My photographer and his wife had been in Sandwich, Massachusetts for over a day and not once did they eat a sandwich, unless a hamburger is considered a sandwich. It was Monday July 17, 2017 and we pulled out of…
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63: IN THE ‘JAWS’ OF AMITY ISLAND
The first thing I did on Sunday morning July 16, 2017 was laugh to myself when my photographer mentioned to his wife that we had to “leave the motel no later than eight o’clock so we don’t miss the first…
62: A WHALE OF A TIME IN BOSTON
Our alarm went off at 6:00am on Saturday July 15, 2017 and the morning sunlight revealed our spectacular view of Gillette Stadium from our room. We weren’t rushed that morning as the JFK Presidential Library didn’t open until 9:00am and…
61: CREEPY AND KOOKY? NOT THIS ADAMS FAMILY!
Our agenda for Friday July 14, 2017 was ambitious and filled with Presidential sites; which was a relief to me as I had spent the previous day looking at old lighthouses. Because of the full itinerary, our alarm went off…
60: THE MAINE EVENT – FDR’S CAMPO & LIGHTHOUSES
There’s no better way to start off a morning than with a four-hour drive; but that’s exactly what we did on Wednesday July 12, 2017. The alarm went off at 5:00am and we were on the road by 7:00. Since…
59: TAKE ANOTHER LITTLE PIERCE OF MY HEART NOW, BABY!
It was sad for me as we left the historic Coolidge neighborhood in Plymouth Notch, Vermont on the morning of July 11, 2017. I had enjoyed our visit with Calvin Coolidge; I was proud to stand in some of the…
58: NOTHING SAYS VERMONT LIKE CAL, BEN & JERRY
The morning of Monday July 10, 2017 was one where my photographer thought it would be good for us to sleep later than usual. After all, the first site of the day didn’t open until 10:00am and that site was…
57: LOOKED FOR LARA; SETTLED FOR FALA
My photographer’s phone alarm went off precisely at 5:00am on Sunday July 9, 2017. The first thing Tom did was look out of the room’s window to check the weather – luckily for us there wasn’t a single cloud in…
56: RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY TOMB
We left the Holiday Inn Express in Utica on Saturday morning July 8, 2017 at 7:45am under overcast skies and a threat of rain. Since our first stop was nearly 100 miles to the southeast, we had hoped to drive…
55: OZ WAS OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
The black sky was broken by the dawn’s first light as we left Michigan on our first trip of the year. As we went over the Blue Water Bridge and into Canada at 4:45am on July 7, 2017, I was…