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Tag: USA

Posted on December 5, 2024May 2, 2025

Walk/Don’t Walk

At some point during my travels, I seem to have become fascinated by pedestrian crossing lights and have started to “collect” them, well photograph them, at any rate. These are things that most people probably walk by without giving too much of a second glance to, but now I actively seek them out. I think …

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Posted on October 21, 2024October 21, 2024

USA ’24 – The Photos

One final post from the holiday. Here are all the pictures from the trip all in one place. I think that they give a great overview of a holiday in New England.

Posted on October 18, 2024October 18, 2024

USA ’24 – Miscellany

It’s the end of the holiday and here are a few things that didn’t neatly fit anywhere else in the previous blogs. Number Plates Over the 12 days we were in New England we travelled a total of 1,241 miles in our ugly Ford Bronco. An average of only 124 a day over the ten …

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Posted on October 18, 2024October 17, 2024

USA ’24 – Day 13 – A Whale of a Time

The last days are always difficult to fill, particularly when your flight doesn’t leave until 10 pm. Fortunately, we had a cunning plan, which was to take a boat trip out into the Gulf of Maine in search of wildlife. We’re not going to need a bigger boat We shared this journey with about 98 …

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Posted on October 17, 2024October 17, 2024

USA ’24 – Day 12 – Salem – It was a Trial

We continued our journey back south today heading towards the final destination of Boston and home but we had one final overnight stop before we fly. Salem When we were working out our trip the company that we were booking with (hat tip The American Road Trip Company) suggested an overnight stop in Salem. Of …

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Posted on October 16, 2024October 16, 2024

USA ’24 – Day 11 – Winding Back Down the Coast

Today we drove back down the road we’d taken from our emergency hotel a couple of days ago and on to the town of Kennebunkport – the only place in this area that hasn’t stolen the name from the UK! A Long Drive It was a long drive today of over five hours, mainly on …

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Posted on October 16, 2024October 16, 2024

USA ’24 – Day 10 – Acadia

I’ll probably get in trouble for choosing the picture above as it isn’t really representative of the day we had in Acadia National Park but it was taken there. Read on for more… Park Loop Road We arrived at the park at about 8:30, which turned out to be a good move as the stopping …

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Posted on October 14, 2024October 14, 2024

USA ’24 – Day 9 – Bar Ha Ha Ha!

Woke up in our emergency hotel and went down for our “free” breakfast. As you can see from the picture above, it wasn’t terribly appetising, although the freshly made waffles were better. We then headed off to our next destination, Bar Harbor, ME. We were travelling up the road that we were due to be …

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Posted on October 13, 2024October 13, 2024

USA ’24 – Day 8 – Lucky?

We awoke this morning to find that the hotel had had a power cut at 6 am due to strong winds overnight. We made our way down pitch black corridors to the lobby where they had laid on coffee and doughnuts in lieu of breakfast. At this point we were told that the power company …

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Posted on October 12, 2024October 12, 2024

USA ’24 – Day 7 – The Kanc

Having done the Berkshires (Lenox, MA) and the Green Mountains (Stowe, VT) today it was on to the White Mountains (Jackson, NH). The first part of the journey was from Stowe to Lincoln which was attractive but the highlight of the day was… Kancamagus Scenic Byway The Kancamagus Highway runs for 34 miles from Lincoln, …

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