Moving day.
The first thing we noticed when we walked out of the trailer today was the color. How much more vibrant and bright the fall colors were.
We are enjoying the autumn foliage so much that we just sorta stood there, not saying anything, just taking it all in.
Yep, we sure are enjoying this.
Today's trip was an easy one. It was cloudy but not raining and only 106 miles to Bedford, Mass. where we'll spend the next few days. At first I thought it might be just a two night'er because the campground fees are outrageous. I called several places and hearing $70 to $90 a night was not unheard of. Ones that were less expensive, but still so in our view, were all booked. No way, that ain't happening! So I looked up Elks Lodges to see who had RV spaces. I found two but they were both full already. What to do? What to do? The Internet is my friend. I pulled up Military Fam Camps in Mass and BINGO! there was the answer to our dilemma. Hanscomb Air Force Base was 1/2 hour away from both Boston and Salem, the reason we were going to Massachusetts....AND....they had room for us at only $26 a night! Color us happy campers!
By noon we were all set up an ready to do something. It was decided that we would run into Salem, get the lay of the land, find out where parking is and see if there is a sightseeing trolley. I am so looking forward to visiting Salem,,,,,IN OCTOBER! We've heard the downtown section is all decked out for Halloween. We've already decided that we are going to take one of the evening tours, A Ghost Walk. I've got goosebumps already.
So the GPS is set for Salem and we're off! We make our way to the I-95 ramp and we STOP! Oh Em Gee, a rolling parking lot moving at an astounding 3 miles an hour! What the .......? We have no choice but to keep going. S L O W L Y ! What is going on here??? Where is this traffic coming from? Then I remembered where we were. What month it was. That it was a 3 day weekend. And that I had read a half a million people will visit Salem this month. I think they are all here THIS WEEKEND! It took us a half hour to go just under 6 miles on a 55mph Interstate! Oh this was not going to work! We got off on the next exit and headed back to Bedford,,,,if in fact we ever got out of Bedford!
So we went to the base, checked out the BX and made a trip to the Commissary.
Tomorrow will be a better day.
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