Day 01 - October 12, 2011 - Wednesday - Delta Flight Detroit-Albany We woke up to a beautiful Indian Summer day on Palmer Divide. The next week is supposed to be sunny and dry and it was 38° this morning. It made us wonder why we were leaving Colorful Colorado. Driving out of the house at 8:00, we were right on our schedule as we had completed most of our travel routine the night ...
Read Day 1!
Day 02 - October 13, 2011 - Thursday - Drive by way of Bennington and Brattleboro, Vermont; Concord and Portsmouth, NH; Kennebunkport and to Portland, ME After a light breakfast at the Comfort Inn we were ready to leave Albany at 8:00 along with all of the other morning commuters. The skies were gray with a light mist and it was 61° with 80% humidity. On our way out of the ...
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Day 03 - October 14, 2011 - Friday - Drive US Route 1 Up The Coast to Machias, ME Our alarm went off at 7:00 and we were up, showered, and packed for the road at 7:45. We joined Judy in her kitchen for muffins, fruit, and coffee. Judy gave us her Maine Gazetteer so we could follow a short-cut back to Route 1 without getting lost. We thanked her for her magnificent hospitality and ...
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Day 04 - October 15, 2011 - Saturday - Drive to Saint John, NB, Canada The sun woke us up this morning – imagine our pleasure to see a clear morning sunrise! It was windy with the temperature 58° and the humidity was 82%. Breakfast was not included in our family owned Machias Motor Inn so we checked out of the room and turned north to find a Dunkin Donuts! After a coffee, milk ...
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Day 05 - October 16, 2011 - Sunday - Drive to Charlottetown, PEI, Canada We both woke up an hour before the alarm went off giving us a head start on the day. The breakfast room at the Comfort Inn was tiny and at 7:00 am it was packed. We took our tray back to the room to eat. Saint John is on the western side of the Atlantic Time Zone which makes the morning hours very dark. ...
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Day 06 - October 17, 2011 - Monday - Drive to Sydney, Cape Breton Island, NS, CA The Monday morning sun comes up late in Charlottetown, but we were up at 6:15. We had breakfast in the hotel dining room and watched two young men fight with the waffle machines – hint to self: always spray the waffle iron with oil before pouring in the batter! What a mess…. We packed the car and ...
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Day 07 - October 18, 2011 - Tuesday – Exploring Cape Breton Island: Louisbourg and Cape Breton Highlands National Park Today was our day to explore Cape Breton Island. We left the hotel at 7:36 and looked for a place to take a panorama of the river in the bright sunlight. The temperature was 46°, the humidity was 75%, and the wind speed was 8 mph. We got back on the ring road and ...
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Day 08 - October 19, 2011 - Wednesday - Drive to Halifax and Maritime Museum of the Atlantic We were up and ready to check out of the hotel at 7:45. It had rained most of the night but the sun was trying to shine through a few clouds. We got gas on our way out of town on Route 4 (1.31CAD per liter). Our route took us south west to Port Hastings, our point of departure from Cape ...
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Day 09 - October 20, 2011 - Thursday - Drive to Portland, Maine Today was a travel day. We knew when we woke up it was going to be a dark day. It rained all night and it was still pouring when we left the hotel at 7:50. This was not going to be a photo stop day! Everyone in Halifax was celebrating because the Canadian Government announced a multi-billion dollar contract to ...
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Day 10 - Friday, October 21, 2011 - Drive to Albany, NY; Meet Eduardo at the Rensselaer AmTrak Station; We woke up to a beautiful day in Maine. It was cool and crisp, 54° and 65% humidity as we left the Comfort Inn at 8:15. We paid our first toll on I-95 and started our return trek back to Albany, NY. The Maine Turnpike is a well maintained 6 lanes going south to ...
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Day 11 - October 22, 2011 - Saturday - Albany, NY; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Homecoming Game, East Campus Athletic Village Today was a family day for us. We went to the 76 Diner in Latham for breakfast and then took a short drive over the Hudson River to visit the RPI campus for a memory tour. Rensselaer was founded in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer for the "application ...
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Day 12 - October 23, 2011 - Sunday – Albany, Detroit, Denver; Delta Flights Home It was dark and cold (43°) taking our son Eduardo to the Albany/Rensselaer AmTrak station at 7:15. After saying good-by we went back to the hotel, showered, had a bite to eat, and checked out of the Quality Inn & Suites. We left for the airport early to allow enough time to get gas and return the ...
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