August 4, 2022 Vermont’s oldest geocache was closer to our campground near Albany, New York than our campground near Montpelier, Vermont so we treated it separately from other Vermont geocaches. Besides, it was harder to find than any other cache we’ve found so it gets special attention. The cache was Read more…
August 1, 2022 Rock of Ages began quarrying Barre granite at Smith Quarry near Barre, Vermont in 1880.
August 1, 2022
July 29, 2022 Maine’s oldest geocache is in Fort Williams Park near Portland. The walk wasn’t long or hard but the coordinates were about 25 feet off and the area was protected (?) by lots of mosquitoes and poison ivy. After a little searching, Dave soon had the cache in Read more…
July 29, 2022 We scheduled four days in Maine because we had enjoyed it in 2016 on our way to the Canadian Maritime Provinces. Unfortunately, we accidentally reserved both Orchard Beach, Maine and Montpelier, Vermont for the same days. Because we had reservations after Montpelier, we dismissed the idea of Read more…
July 28 and July 30, 2022 While staying in Littleton, Massachusetts, we found caches that were special because of their age or type. First, the two oldest caches in Massachusetts.
July 27, 2022 The oldest geocache in Rhode Island is in Brenton Point State Park on the southernmost tip of Newport. We did NOT enjoy getting this cache. First, there were too many people and miles of T-shirt and ice cream shops on which tourists seem to thrive. We had Read more…
July 27, 2022 The Rhode Island State House was designed by the New York firm of McKim, Mead and White in the American Renaissance style of architecture.
July 27, 2022 Getting into Boston for our tour of the Massachusetts State House wasn’t too bad although we are still learning how the Ram’s navigation system gives directions and so were afforded more of a tour of downtown Boston than we wanted. Parking was bad. We had called ahead Read more…
July 25, 2022 We had a new experience on our way to Concord. We had just exited a toll booth when two state troopers pulled directly in front of us. We wondered how they could be so unsafe and inconsiderate. They CREPT along for several miles. Finally we recalled seeing Read more…