Day 49 & 50 Campsite Day & Florida, NY to Boston/Cape Cod, MA

July 7 & 8 

Sunday, July 7 – Campsite Day

Today is a relax day which means cleaning the RV and writing post cards.  In the afternoon we headed for the pool.  Met some New Yorkers, interesting guy, truck driver; told us of his travels!  Dark clouds were building and we could hear thunder drawing nearer.  We had to get out of the pool.  We didn’t think it would come our way but after ½ hour the skies got darker so we returned to the campsite.  Not a minute too soon.  It started to pour so Ross decided to wash the truck.  The storm lasted about 15 minutes but Ross hadn’t finished washing the truck.  Then it became very muggy with temperatures still around 30.

 

After the storm passed we were sitting outside when a little visitor came to the next campsite.

Daily Stats:  
Weather:  Sunshine, thunderstorm with pouring rain 15 minutes, then sunshine and muggy; High: 32 degrees; Lo: 25 degrees
Wildlife:  Bambi
Campsite:  Black Bear Campground
Walking:  2 km
 

Monday, July 8 – Florida, NY to Middleboro, MA

Heading to the Boston area today!  Again trying to stay off the interstates we took highway 94 north to Newburgh.  Curvy, hilly and very green plus some farm land with corn fields is what you will see.  At Newburgh we crossed the Beacon Bridge over the Hudson River.  Onto the interstate 84 and we had to pay a toll of $3.50 just over the bridge. 

We stopped at the Welcome to Connecticut centre to get a map and coffee.  Off the Interstate and onto highway 34 S E to the coast from Danbury to Derby to New Haven.  Part of the way beside the Housatonic River with beautiful houses and cottages and a lot of people enjoying the beaches and water.  Most of the houses are brick or cedar shake and we are noticing a lot more cemeteries dating back to the 1800’s and earlier. 

We took the scenic route and tried to stay close to shore. We caught a glimse of the water but for the most part unless we were crossing a bridge there were houses and lots of trees between us and the shores.  We had lunch at the info centre at Old Lyme as there were no real pull offs.

Niantic Bay near New London

Groton is the home of General Dynamics, the nation’s largest submarine producer.  They produced the first atomic powered submarine on Jan. 21, 1954.

Groton, CT

Rhode Island is very small actually the smallest of the 50 states but it was the first colony to declare independence from Britain and the last state to ratify the constitution until the Bill of Rights was added.  We drove most of the way to Providence on I95 which is the only city and also the capital of the state.  If you look at the state of Rhode Island, Narragansett Bay takes up about ¼ to 1/3 of the space we had to drive N E around it to get to Massachusetts.

Providence, RI

A longer day of driving than usual but now we can relax and enjoy the rest of the day.  We picked the KOA Boston/Cape Cod just because it is centrally located. 

Daily Stats: 
Today's distance:  394 km 
Weather:  Sunshine; High: 33 degrees; Lo: 24 degrees
Wildlife:   Bunnies in KOA
Campsite:  Boston/Cape Cod KOA-  $47.70 per night back in incl. full hookups

Walking:  5 km         

Today's news event:

Connecticut Stats:
Nickname:  Constitution State
Flower:  Mountain Laurel
Bird:  American Robin
Sales Tax is 6 percent

Rhode Island Stats:
Nickname:  The Ocean State
Flower:  Violet
Bird:  Rhode Island Red Hen
Sales Tax is 7 percent
 
Massachusetts Stats:
Nickname:  Bay State
Flower:  Mayflower
Bird:  Chickadee
Sales Tax is 6.25 percent