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2026 RT - Boston

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Hello from Boston!  This city is on my Top 5 list, I am super excited to explore the history and food of this great city! But first, on Saturday morning we got up super early to drive up to the Irish Center just outside of Boston to watch our son-in-law Alex and flop-house "son" Ryan play Gaelic Football. Their Houston team had beaten Baltimore on Friday to advance to the quarter finals against Denver. Sadly they lost but it was a good game - the rules are bizarre and unfamiliar but it was fun! I love funny coincidences like this! Carsten and I left Alex and Ryan to their morning beer and headed into town. We spent the day exploring M.I.T., Harvard and the Cambridge area. MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fun fact: More than one third of the United States' crewed spaceflights have included MIT-educated astronauts, a contribution exceeding that of any university excluding the United States service academies. Of the 12 people who have set foot on the Moon as of 2...
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2026 RT. Rhode Island / Martha's Vineyard

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Hello! On Monday (8/10) we left CT and headed to Rhode Island. We took the more scenic route along the coast, thru Narragansett and into Newport.  In Newport we took a tour of The Breakers, the gilded-age mansion. It was built between 1893-1895 as a summer cottage for the Vanderbilt family. Some of the many rooms in this 65,000 sq ft mansion. Giant fireplace. The solid marble tubs were a challenge. They had to fill the tub several times with hot water to first warm the marble enough for a hot bath. There are four different tap knobs, hot & cold regular water and hot & cold sea water. It was believed that bathing in sea water was good for your health. We took a short walk along the Cliff Walk, looking at the other mansions. It was hot out but a nice day! Among the mansions is also Salve Regina University. For tuition and room & board it's $85,000 per year. It boasts that its graduates are in the top 6% of earners, it's one of the more "affordable" schools a...
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