Hello from Sturbridge, Mass. It has finally happened...it got cooler! For the last 3 nights we have been able to keep the air conditioner turned off. Looking forward to many more nights like that! Mark got to fix his first campfire of the trip...I forgot the marshmallows. We spent a couple of days exploring the River Road in Pa...from where Washingon crossed the Delaware up to Ringing Rocks Park. It is a very scenic, windy road...you definitely don't make good time when you are on it. This is the Pedestrian Bridge in Lumberton, Pa. You can walk across the Delaware into NJ without paying a toll. Don't get Mark started on some of the tolls we've paid up to this point. We are now in Stubridge through the weekend. We figured we would stay away from the coast since there is a possibility of some tropical weather this weekend. I thought I wouldn't have to worry about stuff like that since I left Florida! Tomorrow, we will visit Old Sturbridge Village, which an 1800's village with shops, buildings, etc. This is one of my favorite areas to visit when I come up here to teach PALS...I always stop in for a couple of hours. Now I will have more time to really explore not only the village, but the shops as well.

The campground we are in has very few campers. We have a large grassy area in front of the camper and for the first time, we were able to let the dogs go off the leash and they ran all over for quite a while.

Sunday we start for Maine. Whales, lighthouses, and L.L.Bean...here we come.

Terry and Mark

Good evening from Philadelphia. Here's a picture of one of the turkeys that wander around this campground. Dinner anyone? We caught a break with the weather and it only rained on us in the morning yesterday. Today was perfect...in the low 80's with a breeze. We have been surrounded by history this entire trip so far. This was especially true as we entered Independence Hall and there was the chair George Washington sat in during the debates for independence. Of course we saw the Liberty Bell, Elfreth's Alley, Betsey Ross's house, Christ Church, City Tavern (where we had a fantastic lunch) and debated if we were going to run up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum ala Rocky (not a chance!). Tomorrow we start heading north, but will first travel along River Road, which runs along the Delaware River and catch a little more history when we visit the site where G.W. and2,400 troops crossed the Delaware to capture the town of Trenton. Also going to look for the covered bridges that are all over Buck's County.

If anyone wants to see all the pictures of the vacation so far, just let me know and I will send you the link to Shutterfly.

Hello from historic Fredricksburg, Va...yes, girls LOTS of cannons and cannon balls! Don't you wish you were here! :) Here are a few pictures from the trip so far. Kasey is playing "King of the Mountain"...who knew she could climb anything?! Anyone who has ever made the drive from the Northeast down to Florida will recognize "Pedro" from that bastion of tourist junk...South of the Border. It was sad to see so few people in this complex that spans 2 sides of the road and offers everything from shopping to eating to mini golf to an amusement park. In the campground that can hold over 100 campers, there were six of us the night we were there! Fredricksburg was very important in the Civil War as it was half way between Washington DC and Richmond, the two capitals. Today we visited a couple of the battlegrounds in the area (there were 4 staged campaigns in this area in an 18 month period) and the sense of what happened here surrounds you as you walk the grounds. Tomorrow we will head over to Stratford Hall where Robert E. Lee grew up and also visit where George Washington chopped down the cherry tree. Should be in the Philly area by Friday. Here is the FIRST flower picture Danielle and Stacey...but you will notice there is at least a butterfly in the picture!!!

Keep good thoughts for my Uncle Bill who had rotator cuff surgery today.

Terry and Mark

Well, here we are at the end of day one of our grand adventure. We left about 6:45 this morning and stopped for the day in Brunswick, Ga. It took until about West Palm Beach for the dogs to finally lay down instead of standing. But we did take frequent stops so they could get out and walk around. By the time we stopped for lunch, they got into the routine...get out...pee...get back in the car and go to sleep! It was a momentous day...Mark got to sing along with the radio for a change...off key, wrong words and all! Now all he has to do is LISTEN TO THE NAVIGATOR when he is trying to pull into a gas station...we almost took a gas pump along for the ride!

Next stop...South of the Border to visit Pedro!

Terry and Mark

Good afternoon all,

Well here we are 13 days away from setting off on the big adventure. There are already 2 pages of lists of things not to forget...I better make sure Buddy and Kasey are on that list! I know I can buy anything I might forget, but I would at least like to suffer under the illusion that I semi have myself put together the first day out! Starting to look at campgrounds for places to stay the first couple of days. Mark says he doesn't want to drive more than 8 hours a day since it is a little tougher pulling this camper than it was the pop up. With stopping more often so the dogs can get out and do their thing, I'm not really sure how far we will really get in one day. For sure we will get out of Florida the first day even if it takes us longer than 8 hours. It's not officially vacation until you get out of the state!

Terry and Mark