Before leaving Hingham I finally was able to get a picture of this sign. Massachusetts has one for each of their towns and it's such a kick to drive from one town to another and see this sign with date of settlement started. Hard to get pictures because you don't know where the town line begins and there is no place to pull over for a quick stop and picture. It's a bummer. On this one I was lucky enough after a month to be driving towards sign and 1st at stoplight with camera next to me. ha! All these towns are so historic and have some wonderful history. Too bad so many have been neglected. Roads are terrible in most places and some are really run down while others thrive.. just like anywhere. Just interesting observations. I was taken so much with Hingham because we lived there for 5 weeks and it was so CLEAN! Loved the manicured yards and over 1800 historic homes and some still in residence of 13 generations! That is something in this young country with so littl
So driving into Maryland and arriving at Greenbelt National Park Campground on the beltway feels like home. I couldn't help but comment as we entered the park. This is our 5th stay at this park since 2002 and although that is not a lot of times by some standards for us being from the west coast it's quite a bit. We are very familiar with this park and the immediate area and it feels like coming home when we arrived. This is a lovely time of year here too and a bit on the cool side. One down side to this park; the deer. Love the deer but and it's a big but.. this is rutting season and we tend to see more killed along side the roads then in the park. We're off to see what ever we have missed in the past 4 previous visits...
Comments