Albany, New York Visit

We spend about 5 weeks in the Albany New York area visiting family there, Joe has sisters, a cousin and an aunt in this area. So we had lots to do, and lots of family to visit with.
We had a great time while we were in Albany, and got to spend a lot of time with Joe's sisters and their families.

Cheryl and Chris took us to some free concerts in Albany called "Alive At Five" these are evey Thursday night during the summer months, and a lot of fun. We saw some good entertainment too, The Village People, Hotel California (tribute to the Eagles), The Neville Brothers, and Tower of Power. So we had a great time with them, always something to do.

They took us on the Albany Aqua Duck, it drives around town showing all of the great history then goes into the Hudson River for a short river cruise, and shows us things you cannot see from the land. That was a lot of fun as you can see from the pictures.

Joe and his nephew Christopher played golf a couple of times and had a good time, Christopher plays at several of the golf courses in the area and was able to get them a tee time. Joe was happy to get to play at all, it was raining a lot of the time we were there.

We went to the Saratoga Race Track a couple of times and bet (and lost) on the horses. What a beautiful track, beautiful horses, lots of people there and we had lots of fun.

Everyone loved our motor home and enjoyed hearing stories about our trips, even the smallest of our family members wanted to see all there was to see of our coach. Here are pictures of Joe showing our 7 year old twin grand nephews all about our service area. Joe's sister Luanne looks a little less interested, as she walks away from the lesson. Ha Ha.

Luanne and Joe have a beautiful patio, deck and pool area in their back yard, and of course we spent some time there too. The summer was very rainy this year, but there were some beautiful days while we were there, and we took advantage of every one of them. Here are a few pictures of everyone enjoying the pool at Luanne's.
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We had a wonderful visit with all of Joe's family in the Albany area, we always have a good time when we are there. When we left we were already planning our next trip, in two or three years. We may be back sooner, who knows, we always keep our plans flexible. We are heading to Niagara Falls, NY now for a few days, they on to visit friends in Pennsylvania.

Cape Elizabeth Maine

We arrived in Cape Elizabeth on July 13th and our friends there spent the next 4 days showing us around. We had a great time with Gerry and Sharon, and a great time exploring Maine and all that this beautiful place has to offer.




The ocean and shore was absolutely breathtaking, and the beautiful lighthouses are wonderful.

What a fun time we had here. We are already planning our next trip to Maine, it may be a few years before we make it back, but we will be back, there is too much to see and do here. The fish and seafood alone is worth another trip. But most of all we want to see Gerry and Sharon again they were so much fun, and we will keep in touch.

Boston Massachusetts

We stopped in the Albany New York area for a week to have our water pump replaced and to have a short visit with our family nearby. We stated at an Elks Lodge in Schenectady NY and tested our water pump there. It works great, so we are glad that they figured out what the problem was.

Now we are off again, heading for Maine to visit some friends there. We are going to spend four days in Boston then go on up the coast. These are a few of the beautiful buildings we saw on our trolley tour around the city.




When we arrived in Boston, we found out that 40 Tall Ships were in port for a few days, on their trip around the world. What a great time for us to arrive there, these ships are spectacular. We took a harbor cruise so we could get a better view of the ships and the beautiful skyline of Boston, it was a great hour and a half cruise.

We saw Fenway Park, the oldest major league baseball stadium in use today, and the home of the Boston Red Sox since the opening in 1912. A lot of baseball history here, and what a fascinating place, they do have tours of the stadium, but the day we were in town, there were no tours because of the game schedule.

These are pictures of the Leonard P Zakim-Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River in Boston, this is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world, and is part of the Big Dig in Boston the most expensive highway project ever.

We stopped at Cheers Bar for lunch and took a few pictures while we were there. Fun place to visit and good food too.

We had a lot of fun in Boston, and there is a lot more to see here, so we may come back for a day or two while we are in Albany during the next month or so. It is time for us to leave now and head on up to Maine for a few days.

Gettysburg PA and West Point NY

Our next stop was at Gettysburg PA, and this was a great stop, we parked our coach at the Harrisburg Flying J and drove down to Gettysburg. We took a bus tour of the battlegrounds and that was so good, so interesting, if fact we felt like we were there, watching the fight. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the battle and it was obvious that he loved his job, he made it so fascinating.




We had to order another new water pump and have it shipped overnight to Flying J, so Joe could install it, and decided to take another drive down to Gettysburg to see the town itself. There are many buildings and homes that are original, and each have a plaque beside the door to identify them. We took a walking tour of the town and enjoyed that too.


The next day our water pump was delivered to the Flying J where we were staying and we finely got our water pump installed and working, so we could take showers, and not have to live out of a gallon jug. However, we were not too happy the next day when the pump stopped working again. We went to Walmart and bought more gallon jugs of water, and headed for West Point NY area. We placed a few phone calls to the factory again, and were waiting for a return call, figured that may take a while, so we went ahead with our plans. We stayed in a large parking lot at an Elks Lodge in Poughkeepsie NY and drove the 20 miles South to West Point. This is a beautiful place as you can see by these pictures. We enjoyed seeing all of the great old buildings there and hearing the stories about West Point.

We finely received authorization from the factory to take our coach to the Camping World in Amsterdam NY just about 40 miles NW of Albany NY. We called and made our appointment for June 30th and headed there on the 29th. We intend to dry camp for a few days after this pump gets fixed to make sure it is working properly. We will be staying here in the Albany area for a week to visit family. Then we'll be going toward Boston Massachusetts for a few days and on up to Cape Elizabeth Maine to visit some friends.