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2026 RT - Portsmouth area

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Hi, We are hanging out in Kittery, Maine which is right across the river from Portsmouth, NH. This is a beautiful part of New England! Friday (8/21) we rented e-bikes from Papa Wheelie and rode south into New Hampshire. We found an old covered bridge and had lunch at an apple orchard. It was a lovely day! Some parts of the trail aren't quite complete! My bike frustrated me a bit because there was not really a gear that allowed me to pedal at a reasonable pace. My legs were just spinning! The terrain was flat, no need for lots of low gears but a higher one would have been great. I did tell this story to Papa at the store so that he could fix it - he gave us some money back - totally unexpected! We had a great day! Saturday (8/22) we went north into Maine to Ogunquit. They have a walk along the coast called "marginal way". It is not too long, very scenic. After a gyro for lunch we headed to Kennebunkport to see St. Anne-by-the-sea Episcopal Church. This church is made compl...
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2026 RT - Boston part 2

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Hi! We are still enjoying Boston! The weather forecast has been inaccurate but the weather good! LOL On Tuesday we started the day at the Boston Tea Party museum. I really wanted to see this but was skeptical about a $39 museum. Dear reader, it was awesome! It starts out on December 16, 1773 in the Old South Meeting Hall with an interactive re-enactment of the meeting that preceded the actual Boston Tea Party. The three ships loaded with 90,000+ pounds of tea have been in the harbor for almost 20 days. The law states that they have to be unloaded within 20 days and the tax on the tea paid. The Sons of Liberty had guarded the harbor to make sure that no one unloaded the tea because they didn't want to pay the tax. Something had to be done by day 20. They couldn't steal the ships or steal the tea and offload it. It was decided that they would dump the tea in the harbor. This was an act of tyranny! This boat is an exact replica of one of the tea-laden ships. In 1770 the women in B...
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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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