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May 10-19, 2013: Overview-East Bound and Down
Back home again in Indiana! Wow, what a great trip that was. It was loads of fun as Pat and I explored many two lane roads throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont (just a hint), New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Here’s the overview of our trip, and posts for each day will follow (and will be hyperlinked below as they are added). May 10-11, 2013: Not much to report, as these were “get from point A to B as quickly as possible” travel days. Slabbed from Indianapolis to Dubois, Pennsylvania on Day 1, and DuBois to Connecticut on Day 2. May 12, 2013: Spent the morning in Waterbury visiting a friend, then…
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May 19, 2013: Day 10 – 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. Today was the final day of our journey, and so far it’s been a great one! After checking out of the motel, I opted for just coffee today. After having so many big breakfasts and a big dinner and dessert last night, I needed to give my stomach a rest. We continued into Erie on State Road 5, which was the Circle Lake route, and found a Dunkin’ Donuts in town. We made our way back to the scenic route and passed by this motel where we stayed several…
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May 18, 2013: Day 9 – 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 the motel and decided to have breakfast in town at the local establishment, the Chef Diner. The food was very good and very plentiful here, as was the local conversation. 🙂 We continued west on US 20 throughout New York, and we quickly approached the Finger Lakes area, but not before passing through some nice country, with rolling hills. Seneca Falls was recommended by a friend to be a good place to spend a little time, a nice town with shops and restaurants, etc. But…
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May 17, 2013: Day 8 – 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 were initially thinking of spending an additional day in Lake George, but considering the peak tourist season didn’t start for another week and very little was open, we decided to plan on coming back another time in season. After checking out of the motel, we did a little exploration of the site of the former Gaslight Village Amusement park, comparing some areas of the site to old photos we found on the Internet. I don’t remember much about the place, except the Cavalcade of Cars was a very…
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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…