On The Road Again

After 2 relaxing nights, we left Mystic this morning and headed north...ultimate destination Maine.  This was our 11th day on the road and the Captain of this ship had yet to stop at an IBEW Local to buy a shirt.  That being said, he thought it would be a great idea to stop at Boston.  UGH!  Interstate 95 does this great thing and loops to the west around Boston, but to go to the Union Hall, we have to take 93 in towards the city.  If you know my husband even a little bit, you know that he wears an IBEW shirt 99% of the time.  So who was I to say "no"?  My only caveat is that when we leave the Hall, we turn around, head south again on 93 and pick up 95 again.  No problem.

We easily find the Hall and he buys 3 shirts.  As usual, at any IBEW Union Hall we have ever stopped at, the employees are friendly, polite and helpful.  I swear, the IBEW has the greatest people working for them where ever we go!

Their apprenticeship school has a building opposite the Hall and look what they have:

Also, we couldn't resist taking a photo of the MH in the parking lot:

We head out to get back on 93S and promptly get lost (do you see a pattern here?).  Finally we find our way back to 93 after touring some small side streets, with utility construction.  YIKES, more orange barrels!

We get out of the city, get to northern Mass and decide to get off and have lunch ocean side.  We stopped at Salisbury Beach State Park.  It seems like a nice park and while there's a line for people to get into the campground, it's free parking today at the beach parking lot.    Here's a shot from the beach lot:

We finished lunch and headed back to 95.  We drove to Old Orchard Beach, ME where we are camped at Paradise Park Resort.  At first glance, it doesn't seem like much, but I took the dogs for a walk around the place and it's quite nice.  Only about 10 cable channels, but the WI-FI connection is excellent, the speed is lightning fast and it's free.

We've rented a car for tomorrow to do a little sightseeing and antiquing.  Wells is only about 19 miles south of here and between here and Wells there are at least 17 antique shops.  Also, even though this is our 4th time to Maine, we have never really checked out the main area of Old Orchard Beach, so we will take a look tomorrow.

Now if I can just pour a fresh cup of coffee....