

Went to Martha's Vineyard from Cape Cod. We took a 45 minute ferry ride across the Vineyard Sound in the Atlantic (Cheyenne didn't enjoy it very much...the horns were very loud). Unfortunately, none of our pictures came out, this is the only one we have:( The island was beautiful...I think I wrote about it in the last entry. Then we spent another lovely week with Mike & Christine in Westfield, MA, and are now in Mystic, CN. What a cool town!

First thing we did was go to Mystic Pizza, and it was very good. Bob was happy:) Then hit a restaurant/tavern called Captain Daniel Packer Inne (a hot tip from the Birdman); a home from the 1700's that was converted, and a very charming little pub. Then walked around the town with Chey; they have a sweet river walk along the Mystic River. Plan to do a little more exploring in the next couple days...we have an appt at an RV fix-it place on Friday a little north of here to take care of a couple hiccups that Bob can't fix on the new camper. So we're here for a couple days. We'll get some good photos to post. There's lots of museums, an aquarium, a seaport, and lots of seashore. And the weather is still gorgeous!

Cape Cod, MA

Hello from Cape Cod, MA. It's lovely here! We drove up to Plymouth yesterday and saw the plymouth rock ( a 4x4' rock with 1620 engraved on it, encased), and the Mayflower II (apparently the original was sold for scrap, so this was a replica built in the 1950's). Bob toured it (no dogs allowed) and said it was very cool. In the bottom of this boat were 102 people for 66 days and not allowed to go up top (only the crew were allowed on the deck). Bob said they must have all been short people...the beds were small and the ceilings low. Plymouth was a very charming little town, but it was cold and rainy so we didn't stay long.

Drove upcape to Provincetown, lovingly referred to as "P-town" by the locals. It's a mostly gay little town on the tip of the cape, and quite a party town! We loved it! Reminded us a lot of Key West in many ways. Appartently it's the only place in the states where you can watch the sun rise and set. We saw neither...we found a fun little bar on the wrong side of the tip! Tomorrow we hop a ferry for Martha's Vineyard.

We only spent a couple days in Maine, and only about 25 miles into the state. We camped in Wells, and drove up to Kennebunkport for a day. That was a great little town.

The only photo we took was of the Bush's home there. We need to get used to having a camera again! Didn't even eat a lobster...they don't sell just the tail here; you have to order the whole lobster, and I just can't see it. So we'll go without. We don't really care for lobster anyway! Maine, what we saw of it, was beautiful, but getting cold.

Westfield, MA....again

We haven't been as faithful to the blogspot as we'd hoped. Is anybody really checking in?We got our new home a few days later than expected, and spent the next 2 days moving in, learning the new rig and fixing problems with it. So we didn't make it to Mass. for Mike's surprise b-day party, but were 24 hours late. We've been here since, still fixing problems with the new home (leaky faucets, cauking, insulating, installing our solar panels, reorganizing,... Have only golfed once, but today looks promising for round 2:) Mike & Christine are in Las Vegas for a couple days, so we agreed to stay and watch the dogs and the house. It's a great place to be "stranded"...great weather, golf course across the street, pool, hot tub,... But we do love our new house! It's roomy and beautiful and has lots of features the old Rambler didn't have...power awning, central vac, lots of counter space, a fireplace (I was going to have it removed and cupboards put in it's place, but the salesman pointed out that it's also an electric heater:) )Life is good! It feels like another lifetime that we owned the shop, and it's only been 7 months! I guess we've adapted to "retirement". I'm learning how to relax, and Bob gets to futz all day on the new home. It's a simple life, and we like it!We did get our camera back, but haven't taken any photos to speak of. Next time...I hope all is well with everyone. We miss you all.