Road Trip 2006
Tom and his wife left home the end of August, 2006, on a two month RV trip to see the changing of the leaves in New England (photo on right). Two months was a long time to be away from home, but they got to see and experience a lot of the United States of America along the way. In Arizona, they stopped to see a huge meteor crater and the Petrified Forest National Park and Painted Desert. They spent a few days in Santa Fe, New Mexico, visiting art galleries, Taos, and Bandelier National Monument. After visiting family in Iowa, they stopped in Cleveland, Ohio, to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Cuyahoga Valley National Park. After visiting the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, they joined a Good Sam Club group for seven days of sightseeing in the Washington, D.C. area. They visited all the national monuments in town, the Smithsonian, Arlington National Cemetery, and Mount Vernon. They also toured out to Baltimore and Annapolis. Next stop was New York City to visit family and see two broadway musicals. Then, they joined another Good Sam Club tour to see the New England states. In New York state, they visited West Point and FDR's home, and took a boat cruise on Lake George. In New Hampshire, they rode a cog railway to the top of Mt. Washington where it was freezing cold. In Maine, they visited Acadia National Park, saw some cool lighthouses, and ate lots of yummy lobster. They stayed in the Boston area for over a week seeing all the sights. The walked the "freedom trail" in Boston, visited Concord, Lexington, Harvard at Cambridge, and Plymouth. They traveled out to the tip of Cape Cod, toured through old mansions on the coast of Rhode Island, and took a boat out to Martha's Vineyard. After visiting family and friends in Pennsylvania and Virginia, they started the long journey back home. They stopped to visited the following national parks on the way back: Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, Hot Springs in Arkansas, Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, Guadalupe Mountains in Texas, and Saguaro in Arizona. They also stopped in Nashville for a show at the Grand Ole Opry and stopped to see Graceland, home of Elvis, in Memphis. Also included, were stops in Dallas and Phoenix to visit more family before returning to home sweet home. Meteor Crater, east of Flagstaff, Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Get your kicks on Route 66
Painted Desert, Arizona
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio
Gloomy day at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
The White House at night
The Smithsonian
Annapolis, Maryland
Fort McHenry, Baltimore
Baltimore Harbor, Maryland
Mount Vernon, home of George Washington
West Point, New York
FDR home and presidential library, New York
Lake George cruise, New York
Mount Washington Cog Railway, New Hampshire
Good Sam Club travel buddies
Acadia National Park, Maine
Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine
Cape Cod
The Mayflower II, Plymouth
Astors' Beechwood Mansion, Rhode Island
Harvard campus in Cambridge
Lexington
The Old North Church, Boston
Old Ironsides, Boston
Nobska Lighthouse, Cape Cod
Shopping at Walmart (with Miss Pumpkin Foot)
Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
Graceland, home and burial place of Elvis, Memphis
Enjoying Memphis BBQ
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
"Grassy knoll" by Texas school book depository, Dallas
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
Tombstone, Arizona
Saguaro National Park, Arizona
