The slide-out is working, we have new tires and the front-end is aligned. The adventure continues…

We have campsite reservations in New York and Boston to visit Greg and Ava. Then we have plans to go to Maine and visit our friends, Jim, Doug and Karen.

Lauren, DE

We had planned our route to New York earlier and decided to take the Chesapeake bridge/tunnel and not drive the RV through Washington, DC. Now our Garmin RV 770-LMT-S GPS will not route us that way. We realize that it is because we have a propane tank.

We look up restrictions on the Chesapeake bridge/tunnel and see that RVs with propane tanks are allowed, but the propane must be turned off. There is no way to tell the GPS that our propane tank is off, so we remove it from our vehicle profile. Now it routes us the way we want to go.

We leave James’s at 7:45 and stop for gas in Chocowinity.

We get to the Chesapeake Bridge/Tunnel toll booth, pay the toll, and pull over and turn off the propane. At the end of the bridge, we stop at a rest area, turn the propane back on and have lunch.

We drive to Trap Pond State Park, in Laurel, DE ($34). We drove 360 miles today.

New York, NY

We dump the black and gray water tanks and are underway by 8:00.

We are headed to Liberty Harbor RV Park, in Jersey City, NJ. This is the closest RV park to New York City. Our main purpose in NYC is to visit Greg, who lives in the financial district, but we also want to see the sights.

We stop for gas on the New Jersey Turnpike. I forgot that you can’t pump your own gas in NJ. I pull up to the pump, hand the attendant my credit card, and never leave the RV.

We get to the RV park at 12:15. We made reservation a while back, since this park fills up quickly. It’s $410 for four nights. We start looking at all the things we want to see and think we should have reserved more time here.

The RV sites are close together and just big enough for us to have our slide out. Everybody is here for one reason – to tour New York City. The staff is very friendly and give us lots information about the area. We have several options for transportation.

We walk a couple of blocks to the PATH subway station and take it to the World Trade Center.

We go to the 9/11 Memorial Museum ($48). It is a very somber experience, but well worth it.

After that we walk to the Ketch Brew House Rooftop  (Average). Then we walk to  the Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog (Great).

We walk to the water taxi and ride back to Liberty Harbor RV Park ($13)

Day 2

We walk to the PATH station and take the subway to 33rd & 5th. Then we walk to Ess-A-Bagel. There is a long line out the door, but we get in line. It’s a long wait but it is well worth it. We can see them making the bagels as we wait.

After bagels with lox and cream cheese, we walk to Rockefeller Plaza. We buy tickets to “Top of the Rock”, but we have to wait a few hours. We walk around the plaza. we buy two beers at the rink bar (very pricey).

The Top of the Rock is great. We take a bunch of pictures.

We walk back through Times Square. It is crowded and crazy. We take the subway to the World Trade Center, walk to the financial district and go to Fraunces Tavern. We have in-house brewed beer (excellent) and oysters while we wait for Greg.

We go to Adrienne’s Pizza Bar for dinner. It is not the New York style pizza we were expecting, but it is delicious. After dinner we walk to Greg’s apartment for a tour. It is right on Wall St. Very nice!

We take the water taxi back to the RV. According to my FitBit, we walked 17,556 steps for 8.5 miles.

Day 3

We take the subway to 33rd St. and walk to Central Park. We rent bicycles for three hours.  We think that will be plenty of time. There are many places you cannot take bikes so we lock them up and walk as well.

We have lunch at the Boathouse (very good). After lunch we ride around the entire park. It takes longer than we thought. We turn in the bikes in just under three hours.

We stop at a bar near the bike rentals, have a beer and rest our legs, Then we walk to Grand Central Station. Then we take the subway to Wall St. and walk to Seaport. We meet Greg and have dinner at Dorlan’s Tavern.

After dinner we walk to the Brooklyn Bridge. We walk half-way across and come back.

We walk to water taxi and ride back to the RV. My FitBit says I walked 22,507 steps, for 10.9 miles.

Day 4

We take the subway to the World Trade Center and meet Greg. We  have crepes for breakfast in the mall. Then we walk to Battery Park and take a ferry to the Statue of Liberty. Tickets to the pedestal and statue are sold-out, but we have a fun, self-guided tour around the outside.

The next ferry takes us to Ellis Island. We walk around, looking at the exhibits. Then we go to the computer and look up ancestors. We find and print records for Simon Olson, Clara Schmidt and Charles Schmidt.

We take the ferry back to Battery Park and take a cab to Katz’s Deli for pastrami sandwiches. The sandwiches are huge. Fran and I split one. It is delicious.

After that, we walk to a pizza place and get some NY-style pizza slices to go.

The water taxi doesn’t run on weekends, so we take the F train to 34th St., then the PATH to Grove St. and walk to RV park. My FitBit says I walked 13,241 steps, for 6.4 miles.

Day 5

We get up at 6:30 to do laundry. The change machine is broken, so Fran walks to Krispy Kreme to get quarters.

We finish laundry, dump black water and gray water and leave the RV park at 10:45.

We had changed the Garmin RV LMT-770-S GPS profile to have a propane tank. The GPS tells us to turn off the propane tank, so we stop on the road and turn it off. But every 2 seconds we get a reminder to turn off propane. We don’t see a way to tell the GPS that it is turned off.

We get on I-95. It routes us around a tunnel n the Bronx, through busy NYC streets because we have a propane tank. After that, we ignore it and stay on I-95. At 1:00 we stop at a rest area in CT. We turn on our propane and remove the propane tank from the settings on the GPS.

Hingham, MA

The Garmin RV 770-LMT-S GPS works good for a while, but it gets stuck on a sharp curve warning, and stops giving us alerts. Then it doesn’t know how to route us to the campground. We follow the directions on the state park website.

We make it to Wompatuck State Park at 5:15. We register and buy firewood. We fill the fresh water tank and back in to site M21.

Wompatuck State Park is about 3,500 acres of public land. There are 400 campsites. There is no water or sewer on any campsite and 20 amp electric service on some. There are many hiking and biking trails throughout the park.  The land was deeded to English settlers by Indian chief Josiah Wompatuck in 1655. The park is built on the former Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot Annex, which was in use from 1941 until 1965.

We drove 258 miles today.

Day 2

We call Uber to take us to Cohasset Station. The driver has a hard time finding our pick-up point in the campground. Even Google Maps has a hard time here because there is only one usable entrance, the others are closed to vehicles.

We take the commuter train to South Station. We have lunch at the station and get a Uber to Amanda’s The driver takes us way out-of-the-way. We get Ava’s bag and walk to the Boys and Girls Club. The kids are on the beach until 3:30. We get coffee and go to Whole Foods while we wait. We buy stuff for hot dogs and s’mores.

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We pick up Ava and call Uber to take us to the commuter Ferry. We take the commuter ferry to Hingham and call Uber to take us to the campground.  The driver gets lost trying to find the campground.

We have hot dogs and s’mores outside.

Day 3

We have pancakes and bacon outside. We take a hike/scavenger hunt with Ava.

We take a taxi to Paragon Carousel ($31). The taxi driver gets lost getting to the campground.

We ride the carousel, play at the arcade, eat ice cream and play mini-golf.

We call Uber. This driver knows how to get to the campground.

Amanda comes and picks Ava up.

Day 4

We dump black and gray water. Then we take the RV to the grocery store (Big Y) and liquor store (Queen Anne’s). We drive back to the campground and fill the fresh water tank.

Day 5

We ride bikes to Cohasset station and take the 2:15 train to South Station ($16.50 round trip). We do the Boston Harborwalk. We stop for dinner and have lobster and salad at Smith & Wollenensky.

We take the 6:38 train to Cohasset Station. We take a different bike trail back to the campground. Some other bikers give us bad directions and we go way out of our way. We rode 4.3 mile from the campground to the station and 5.9 miles from the station back to the campground. We get back to the campground at 8:30, just before its dark. My FitBit says I walked 12,739 steps.

Day 6

We ride bikes to the visitor center.  After that we recharge our water softener.

Castine, ME

We fill the fresh water tank to 1/3. Then we dump the black and gray water. We are on the road by 8:00.

We get to Jim’s house at 2:45 and park in his yard.

Jim drives us around Castine. We stop at the Wharf for a beer and then go back to Jim’s for lobster, corn and strawberry shortcake with Doug and Karen.

Day 2

Jim drives us around the area. We stop at an LL Bean outlet store. After that, we go out on Doug and Karen’s boat.

We stop at Doug and Karen’s for drinks  and the go to Danny Murphy’s for dinner.

Day 3

Fran does laundry and I work on the steps. They have worked only half the time. I get them in and out with a 12 volt cable and now they are working.

We wash the RV. Then Jim takes us around in ATVs We see his neighbor’s old sawmill.

We go to dinner at the Wharf.

Day 4

We work on the RV, tightening screws, etc.

We go to “Taco Tuesday” with Jim, Doug and Karen at Danny Murphy’s. We meet Susan and Moss, Bill and Shannon and many others. It is a fun time.

Bar Harbor, ME

We get up a 6:00, disconnect from Jim’s electric and head for Bar Harbor.

We stop at Walmart for groceries and supplies.

We drive to Bar Harbor Campground. This campground does not take reservations. We go the office and they tell us to drive around until we find an open site. We drive around for almost an hour before we find someone getting ready to leave. We pay for two nights (cash).

We take  the free bus to the visitors’ center. We buy a T-shirt and blueberries and watch a video about the park.

We take the free bus to Village Square. We have beer and oysters. We go to Atlantic Brewing Company and get a flight – not so good.

We go to Cherrystones. We have beer, a lobster roll and a crab roll (good). Then we go to Side Street Cafe. We have drinks and listen to a great band.

We buy some whoopee pies and take the free bus back to the RV park.

Day 2

We take the free bus to the visitors’ center, then to Park Loop Road. We stop at Sieur de Monts. We go to the visitors’ center and then tour the Natural Gardens. Then to Sand Beach.

We walk on the beach and take a trail. Next, we take the free bus to Thunder Hole. Then to Jordan Pond. We have a late lunch. Lobster Roll, Lobster Stew and Pop Over.

We walk part-way around the pond. Then we go back to the visitors’ center and back to the campground.

Day 3

We pay for another day in the campground. Then we take the free bus to the visitors center and then to North Ridge.  We hike up to the top of Cadillac Mountain and back down.

We get back to the campground and order lobsters, mussels and corn from Rose Eden Lobster ($34.50 plus tip).

Castine, Me

We leave the campsite at 11:00 and dump black water and gray water.  We drive to Jim’s. Then we go to Doug and Karen’s for lobsters. Maddie, Courtney, Ed and Susan are there as well.

Day 2,

Jim takes us to Belfast. We walk around, visit the shops and have lunch at Rollie’s (very good). Then we go a flea market.

Next we go to a grocery store and buy burgers and brats for dinner. We go to Jim’s apartment and cook them for dinner. Doug, Karen, their daughters, Doug’s parents and friends join us for a fun party.

Day 3

We do laundry and get ready to leave in the morning. We go the Wharf for drinks and appetizers (mussels and lobster bisque). We go back to Jim’s for re-heated burgers (fun night).

Day 4

Our time in New York, Massachusetts and Maine has been wonderful. Jim has been a great host and asks us to stay longer, but we are ready to move on to the next segment of our trip.

We are up early, fill our fresh water tank and leave before 7:45. We have no planned stops before Santa Fé, NM.