We can't say much about the areas of Massachusetts and Connecticut that we drove through on Wednesday. Very beautiful country, deeply forested with old, old towns and villages, many established in the late 1600s, early 1700s. But, looking at the days we have left to us for this trip we made the decision to take the highway and Interstate so as to arrive at Gettysburg, PA a little sooner.

This is the bridge on I-84 spanning the Hudson River at Newburgh, NY. We apologize for not stopping to take pictures of this majestic river which is about a half mile wide at this point. Ocean going vessels can navigate this river clear to Albany and beyond.

The West Point US Military Acadamy is just a short distance downriver. This area is full of history, but we traveled on, the days left for our trip pressing upon us.

Day 37, Wed, Oct 8, Boston, Mass to Southington, Conn

After attending a 10 am endowment session at the Boston Massachusetts Temple we checked out of our hotel in Lexington and headed for Pennsylvannia by way of Hartford, Conn.

4 pm found us in the area of Southington, Conn where we obtained lodging at discount rate (Linda's coupon book) at a new Comfort Suites.

We took no pictures today, but we post this one, taken during our drive through Gloucester, Maine.

Linda calls this the "house built upon a rock." Kind of an unusual front yard, no?

Day 36, Tues, Oct 7, Gloucester to Boston, Mass

Our journey on down the coast from Gloucester and Cape Ann brought one special sight after another as we continued to get glimpses of the sea and drove through other famous old sea coast towns like Beverly, Salem, Lynn and Revere before we finally turned inland.

Threading our way through the busy traffic of the northside suburbs of Boston we reached Belmont and the Boston Massachusetts Temple.

With helpful information from a temple worker we were able to find our way to a hotel in nearby Lexington. We plan to attend a session of the Temple Wednesday morning after we check out of our room.

Not far from the famous Fisherman's monument on Gloucester Harbor is this bronze statue of a mother and her children, dedicated to the women of Gloucester who have lost fathers, hubands, sons and brothers to the sea.

On our way down the coast toward Boston, we stopped once again at Gloucester Harbor for breakfast at a small cafe across the street from a popular place called Pavilion Beach.

As we were enjoying our breakfast Linda saw a woman standing near the beach, feeding the seabirds. She had a large container of some kind of feed. She would throw a small piece of whatever it was into the air and the seagulls would catch it in their beaks before it fell to the ground.

This is the view from our hotel balcony at Cape Ann just as the sun rises over the North Atlantic. It was such a treat to be up to watch this sunrise on such a clear and beautiful day.

Another treat for us came as darkness fell last night and these two light houses on Thatcher Island began to send their beams of light out across the surrounding sea.

We kept our large windows open to enjoy the sound of the surf washing against the rocks below our room. The night sky was alive with stars, there being very little reflected light coming from either Gloucester to the south or Rockport to the north.

This was such a choice place to stay for our last night on the seacoast.

Day 35, Monday, Oct 6, Wells, Maine to Gloucester, Mass

Knowing that we would be bidding goodbye to the ocean as we turn inland towards the Boston Temple and other planned destinations, we decided to take a room at a small but oh, so beautiful little hotel, the Eden Pines Inn, located a short distance up the coast from Gloucester on Cape Ann, just over a mile south of Rockport, Mass.

Cape Ann, how about that?

When we inquired about a room the propriotor told us the Inn was closed due to a special event planned for the next day that would prevent hotel guests from having access to the downstairs dining and living areas, etc. We assured her that we would not be troubled by not having breakfast, etc, if we could obtain a room with a view to the sea. Our request was granted! What a delightful place; so, very quiet and peaceful. No other guests, just the owner and her family.

This is our view, facing out toward Thatcher Island with its two lighthouses. Pretty special for two oldsters from the Arizona desert don't you think?