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May 16, 2013: Day 7 – East Bound and Down
Above is today’s trip map created using my Trimble Outdoors Navigator iPhone app. Click the link above for a bigger map. We left Schenectady and after getting my Dunkin Donuts fix (153 feet from the hotel!), we were off on a side trip to Bennington, Vermont for a side trip to the Blue Benn Diner, highly recommended by one of my coworkers. We briefly took the Interstate until we reached State Road 7, which we took northeast, then SR 279 into Bennington. After discovering the Blue Benn is cash only, we quickly found a nearby ATM, and headed back with our wallet full and our stomachs empty! I’d been hearing…
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May 15, 2013: Day 6 – East Bound and Down
Above is today’s trip map created using my Trimble Outdoors Navigator iPhone app. Click the link above for a bigger map. We left New Haven this morning and met up with another friend for coffee. We couldn’t resist stopping off at the Big Dipper in Prospect for some ice cream! then we started northwest through Connecticut, meandering on a mix of state and US routes into Massachusetts on US 7. We picked up 23, which crossed into New York. In Craryville, we found the Chief Martindale Diner. Cool spot and great food; but the owner is very touchy about photos. I asked the waitress if it was Ok to take…
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May 14, 2013: Day 5 – East Bound and Down
We woke up early today so we could catch an early train to New York. We walked the short distance from the hotel to Union Station and caught the 7:31 AM train, which would arrive at Grand Central at 9:07. We really didn’t have any plans, just stroll around midtown really. I didn’t want to take the time to go into any of the boroughs, and while a slice of Lenny’s Pizza in Bensonhurst would have been awesome, I didn’t want to spend 50 minutes each way. Our farthest destination from midtown would be the 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade center site. After leaving Grand Central, we walked east…
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May 13, 2013: Day 4 – East Bound and Down
Above is today’s trip map created using my Trimble Outdoors Navigator iPhone app. Click the link above for a bigger map. We checked out of our hotel, which was across from the Mystic Aquarium and the shopping area called Olde Mystick Village, which has lots of nice little shops. One we enjoyed the past two years was a bakery and cheese shop called The Bleu Squid. They have very good cupcakes and for those who want to forego the cake, and get right to the good stuff, frosting shots! They didn’t have any this visit, as they ran out of cups, but here’s a photo from a previous visit: We…
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May 12, 2013: Day 3 – East Bound and Down
Above is today’s trip map created using my Trimble Outdoors Navigator iPhone app. Click the link above for a bigger map. After my daughter’s change of plans, I decided to make a few contact to see if anyone could meet early Sunday, enabling Pat and me to freely travel the area later in the week, less scheduled. We started out from Danbury and headed back to Waterbury. At 9:00, I met my longtime friend Joann, and had loads of fun and laughs reminiscing: And more laughs visiting with my cousin Diana: And some good Margherita pizza at Bertucci’s: Aftermeeting with Diana, we decided to visit the PEZ Candy Museum. We…
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May 2013: East Bound and Down – Prelude
Above is the track for our trip, which I have planned using the Trimble Outdoors website Next month, we’ll be hitting the road for the East Coast. This will be mine & Pat’s final trip east for a while. For the past few years while my daughter’s been in school, I’ve been taking her and my grandson east to visit family, but with this being her final year of school, next year, she can venture out on her own if she likes. Pat and I will thereafter be focusing our attention on pretty much every other direction of the country. We’ve talked about places we wanted to visit, like South…
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March 1-3, 2013: Grease is the Word!
Overview Map The following map was created using the Trimble Outdoors Navigator app for my iPhone. For an interactive version of the map or to see a closeup of the route, click the “Bigger Map” link. Prelude We wanted to get away for the weekend to relax from the strain of several circumstances as of late. Between work, family concerns, household projects, due to lack of time, we haven’t allowed ourselves a road trip for a while and we were long overdue! We just had a few days, so we couldn’t travel too far and we kicked around several possibilities. Looking at the map, I suggested that we continue following…
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January 2013: Jingle Rails at the Eiteljorg Museum
My daughter was interested in going to the Eiteljorg Museum to see the Jingle Rails Exhibit with my grandson, so I thought that might be a fun way to try out the new Sony NEX-6. This might be an annual exhibit, so if you are in Indianapolis during the Christmas holidays, I highly recommend going! Here is a slideshow of my photos. If you click on the slideshow, it will take you over to my Flickr page where you can also view the photos there. [flickrslideshow acct_name=”roadtripmemories” id=”72157632443886201″ width=”600″]
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My Gadgets: Past and Present
Most ladies’ shopping addiction is to clothes, jewelry, etc. My addiction is to buying computer stuff, gadgets, electronics, etc. Here’s the lineup of my gadgets, past and present… GPS / Mapping / Travel DeLorme Earthmate BT-20 The first GPS unit I had was actually one I used with my Palm TX (see below). The DeLorme Earthmate BT-20 is a Bluetooth GPS unit that works on any device with Bluetooth capability. My Palm TX had Bluetooth and was capable of running the mobile version of DeLorme Street Atlas. The device worked well in receiving a good GPS signal fast. It would follow the map and show one’s position with speed and…