We made it to Maine - our 10th new state this year! The travel day was very wet and foggy. There was also a major NASCAR race happening in Concord, NH, so we encountered a bit of traffic.

With all the traveling we do, would you believe that we rarely have travel days that are rainy? Much to our chagrin, the trip from Hector up to the Thousand Islands was a really stormy day.

We found a local bike shop to have some tune up work done on our eBikes. The guys at Resource Cycling in Fayetteville, NY (map ) were easy to work with and had our bikes tuned up and back to us faster than they estimated! To test them out, we took an almost 14 mile ride from our camp site to the Old Erie Canal State Park across from the park.

Camping on the beach (or near the beach in our case) has its benefits! Tonight we walked onto the beach and watched the sunset. What a beautiful sight!

Our travel day to NJ was fairly uneventful, but we made a last minute decision that may have made it a longer travel day! We had been planning to take the Lewes-Cape May ferry from DE to NJ since our next stop is Cape May. After seeing the traffic and ferry and having spoken with a few friends about taking an RV across on the ferry, we decided we would drive rather than take the ferry. Whlie we would be encouraged to explore the ferry and watch the water go by, we didn’t like that we would have to leave the dogs in the truck (with no way to keep an eye on them) while exploring the ferry. So, we’ve put it on our list for another time.

Wishing you a safe day celebrating 250 years of American Independence!

Took a little time to check out the Great Gravity Clock in Fort Lauderdale —and it did not disappoint!

Did you know? There are only 3 of the Great Gravity Clocks operational in the world - the other two are in Singapore and London. These clocks are in a class of their own, “clocking in” at a whopping 52 FEET in height! They run completely on kinetic energy so they don’t need any power to keep them moving.

This dog loves to be outside. She also apparently loves to dig herself a hole to lay in to stay cool. Would you let this dirty dog back in your house?

You may have heard about falling iguanas last week when it went to freezing over night in South Florida. Well, it’s a real thing!

Temperatures in the 30s and 40s will cause an iguana’s body processes to slow so much that they can’t hang on and will fall off of their perch. Usually as it warms back up, they will thaw out and move along like nothing happened. That was not the case for the one we found. 😞 I’m pretty sure the ~20ft drop to the ground from the tree above did him in.