Our last few hours in Boston. Popped up to the Harley shop so that Maurice could get the t shirt with a bag this time and then we had breakfast at Quincy's. We packed and got ready for our trip to Vermont - checking out of the hotel around 11.00 and taking a cab to the airport where we were to pick up the rental car from Alamo.
This was Maurice's first experience of driving in a US city and it proved relatively painless, apart from the rain. The satnav was excellent and guided us all the way perfectly. We stopped at a McD's at a little place called Warner in New Hampshire and finally arrived in Wiilston around 4.30. The rain stopped as we approached Vermont
It was great to see Cilla and Joel and visit with them for a night. We drove around Burlington for a bit, via the Harley Store where Maurice bought yet another t shirt. It's a lovely small town with a beautiful situation on Lake Champlain. When we got back, Joel was home and we settled into an evening of Pizza, beer and wine with a family from the street. It was a lovely evening - we had a great time.
The next day we dropped Maurice at the Harley store just as a ride-out of 'hogs' was about to set off. He was well pleased with that and took a short video clip of it. Meantime,, Cilla and I went to see her daughter Cary at a dressage event nearby - and met her horse.
After collecting Maurice, we went back to Burlington to meet Joel for lunch at Sweetpeppers after his morning of golf.
We got back to the house around 2:00 and set off for Cape Cod. The fall colours were lovely - but the rain started again and it was not great weather for pics unfortunately.
The SatNav was once again perfect for our purposes. We took one short break en route and arrived around 7.30 in the evening in the dark at the Chatham Seafarer.
We were checked in by the French owner of the motel and found ourselves in an extremely spacious room with kitchenette. There was a lovely wee pool out the back and a patio area with loungers in the garden.
After a quick stop we ventured our to look for a place to buy some essentials and found 'Stop and Shop'. After getting the staples, we ventured out to look for a local hostelry. We found a place called Del-Mar down the road. It was very busy and we found out that the Cape was especially busy at weekends in September due to weddings. The Del-Mar was perfect for our first night - I had some ribs which were delicious and we finished the evening at the Seafarer. I drove back and had my first driving experience of the trip.
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