Beached Whale/Valas rannalla

So sad! Today a dead humpback whale had washed up on shore at Smith Point on Nantucket. Yes, the same Smith Point we were at last week! Read more here.

Niin surullista. Tänään kuollut ryhävalas oli ajelehtinut Smith Point'in rannalle Nantucketiin. Samalle rannalle, missä olimme viime viikolla! Englanniksi voi lukea lisää täältä.

Day 10/Päivä 10

First driving lesson! However, we didn't even start the car. But Mr. D now knows, at least in theory, how to drive an automatic :)



Thumbs up for McGeorge's RV Service Center! By 12:30 today The Mothership was fixed, and ready to get back on the road. It was an expensive "rest stop", but The Captain reports the RV is driving better than ever.




We hit heavy traffic around Washington DC and Baltimore, but since then it has been pretty smooth driving. Mr. D & I did a full day of school (while we have been homeschooling every day, including on Memorial Day, it has been challenging to do full days of school). We had a nice long stop in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania when we restocked the RV with food and drinks, and stopped for dinner.


Picture from wmur.com

Picture from masslive.com

While driving we've been getting reports from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Tornadoes are rare up in New England, but not unheard of. Two tornadoes hit Springfield, Massachusetts today, and many towns are reporting severe damage. Many people have lost power. As far as we know there were no tornadoes in our (NH & ME) towns, only severe thunderstorms and hail. Our three children up there are safe and sound. Our thoughts and prayers are with people of Massachusetts tonight.

We sure are glad our Mothership wasn't in the line of destruction tonight. Even the hail could have done on a number on our aluminum can..

So, we have been driving about eight hours, and are ready to rest. We are somewhere in Northern Pennsylvania, and probably will pull over before New York. We should get to New Hampshire tomorrow, and to Maine on Friday!

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Tänään pääsimme takaisin tien päälle lounasaikaan. Ajoimme Marylandin läpi Pennsylvaniaan, ja aiomme pian pysähtyä yöksi. Huomenna pitäisi päästä New Hampshireen, ja perjantaina Maineen.

Ajomatkan aikana olemme pitäneet kotikoulua, sekä seuranneet säätä Uudessa Englannissa. Koko alueella on ollut tornado-varoituksia, ja kaksi pyörremyrskyä on tehnyt isoja tuhoja Springfield, Massachusettsissa (minkä läpi tulemme ajamaan huomenna). Golf-pallon kokoisia rakeita oli satanut meidän Mainen kodin alueella tänään. Meidän kolme lastamme ovat turvassa, heidän alueillaan oli ollut vain ukkosmyrskyjä. Hurjaa silti!

And Publicity He Gets

If you are traveling on I-4 near Tampa, make sure to look for Bates RV signs and wonders, one being this Legal Attraction. Mr. Bates says all he wants is publicity by displaying these eight retired Airstreams next to his business Bates RV. And publicity he gets, even on our puny start-up blog. Next on the agenda is lighting this attraction at night. Stay tuned, we will keep an eye on this site to see what happens. (In case you are wondering, as major Airstream fans, we think these Airstreams sticking out of the ground are really cool!!!)





We actually stopped by Bates RV last weekend for the first time, and got to tour inside of a few brand-new Airstream trailers. They really are something. Beautiful, sleek, spacious, well-designed, and worth a lot of moo-lah...!



But nothing was quite as nice as our 1991 Airstream Motorhome, our home sweet home, at least on the road!

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Discovered this neat video on Skippin' Town blog, so had to share - enjoy :)