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On our way back to Black Bear Campground we decided to indulge ourselves in a classic New England meal. In Ipswich we stopped at The Clam Box, a local institution, and ordered a Native Clams meal. While we waited to pick up our food at the counter a dining room table...
Just south of Newbury is a small Massachusetts town that has captured the imagination of America. Salem. The home of the Witch Trials of 1692. For decades the community has capitalized on this history and developed some crazy tourist attractions. We couldn’t figure...
Family history drew us to this corner of Massachusetts. Black Bear Campground in Salisbury is our home while we explore the area. Newbury and it’s neighbor Newburyport date to the 1635 when Puritans emigrated to the New World and established a haven in the New World....
See Lowell Park Videos So many reasons why we wanted to visit Lowell, Massachusetts and the National Historic Park here. There's our interest in the history of the Industrial Revolution, and of the textile industry, and of The Lowell Girls and their role in the...
Park Ranger Talk The familiar poem by Longfellow that begins with “Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere” rattled around in our brains as we explored the Minuteman National Historic Park, watched the excellent multimedia...
The T@B-400 refrigerator was in desperate need of a refill. We had deliberately used up the perishables in anticipation of storing the trailer for our foray into Boston and six days of meals shared with family and friends. Now we're back on the road. Today we traveled...
Ranger Tour Video After our visit to Harper's Ferry we were intrigued by the chance to visit Springfield Armory. The two facilities were authorized by Congress in 1794 during the Washington administration. After the Union torching in 1861 of the facilities in Virginia...
This delightful eatery, Storrowton Tavern is located in a museum of historic buildings in East Springfield, Massachusetts offers traditional New England fare. Friends of ours who live nearby guided us here where the four of us feasted on Yankee Pot Roast, Fried...
This afternoon we enjoyed tea and scones within view of Griffin's Wharf, the location of the Boston Tea Party back in 1773. One of the teas offered at Abigail's Tea Room is Singlo, a green tea that was the variety that was cold steeped in Boston Harbor that night. It...
Enroute from Middleborough to Dorchester we availed ourselves of the opportunity to visit an old favorite. There was a Friendly's Ice Cream in DeLand when we lived there years ago. We enjoyed many a meal there when the kids were grade school aged. Today we feasted on...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
It was a most educational visit to the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery at Trafalgar Square in Central London. We were intrigued with the contemporary approach to presenting British History.