So far we have been in/thru, Maine, New Hampshire,Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.

This section is the most highly populated area that we have driven through so far. We thought about going into Boston, we thought about going into New York. We were as close as 30/40 miles from both, cluck--cluck--cluck.Had an experience with closed roads. drove around and the next road was also closed. Handled it well.

Heading for Diners, Drive-ins and Dives fame, diner called “DaddyPops”, just outside ofPhiladelphia.

We had brunch, fantastic pancakes,-eggs and scrapple (ground pork and cornmeal) chipped beef in cream sauce and grits, in this little metal dining car with 8 booths and a dozen stools and two barber chairs at the counter. Served by a waitress who grew up with the menu at home and explained what we were about to eat - - - a great experience!!!

Now we are 15 miles from Philly city center – take a deep breath and get on the train.

We saw the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, got a lesson in American History aaaaand had a real philly cheesesteak sandwich at famous “Cameron’s”, (Obama ate there two weeks ago), in the biggest market anywhere.

Lots of very rundown low income housing projects and neighbourhoods on the train route.

Sturbridge, MA

Autumn in New England... Covered Bridges, stone fences, antiques, baked beans, and of course clam chowder Boston style.

We stumbled onto this area just by getting off the highway .... very quaint area.

We visited The Old Sturbridge Village which is an historical site in New England. ..Quaker style. The architecture was exactly what you would expect for picturesque old New england towns. We drove around the area and saw the antique centres and winding tree covered roads. Beautiful.

USA

USA. We are in the Village Green campground in Brimfield Massachusetts. After trying unsuccessfully to spell the name of this state I now understand why abbreviations are so prevalent from now I on I will refer to it as MA :-)

We camped in Newport our first night. Then we started our journey south using the notes and information that we had gathered along the way. The next day we got as far as Freeport where our Tomtom let us down and we ended up on a dead end street where Jack had some unkind words for him. Freeport is a pretty little town that is crawling with tourists. It is where LL Bean store originates. There are Guci, Gap. etc. type of stores. The McDonalds looks like a 18th century farmhouse. We drove around for a while trying to find the campsite where we paid $10.00-$15.00 more per night then we have been paying…. and the internet didn’t work… and this was our first night of hard frost

The next day we drove down the I95 awhile and then onto the 495 then onto the 84 then on to the 95 again. There were toll’s along the way but they only added up to around $6.00. Driving the interstates is a fast way to get somewhere but on the smaller highways you see more interesting things, The fall colours have been amazing. This is a great time of the year to travel as far as natural beauty and not so crowded usually. The only drawback has been that we have to search for campsites that are open.

*Generally we have hit the best weather possible and have missed the major storms.

• This blog is posted a bit late due to the state of the internet access in some of our camps.