My Take on the East Coast

Ah, the east coast was a marvel! From the day we started our journey and saw Clinton, SC and Roanoke Rapids, N.C. to the rocky coasts of Maine and the dazzling city of NYC to our nation's capital, Washington D.C., all were great! I will now take this time to discuss the east coast as we are now in the mid west, and I would like to point out a few things about the part of our country facing the Atlantic.

Southeast: The first thing after leaving GA we did was to go settle in a town in South Carolina, named Clinton. There we were still in southern territory and still heard that familiar southern accent. The people at the R.V. park Magnolia R.V. Park we're very inviting and nice. I still see that familiar old place.

In Clinton, we went to Mom's college and had a great time when we talked to Randy Randall. We later traveled to Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina and jammed for three days to such icons as Willie Nelson and Sugarland. It was a lot of fun.

After that we drove to Nags Head and Camp Hatteras, North Carolina, where we surfed the beach and also went to the fun Kitty Hawk where the Wright's flew their plane. For a night, we stopped at Virginia Beach and had dinner with my mom's friend Monica and her husband, Bob. We then went to a very impressive campground, Camp Beth Page, and had a lot of fun as we saw such places as James Town, Williamsburg and others. We stayed there a while with their cool water park and I met a lot of friends!

Then we saw a reenactment at the fabled Gettysburg, where we saw people fighting with fake muskets and swords. It was epic!

After six days there we left the southeast and away from people whom we could know.

Mid Atlantic:

In the Mid Atlantic, we came to West Chester, PA and saw a Christian musical at the Sights And Sounds Theater. The musical was about Joseph, and for a long time it remained my favorite musical ever.

The next day was the fourth of July, the day of our Independence. And, we spent it in where they declared it! In Philadelphia! It was such a historical city, that we stayed the next day and then another day on the seventh. If you want full details, there is a blog about them.

On the 6th of July, we went to Wilmington and Hagley, DE, where we saw duPont's mills and factories. It was a great history and science lesson.

I could tell you a lot of stories about that campground, like when I was tricked out of a book by a teacher working there or when I met a Canadian kid and another kid and we fought with cap guns. But, I'll leave it to you for you to scramble through my 168 blog posts to find those.

We took a traveling day as we traveled to Hershey, PA. For the next two days we saw Amish people one day and went to the Hershey Chocolate World the next. SO MUCH CHOCOLATE!!!!!! The next day was the fun stuff as we drove to Rhinebeck, NY and then the next day saw FDR's child home at Hyde Park. We stayed around at Rhine beck the next day.

North East:

The best was yet to come as we left the R.V. in Rhine beck, kenneled the dogs, and rode in the jeep into NYC and got a hotel (a Holiday inn) on 53rd street. That night we saw Mary Poppins on Broadway, and it was fantastic! It then became my favorite musical.

The next day we went on tours around the city, and went to a 9/11 memorial. For the next day, we also toured around and saw the statue of Liberty, Time Square, and The Empire State Building. It was a great time.

We then drove to NJ and had dinner with my mom and dad's friend Erin. It was a good time.

We went to a trailer park and played with many boys and girls there. We had a lot of fun, and Rebecca even got a lover or two (please read Cooperstown blogs for more info). We saw a baseball game of some people we knew from GA (The Wilsons) the next day, and had dinner with them. They were very nice.

The next day we boated in a finger lake and milked a cow, rode a pony, and went on a hay ride.

On the 21st, my uncles Birthday, we traveled to an R.V. park wonder, Normandy Farms, in MA. Best campground so far. It was very fun as we did errands one day, did Salem the next, did a fenway park baseball game the next. Then for the next five days we went to Bunker Hill and did a "duck tour", went to Rhode Island and saw that small but beautiful state, saw Lexington and Concord, and yes, did laundry. After that we went to Peter's Pond, name of R.V. Park, in Cape Cod. We traveled all along the beautiful Cape Cod for the next three days. We then took one day to leave and drove to southern Maine, by Portland. For six days we resided there, part of the time there doing my birthday. Then we went to Acadia in northern Maine for 7 days, and we then left to New Hampshire in Vermont. That ended the eastern route, as we went that way and then headed back for D.C. and West Virginia. After that we headed to Pittsburgh, and then we went towards Detroit. But I will talk about that section another time.

The East Coast was a lot different from the middle and west coast of America, in that it was scrunched up, and had SO much stuff. From populous cities to leafy forests, the east coast had a lot of memories and new experiences all rolled into one. It had new jersey accent people, southern people, but basically just a lot of people. It had new friends made, new things done, and new places checked off our list. It has a name in itself, and it was the first leg of Bourne's Big Trip.

-Andrew.