Author Archives: Marsha Brecht

Boston, Massachusetts   Yesterday and today we spent visiting with Teresa and Eric and Danielle and Danielle’s parents in Quincy which is just a little south and east of Boston.  We had such a great time, they are all wonderful … Continue reading →

Our spot at Wompatuck State Park We packed up this morning and headed northeast to Wompatuck State Park in Massachusetts, just southeast of Boston. It’s a nice park, but rain is heading in.  We’ll have to explore it tomorrow. Teresa and … Continue reading →

Lobster Landing Today we just drove around the surrounding communities and along the CT shoreline some more.  We saw in one of the tourist magazines about this little place called Lobster Landing that was supposed to be an iconic spot … Continue reading →

Marina at Old Saybrook Up and off early this morning while it was still cool.  We decided to go visit Mystic Seaport since we hard from a few people that it was an interesting place for sight seeing.  On the … Continue reading →

Peabody Museum of Natural History Our first stop today was at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.  We arrived too early and sat on the retaining wall outside for a while and watched the traffic. The museum was having … Continue reading →

Inside the Rare Books Library We were on our own today as Teresa had to get back to work.  So, we went back to the Yale campus and walked around on our own.  One of the most interesting things we … Continue reading →

It’s been a busy few days and I haven’t had any time to blog.  We tried to get in to Hammonasset State Park but they didn’t have any spots left that included electricity.  Our generator isn’t working correctly, and it’s … Continue reading →

Teresa in her Office The Physics Lab Yale Buildings A Random Hallway More Yale Buildings Nice, huh? Architectural detail Yale “I Regret That I Have But One Life to Give for My Country”

More driving all day yesterday, thru Pennsylvania, the very tip of New Jersey, a little of New York and into Connecticut.  It was a long hot ride.  Marble is doing fine, but she just stays on the bed the whole … Continue reading →

Another hot steamy day.  All we did was drive and sweat.  It was a challenge for the air conditioner to keep us comfortable. Poor Marble, she was so hot too.  We stopped a few times to run the generator so … Continue reading →

We had good intentions.  We had planned to leave at 7am and drive all day.  But this terribly hot and humid weather made packing more difficult than we had thought.  So we finished up and were on the road by … Continue reading →

Marble Our cat, Marble, will be joining us on our travels this year.  She is an indoor cat, kinda old and arthritic, and a fraidy cat.  We took her on a trial run in the RV over Father’s Day weekend in June.  She … Continue reading →

We weren’t sure at first.  The motorhome would not start this morning.  Not sure what that’s about, it wasn’t the battery.  We had problems last year with it not starting and that turned out to be the starter switch.  Perhaps … Continue reading →

Minnesota! Almost!  We came as far as Albert Lea, Minnesota.  We stopped here to say hi and have dinner with family. Tomorrow we’ll go the rest of the way home.   Captain Kirk  This morning we stopped at Riverside, … Continue reading →

It was SNOWING this morning when we left Burlington.   But we didn’t let that stop us from moving about 20 miles west to Mount Pleasant. There is a nice new RV park here with all the hookups, including Internet and cable … Continue reading →

 Snake Alley view from top  Still slowly creeping north.  In Burlington, Iowa, today.  We went to explore the city.  We couldn’t find much in the way of interesting history, but we did find Burlington’s most famous landmark named … Continue reading →

I think we started north too soon.  It’s nasty weather in Minnesota and it’s not so hot here either.  Hopefully, after the weekend things will improve and we’ll go home. Chief Keokuk Today we’re in Keokuk, Iowa, a town of … Continue reading →

Slowly moving north.  But I’m hearing things about a blizzard in northern Minnesota???  We’ll wait another week before we cross that border.  It’s even supposed to be in the freezing temps right here over the weekend. No pictures and nothing … Continue reading →

 Tom Sawyer’s House and the Whitewashed Fence  We went about 30 miles north this morning, to the historic town of Hannibal, Missouri, home of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twin) and Tom Sawyer.  We have been here before, but it was nice to see … Continue reading →

Railroad bridge on the Mississippi  We’re in Bowling Green, Missouri today.  We’ll only stay one night as I have no cell phone service and the Internet is very poor. This is supposed to be a good place to see bald … Continue reading →