Travel Journal
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Bass River, NJ to Woodbine, NJ
Last night, there remained a mismatch between the mostly-empty campground and the mostly-full map shown by the online booking system. By this morning, the mismatch had been resolved. All the city folk finally arrived after punching the clocks in New York and Philadelphia and driving across New Jersey to claim their reserved spots in the… Read more…
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Seaside Heights, NJ to Bass River, NJ
I felt bad for our motel owner that, with our bikes inside our room, his parking lot remained completely empty. So we couldn’t help advertise the fact that his motel was actually open. Nonetheless, by morning a car in the lot showed that one other person had taken pity, making two of the rooms occupied… Read more…
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New York, NY to Seaside Heights, NJ
Today was the culmination of our Month of Ferries: two routes in one day! The alarm went off at 6:30am, and we made it out the door of our AirBNB by 8:25am, 5 minutes earlier than planned. Looking at multiple SteetView photos of the ferry terminal last night had me nervous, because nearly every one… Read more…
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Hauppauge, NY to New York, NY
Despite the generator and bright exterior lights from the RV next to us, it felt like I had been asleep for at least a couple hours when the sound of something crawling around on our picnic table awoke me. Shit. I listened for a few seconds, and there it was again, the unmistakable sound of… Read more…
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Riverhead, NY to Hauppauge, NY
This morning we were due for the first rain we’ve had in a while. A few sprinkles before we got up weren’t enough to even wet the tent, and the oak-leaf litter carpeting our campsite is a pretty forgiving surface when it rains. We moved under the nearby pavilion, now quiet and empty after yesterday’s… Read more…
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East Hampton, NY to Riverhead, NY
A couple weeks ago we celebrated the anniversary of our nomadacy (our third), and today comes our wedding anniversary (our sixth)! That means we have been nomads for four of our six anniversaries, but this is only the second when we’ve spent the day in motion. And as good as that day in Oregon forests… Read more…
