Archive for the 'Cross Country Trip' category

CCT: Niagara Falls

We said our goodbyes to my brother in Reston and started up toward Pennsylvania and New York. We decided to stay on the Canadian side of the border, for some reason I can’t remember now; possibly for cheaper hotel rates. Although I didn’t get any pictures of the town of Niagara Falls, Canada, believe me [...]

CCT: Washington D.C.

We said our goodbyes to my wife’s friends and headed up to the D.C. area. We had to look all over the internet before we left to try to find decent hotel prices; Reston is a terribly expensive place to try to get a hotel room. Unless you book ahead, you’re looking at $150 a [...]

CCT: Newport News

After leaving the coast behind (with not a small amount of regret), our next stop took us to Newport News, Virginia, where my wife has some good friends. One couple she knows let us stay on a hide-a-bed in their spare room while we were in town. The wife plays EverQuest (or used to; she [...]

CCT: The Outer Banks 2

My last post didn’t have much in the way of discussion, so here’s a follow-up. Since it had been in the 70′s and 80′s before we left, and we were just going to the coast, we didn’t even have light jackets. It was early summer, and to save room in the car (as mentioned previously) [...]

CCT: The Outer Banks