Wayne's Reflections

Tomorrow on to Washington D.C. Leaving Philadelphia, we went past Lincoln  Financial Stadium home field of the Philadelphia Eagles.  Shirley texted the boys a picture of the Stadium.  As no one in our family is an Eagles fan, she got back many humorous replies including "Who are the Eagles" LOL. Interstate 95 is the major artery along the east coast.  Heading for Washington D. C., we got to travel through 23 miles of Delaware.  Glad for the signs telling us when we entered a new state as the scenery didn't change much. Sorry about the out of focus picture.  We weren't fast enough to take a picture; so I lifted this one from the internet taken where we entered Delaware.  The words at the bottom say "The First State." Continuing down I 95 into Maryland and Baltimore. Crossing the Susquehanna River in Maryland Interstate 95 through Maryland is also called the Purple Heart Trail. Entering the Fort McHenry Tunnel goi

We had been to New York City on a trip to visit Erik and April in 2014.  Wanting to get to Philadelphia in time to do some sight seeing, we planned to bypass the City by taking the Tappan Zee Bridge then going into New Jersey, and then Pennsylvania. Crossing the Hudson River on the Tappan Zee Bridge View of one of the widest spots on the Hudson River from the Tappan Zee Bridge. We had mapped out our entire route before leaving home.  Shirley and April had checked the internet for routes and exits before we left Connecticut.  Armed with that information and thinking we could use our GPS away we went.  All was well until we entered New Jersey.  The GPS told us to take a turn that was not on Shirley's list which I did.  Bad decision.  We spent an extra 30 minutes touring Newark until we could get back on I-95.  The GPS was turned off and was only used when we were within the last few miles of our destination.  Lessons Learned: 1)  make sure you have goo

Leaving Victor, New York, we traveled the length of the state traveling past Schenectady, and Albany across the western end of Massachusetts through Springfield and into Connecticut. Upstate New York is nice with forested rolling hills (like most of New England). That's right!  They have thought of almost everything back here including pullouts along the Toll Roads / Interstates for those who must text while traveling.  What a waste of money. Sorry about the bugs on the windshield. We arrived in Hartford at 4:30 p.m. on Friday of Labor Day Weekend.  This is just the beginning of rush hour traffic.  We had driven here before and with tips from our son Erik, we had no problems.  Can't say the same for some of the others we passed. Arriving at our destination in Windham, Ct.  the home of our son Erik, daughter-in-law April and their family.  They are in the process of getting new siding and windows on their home which was build in t