Made our way down the rest of Massachusetts to the very tip at Cape cod and headed straight for Provincetown. August 7, 1961, President JFK signed a bill to preserve the Capes National Seashore. Because of this preservation, the Cape is still home to miles of untamed coastlines, beautiful beaches, national parks, historic sites, cycling trails, whale watching, 4wd, fishing spots, and undulating sand dunes.
The weather was not too kind for us out on the cape, very foggy, which hindered spectacular pictures of lighthouses and other majestic scenery. What we saw of P/town was like a small San Fransisco to us. A very funky little main street paved with cobblestones and one way traffic. Streets lined with art galleries, restaurants, coffee shops and ice cream palours. Would be an absolute tourist hub in the summer months!
Next stop - Rhode Island (state # 44). America's smallest state - Area 1045 sq miles. Population - just over 1 million. Newport is closely linked to the America's Cup. With marina's lined with expensive boats and yachts, fresh seafood shops and restaurants, makes a perfect shoreline for some of the opulent mansions found in the area.
This one is called The Breakers mansion and was just the 'summer home' to railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, used for just 2 months of the year!
Now below is our mansion - camping at Newport!
We camped for 2 nights with Chris, Anne, Karine and their other friends from Mass'. Had a good time, relaxing, playing games, getting rained on and enjoying the treats from the good old 'ice cream' truck that comes to the campgrounds! This was to be the last time we used our camping equipment for our trip. We have donated it all to a group that Anne and Karine help out with. They take kids out camping etc who are less fortunate and haven't been able to experience anything like this too many times before in their lives. We were happy to see all our airbeds, blankets, pillows, gas stove, fry pans, tent, esky's etc go to such a good cause. We were that isolated camping, we had to make a phone call, to home, to find out who had won the grand final of AFL (Australian Football).
Sunday we drove for 5 hours, passing through Connecticut (state # 45) on our way to Bushkill, Pennsylvania. We are staying here in Bushkill in a beautiful bush setting an hour and a half outside of New York City (too expensive to stay right in the heart of NYC!) and we'll just drive in for a couple of days, can also visit Philly from here. Weather turning very cold, very fast. Can't believe how sharp the air has got for the season having just turned to Autumn (Fall)......miss you Florida beaches. Tans are also Quickly fading.
Stay tuned for our adventures in New York City and Philly!
Love Team Connor USA XOXOX
Not much longer till we see your tanned, smiling faces! :-)
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