In June of this
year, shortly after returning home from our adventures in Maine, Alan and I set
out on what affectionately became known as the “Little States Trip.” All of the photos in this post were taken at
Winter Island Maritime Park in Salem, Massachusetts, over the course of Father’s
Day weekend.
Last
year, Alan and I were looking at our map of the states we had camped in since
acquiring our first travel trailer in 2006.
(The map always appears at the bottom of the column to the right.) We realized that we had only four states left
to go in the contiguous United States, and all of them were clustered right
here in the northeast, pretty close to home.
Go figure. We quickly devised a
driving loop that would take us through Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, leaving the state of New Jersey as the last piece of the puzzle. (Alaska and Hawaii might pose problems, but
we’re working on that.)
Choosing
campgrounds in Rhode Island and Connecticut was as easy as pie. And you know how much I love pie. Fishermen’s Memorial State Park in Rhode
Island had a wonderful reputation and would put us close to the coast. Actually, now that I think about it, almost anywhere in Rhode Island is close to the
coast. As for Connecticut, after
visiting Hammonasset Beach State Park when we were in Connecticut on personal
business a year or two ago, we had already added it to our list of places we’d
love to camp. So, for those two states,
the campground selection couldn’t have been easier. However, for Massachusetts, choosing a
campground couldn’t have been more difficult.
