Goin' Road Trippin'

10/13/2022 we woke with big plans.. to make our big plans for the week. What we didn’t expect is how slow the internet would be here. No joke folks, of all the place we’ve been, excluding one campground that didn’t have any, in the heart of the city in New Jersey where we are staying it is SLOW..even with the hotspot the rv park has offered us. Now, don’t get me wrong, this is still the best place to say when you come to New York in an RV, but just keep in mind, it’ll slow ya down if you haven’t already booked things. So we scootered to a Starbucks.

The Starbucks isn’t like most, it’s an express Starbucks, so no tables. Just a grab and go kind of place. Funny how the one time we actually wanted to sit at a Starbucks and that wasn’t possible. No problem, we just went over by the water, which was real nice, till it started to rain. Oh well, back to Harvy.

We decided to use the handy map our RV park gave us and section out our days by attractions and their locations.

We finally got things dialed in, scheduled and planned out.Thankfully a couple blocks from the RV park there are services that we filled the rest of our day with, especially since it rained for the rest of the day.

Mitch got his first cryotherapy at the place next door. He opted for 278 degrees below zero to help reduce the inflammation he has with his back. We then went next door to the Coffee Kitchen and got dinner!

Mitch got great information about how to get across the Hudson River. fyi- it’s taking PATH (the jersey subway) into NYC over by the Starbucks we had coffee at earlier!

So now we are looking into the transit systems, get a 7 day pass, a my metro card and what have ya. We have our reservations set for tomorrow.. the Statue of Liberty!

10/12/2022 what better way to start the day than with a sunrise to feast your eyes!

We had coffee, enjoyed the beauty that surrounded us and took tons more pictures. After getting everything packed up to hit the road we made one last trip to our favorite spot, Waikiki Beach at Winter Island Park.

As I walked down the beach I saw a group of geese (trivia question -what is a group of geese in the water called? It’s not a gaggle, answer is at the bottom.) so I decided to make my way towards them.

To my surprise they didn’t seem fazed by my presence. So I scooted closer, still they didn’t mind. I was so amazed, they walked their way past me, probably less than 8 feet away and headed up off the beach.

As I sat there, mesmerized, grateful that I was blessed to have this moment with these geese on this beach I see a gal taking pictures of the geese as well. I try to move so I’m not in her way and we chat for a minute. A little while later, after I rejoin Mitch she is returned from her walk and asks what we’re looking for. We tell her sea glass and she shares with us another treasure on the beach we didn’t even know existed!

She shares with us the history of old ships and how they’d discard things in the water when they no longer had a use for them. She showed us pieces she’d picked up and explained how it was old pottery pieces. Saying they’re probably over a hundred years old!

Mitch and I were both so intrigued with the information, and it now explained a piece I picked up the day before. It was smooth and white but had a design on one side. I knew it wasn’t a rock, I thought it odd, so I kept it. That’s what it was! Old pottery. Savannah gave me a one she had picked up and as we were talking she spotted another and gave that to me as well. I was elated and ready to find some new treasures! Her generosity and kindness was so appreciated.

Check out time was 11 am and we had plans for the day, but I have to say, it was hard to say goodbye to Winter Island Park in Salem, Massachusetts.

We had a painted picture of Iron sides I’d bought from a yard sale and hung in pops room about 10 years ago. When Mitch found out the actual ship is in Boston we had to go.

We had to pay for two parking spots for Harvy because of his size when we got to the museum, but he knows he’s worth it ($50 for minimum of 2 hours)

We then walked over and toured the battleship

The whole place was very interesting and packed with history and information! After overloading on pictures and “I’ll read that later since I got a picture” we headed towards NYC! Oh wait! Rhode Island is soo close, we gotta dip our toe in the state so we can count it on our bucket list!

The longest 219 miles EVER!

Answer- a group of geese in the water is called a plump of geese.

10/11/2022 without a doubt the most amazing skies we’ve seen!

A spectacular sunrise greeted us this morning. Mitch called to wake me saying, “ you’ve got to come outside and see this!”

He was right! it was like getting a big ol’ good morning hug from the man upstairs. What a way to start the day.

After many “wows” and “how amazing was that!?” We made plans for the day, scheduling a tour of the Salem Witch Museum and mapping out where else we plan to visit, since we would be taking the scooters for the whole day.

We then rode over to where those accused of witchcraft were imprisoned, the gaol

We then visited the only house still standing from that era. I believe this is where the judge lived.

We then rode over to the location where the 19 victims were hanged after being wrongfully convicted of witchcraft.

After we visited the locations of the Witch trials, we toured more of the town.

We scooted home, so happy not having to walk all that way! Iced our backs and headed down to the beach.

New York City, here we come….

10/10/2022 Harvy hung with the big dogs last night.

We arrive at Winter Island Park, where we will be staying for two nights, after accidentally going downtown Salem on a Holiday weekend in October..crazy busy. It is the month of Witch wonderment in this town, so we were squeezing through just trying to get Harvy settled.

We sat in our chairs on the beach, finding sea glass right where the blue dot is located above. it sprinkled a bit so we had umbrellas.. not the usual reason people have an umbrella at the beach but hey, we’re unusual and grateful for it.

Tomorrow we plan to scoot about town. The witch trails was one thing that I do remember from school, and so we are going to tour the town.